Steve Prefontaine
Steve Roland Prefontaine (January 25, 1951
May 30, 1975) (nicknamed Pre) was an American Olympic runner who inspired a running boom in the 1970s
along with contemporaries Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers. As a freshman at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay,
Oregon, Prefontaine found some success in cross country running. His training, however, might have been too strenuous because Prefontaine failed to
qualify for the state meet.
Sources:
- www.answers.com
- nolimitsever.blogspot.com
- journals.aol.com
- www.wewillbeok.com
- completerunning.com
- grauterkus.blogspot.com
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