Ron Larrieu
American long-distance runner (1937–2020)
Personal information | |
---|---|
Full name | Gilbert Ronald Larrieu |
Nationality | American |
Born | (1937-05-23)May 23, 1937 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | June 1, 2020(2020-06-01) (aged 83) |
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Event | 10,000 metres |
Gilbert Ronald Larrieu (May 23, 1937 – June 1, 2020), known as Ron Larrieu, was an American long-distance runner.[1] He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2] He was the older brother of American five-time Olympian Francie Larrieu.
Ron ran for Palo Alto High School, winning the 1956 CIF California State Meet in the mile in 4:20.1.[3] He was ranked #3 in the country that year. Earlier in the season he broke the 2 mile high school record that had stood for 31 years.[4] Collegiately he ran for Cal Poly Pomona.[5]
He was a two time national champion in cross country, in 1965 and 1966.[6]
References
- ^ "Ron Larrieu". Olympedia. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ron Larrieu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ Unknown. "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ "Larrieu no longer running from self". October 13, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ Conning, Keith (January 4, 2015). "THE CONNING TOWER by Keith Conning: Olympian Ron Larrieu (Palo Alto High School, California 1956; Cal Poly Pomona)". Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ "USA Cross Country Champions - Men". USATF.org.
External links
- Ron Larrieu at Olympics.com
- Ron Larrieu at Olympedia
- v
- t
- e
USA Cross Country Championships men's winners
- 1890: William Day
- 1891: M. Kennedy
- 1892: Edward Carter
- 1893–96: Not held
- 1897–98: George Orton (CAN)
- 1899–1900: Not held
- 1901: Jerry Pierce
- 1902: Not held
- 1903: Johnny Joyce
- 1904: Not held
- 1905: W.J. Hail
- 1906: Frank Nebrich
- 1907–08: Fred Bellars
- 1909: William Kramer
- 1910: Fred Bellars
- 1911–12: William Kramer
- 1913: Abel Kiviat
- 1914: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)
- 1915: Nick Giannakopoulos
- 1916: Ville Kyrönen (FIN)
- 1917: James Henigan
- 1918: Max Bohland
- 1919–20: Fred Faller
- 1921: Earl Johnson
- 1922–23: Ville Ritola (FIN)
- 1924: Fred Wachsmuth
- 1925–27: Ville Ritola (FIN)
- 1928–29: Gus Moore
- 1930: William Zepp
- 1931: Clark Chamberlain
- 1932: Joe McCluskey
- 1933: Ray Sears
- 1934–40: Don Lash
- 1941: Greg Rice
- 1942: Frank Dixon
- 1943: William Hulse
- 1944: James Rafferty
- 1945: Tom Quinn
- 1946: Robert Black
- 1947: Curt Stone
- 1948: Robert Black
- 1949: Fred Wilt
- 1950: Browning Ross
- 1951: Bill Ashenfelter
- 1952–53: Fred Wilt
- 1954: Gordon McKenzie
- 1955–56: Horace Ashenfelter
- 1957–58: John Macy (POL)
- 1959–60: Al Lawrence (AUS)
- 1961: Bruce Kidd (CAN)
- 1962: Pete McArdle
- 1963: Bruce Kidd (CAN)
- 1964: Dave Ellis (CAN)
- 1965–66: Ron Larrieu
- 1967: Kenny Moore
- 1968: John Mason
- 1969: Jack Bacheler
- 1970–73: Frank Shorter
- 1974: John Ngeno (KEN)
- 1975: Greg Fredericks
- 1976: Ric Rojas
- 1977: Nick Rose (GBR)
- 1978: Greg Meyer
- 1979: Alberto Salazar
- 1980: Jon Sinclair
- 1981: Adrian Royle (GBR)
- 1982–89: Pat Porter
- 1990: Bob Kempainen
- 1991: Todd Williams
- 1992: Bob Kennedy
- 1993: Todd Williams
- 1994: Reuben Reina
- 1995: Brad Schlapak
- 1996: Reuben Reina
- 1997: Tim Hacker
- 1998: Not held
- 1999: Alan Culpepper
- 2000: Adam Goucher
- 2001–02: Meb Keflezighi
- 2003: Alan Culpepper
- 2004: Bob Kennedy
- 2005: Dathan Ritzenhein
- 2006: Ryan Hall
- 2007: Alan Culpepper
- 2008: Dathan Ritzenhein
- 2009: Meb Keflezighi
- 2010: Dathan Ritzenhein
- 2011: Brent Vaughn
- 2012: Bobby Mack
- 2013–15: Chris Derrick
- 2016: Craig Lutz
- 2017–18: Leonard Korir
- 2019: Shadrack Kipchirchir
- 2020: Anthony Rotich
- 2022: Shadrack Kipchirchir
- 2023: Emmanuel Bor
- 2024: Cooper Teare