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Abilene Christian Coaching Legend Jackson Dies
Posted December 27th, 2007 at 4:21 PM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, College
J. Oliver Jackson, a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame who coached track and field athletes from Abilene Christian University who set or tied 15 world records and won four gold medals in the Olympic Games, died Wednesday at 87 years of age.
While Jackson directed Wildcat track and field for 16 years (1948-63), Abilene Christian fielded one of the top collegiate teams in the nation. The Wildcats under Jackson won 78 titles at the Texas, Kansas and Drake Relays, and his athletes also set or tied 17 American records and 15 national collegiate records.
He developed three U.S. Olympic team members - sprinter and National Track & Field Hall of Famer Bobby Morrow, who won gold medals in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400m relay in 1956 in Melbourne; quarter-miler Earl Young, who won a gold medal in the 1,600m relay in 1960 in Rome; and Billy Pemelton, who placed eighth in the pole vault in 1964 in Tokyo.
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Naibadu Makes NCAA History with Fourth Straight XC Title
Posted November 18th, 2007 at 3:00 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Cross Country
Abilene Christian University senior Nicodemus Naimadu made NCAA history when he captured his fourth straight Division II cross country title on Saturday.
The 23-year-old native of Narok, Kenya, cruised to a 25 second victory at the D-II championships in Joplin, Mo., to become the first collegiate athlete to collect four individual cross country titles at any level. Three others –Gerry Lindgren, Steve Prefontaine and Henry Rono– had tallied three victories each, all at the Division I level.
“It was a very competitive race,” Naimadu said. “When I moved ahead with a mile or more to go and nobody came with me, I believed I would win.”
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