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This Day in X-Country/T&F–November 13th
1982— Edinboro’s Greg Beardsley won the Div.II men’s x-country title in St. Cloud, Minnesota (15f, 6” snow on the road).
https://eriesportshalloffame.org/inductee/greg-beardsley/
Div.II History (Men). http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_cross_country_champs_records/2023-24/D2.pdf
http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/meet-history?series=3370
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_II_Cross_Country_Championship
Born on this day
Dead
5-time Olympian-disc (56-gold medalist, 60-7th1964-12th),
1968-6:th1972-Cal. round)
5-time US champion (1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1968)
Set 4 American records (best 185-3 (56.46)/1972)
He won the gold medal of the Olympic Games in the fight for his native Czechoslovakia. During games
In Melbourne, she fell in love with the American Hal Connolly, who won a gold medal in men’s wrestling.
Hammer throw. Coming during the Cold War, their love affair made them media darlings
in both countries. The couple divorced in 1975.
Czech icons Emil and Dana Zatopek served as witnesses, the couple married in Prague.
1957, despite the initial objections of the Czech government.
Olga said: “…it was certainly not unheard of for someone to cross the Iron Curtain and pass through
married, but after many verbal battles with the Prague administration, enthusiastic support
from foreign newspapers and approved by Mr. Dulles in the United States (US Secretary of State) and
We got permission from President Zapototsky in Czechoslovakia.”
91 (1932-April 12, 2024)
At 91, she was the oldest living American Olympian at T&F at the time of her death.
In his own words:
https://www.kcet.org/departures-columns/olga-connolly-an-amazing-olympic-and-american-love-story
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77826
WikiBio:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Fikotová
Sports Illustrated Archive: https://vault.si.com/vault/1960/04/18/the-connollys
