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RIP Jim Grelle
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University of Oregon running great, 1960 Olympian Jim Grelle dies Saturday at 83
https://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/2020/06/university-of-oregon-running-great-1960-olympian-jim-grelle-dies-saturday-at-83.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/2020/06/university-of-oregon-running-great-1960-olympian-jim-grelle-dies-saturday-at-83.html
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“ The first Duck to run a sub-4-minute mile soon had plenty of company, as Jim Grelle (who earned the distinction after graduating), Dyrol Byrleson, Keith Forman, Archie San Romani, Wade Bell, Dave Wilborn, Arne Kvalheim, Roscoe Divine, Steve Prefontaine and Steve Savage all also recorded sub-4 times over the next 14 years. Between Bailey running 3:58.6 in 1956 and Savage running 3:59.2 in 1970, the Ducks represented one tenth of the world’s sub-4 milers, and accounted for one third of all sub-4miles run. The UO won four of Bowerman’s five NCAA titles during that time, and established the university as a national track and field powerhouse.”
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/surviving-bowerman-sub-4-milers-returning-uo