3/29 Indn Clb Re Roseburg DisMedR 4:12.6r 1st
4/5 v Gr Pass Coos Bay Mile 4:11.1 1st
2M 9:13.4 1st
4/11 v s Eugene Coos Bay Mile 4:19.0 1st
880 1:54.3 1st
4/18 v Roseburg Coos Bay Mile 4:21.1 1st
880 1:57.7 1st
4/25 Corvallis Inv Corvallis 2M 8:41.5 1st
5/2 v Springfield Springfield 440 53.5 1st
5/9 Coos Cnty Coos Bay Mile 4:06.9 1st
5/16 v N Bend N Bend Mile 4:22.4 1st
5/23 District Springfield Mile 4:07.4 1st
2M 9:14.3 1st
5/30 State Corvallis Mile 4:08.4 1st
2M 9:03.0 1st
6/14 Golden West Sacramento Mile 4:06.0 1st
6/29 AAU Miami 3M 13:43.0 4th
7/12 Hawaii Inv Honolulu 2M 8:48.8 2nd
7/19 US v SU Los Angeles 5000 14:40.0 5th
7/31 US v Eur Stutgart 5000 13:52.8 3rd
8/5 US v WG Augsburg 5000 14:07.4 2nd
8/13 US v GB London 5000 14:38.4 4th

Steve Prefontaine quotes

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, "I've never seen anyone run like that before". It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else, its being creative." Pre

"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself." -Pre

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift" -Pre
" Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts." -Pre

" A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're understanding." -Pre

"I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it." -Pre

"Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it." -Pre

"Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him.' and I just took off." -Pre

"How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'You're too small Pre' , 'You're not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I have to win!."-Pre

"You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement." -Pre