fiction.wikisort.org - WriterKenneth Clark Moore (December 1, 1943 – May 4, 2022) was an American Olympic road running athlete and journalist. He ran the marathon at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth at the latter.
American long-distance runner and journalist (1943–2022)
For similarly named people, see Kenneth Moore.
Kenny Moore
 Moore (right) in 1971 |
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Born | (1943-12-01)December 1, 1943 Portland, Oregon, U.S.[1] |
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Died | May 4, 2022(2022-05-04) (aged 78) Kailua, Hawaii, U.S. |
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Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
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Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event(s) | Mile to marathon, steeplechase |
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Club | Oregon Track Club University of Oregon |
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Personal best(s) | Mile – 4:04.2 (1966) 3000 m – 8:49.4 (1966) 5000 m – 13:46.4 (1970) 10000 m – 28:47.6 (1970) Mar – 2:11:36 (1970)[2][3] |
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Early life
Moore was born in Portland, Oregon,[4] on December 1, 1943.[5][6] He attended North Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon.[4] He went on to study at the University of Oregon, where he raced for the Oregon Ducks under coach Bill Bowerman. He received All-American honors on three occasions and was pivotal to the Ducks winning the team national championship at the 1964 and 1965 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[4]
Track career
After graduating from Oregon, Moore won the 1967 USA Cross Country Championships, as well as the USA Marathon Championships four years later.[4][2] He also won the San Francisco Bay to Breakers – the largest footrace in the world – six times in a row from 1968 to 1973, becoming the all-time leader in victories in the race.[7][8]
Moore first ran the Olympic marathon at the 1968 Summer Games. He led early in the final,[5] but finished fourteenth after suffering from severe blisters.[7] It was still the best performance among American competitors.[5] He joined the U.S. Army later that year, but was permitted to continue racing. He set the record for best time among American runners at the Fukuoka Marathon in 1969 and 1970, finishing runner-up in the latter race. Upon completing his military service, he returned to the University of Oregon and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing in 1972.[9] He again participated in the marathon at the Summer Olympics that year. Although he tripped and fell one mile into the race, he recovered and narrowly failed to win a medal after finishing fourth.[4][9]
Later life
After retiring from track, Moore became a journalist and screenwriter. He had a 25-year career covering athletics for Sports Illustrated. At the end of his career at Sports Illustrated, Moore took up the plight of former competitor Mamo Wolde, who was falsely imprisoned in Ethiopia. In his story, Moore championed Wolde's release from prison, a release that came months before Wolde's death.[4]
Moore was also one of the athletes who pushed for the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. He also helped to write the screenplay for the 1998 biopic Without Limits, a film about former Oregon Ducks standout Steve Prefontaine.[10] Moore also had an acting role (as a water polo player) in the 1982 Robert Towne film Personal Best, starring Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, and Patrice Donnelly.[11]
Moore published a book in 2007 about his former coach titled Bowerman and the Men of Oregon.[12] He was also the author of Best Efforts: World Class Runners and Races (Doubleday 1982).[4] He was inducted into the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.[13] He was later honored in the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.[14]
Personal life
Moore married his first wife, Roberta (Bobbie) Conlan, in 1968. She was photographed embracing him at the finish line of the Olympic marathon that same year. They divorced in 1979.[9] He subsequently married Connie Johnston Moore, and remained married to her until his death. They resided in Hawaii during his later years.[4][9]
Moore died on May 4, 2022, in Kailua, Hawaii. He was 78 years old.[4][7]
References
- Welcome kennymoore.us – Hostmonster.com. Kennymoore.us. Retrieved on August 21, 2017.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kenny Moore". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- "Ken Moore". trackfield.brinkster.net.
- Goe, Ken (May 4, 2022). "Kenny Moore, former UO distance runner, 2-time Olympian, journalist and author, dies at 78". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). Running Encyclopedia. Human Kinetics. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-7360-3734-1.
- "Kenny Moore – Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- Williams, Madison (May 4, 2022). "Former Olympian, Sports Illustrated Writer Kenny Moore Dies at 78". SI.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- Bay to Breakers winners. Arrs.net (May 23, 2017). Retrieved on August 21, 2017.
- Robinson, Roger (May 4, 2022). "Kenny Moore, Olympian and Masterful Writer on Running, Dies at 78". Runner's World. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- Hayward Field is as storied as Prefontaine himself. Sports.espn.go.com (June 8, 2007). Retrieved on August 21, 2017.
- Canby, Vincent (February 5, 1982). "'Personal Best,' Olympic Love". The New York Times.
- Bowerman Served as Running Pioneer. Washingtonpost.com (January 27, 2007). Retrieved on August 21, 2017.
- "Kenny Moore (1997)". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- "Kenny Moore – Track & Field". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame & Museum. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
External links
1968 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification | 1968 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) | |
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Men's track and road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track and road athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- RaNae Bair
- Estelle Baskerville
- Sharon Callahan
- Olga Connolly
- Barbara Friedrich
- Cathy Hamblin
- Eleanor Montgomery
- Carol Moseke
- Maren Seidler
- Martha Watson
- Willye White
- Pat Winslow
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Coaches |
- Payton Jordan (men's head coach)
- Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach)
- John Oelkers (men's assistant coach)
- Frank Potts (men's assistant coach)
- Stan Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Alex Ferenczy (women's coach)
- Conrad Ford (women's coach)
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1972 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification |
- 1972 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
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Men's track and road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- Kim Attlesey
- Roberta Brown
- Sherry Calvert
- Olga Connolly
- Gale Fitzgerald
- Jane Frederick
- Cindy Gilbert
- Sandi Goldsberry
- Kate Schmidt
- Maren Seidler
- Jan Svendsen
- Martha Watson
- Deanne Wilson
- Willye White
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Coaches |
- Bill Bowerman (men's head coach)
- Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach)
- Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Stan Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Nell Jackson (women's head coach)
- Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach)
- Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)
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US National Championship winners in men's Marathon |
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1925-1979 Amateur Athletic Union |
- 1925: Charles Mellor
- 1926–29: Clarence DeMar
- 1930: Karl Koski
- 1931: William Agee
- 1932: Clyde Martak
- 1933–34: Melvin Porter
- 1935: Pat Dengis
- 1936: Billy McMahon
- 1937: Melvin Porter
- 1938–39: Pat Dengis
- 1940: Lou Gregory
- 1941: Bernard Smith
- 1942–43: Frederick McGlone
- 1944–45: Charles Robbins, Jr.
- 1946: Johnny Kelley
- 1947: Ted Vogel
- 1948: Johnny Kelley
- 1949: Victor Dyrgall
- 1950: Johnny Kelley
- 1951: Jesse Van Zant
- 1952: Victor Dyrgall
- 1953: John Lafferty
- 1954: Ted Corbitt
- 1955: Nicholas Costes
- 1956–63: John J. Kelley
- 1964: Buddy Edelen
- 1965: Garnett Williams
- 1966: Norm Higgins
- 1967: Ron Daws
- 1968: George Young
- 1969: Tom Heinonen
- 1970: Robert Fitts
- 1971: Kenny Moore
- 1972: Edmund Norris
- 1973: Douglas Schmenk
- 1974: Ronald Wayne
- 1975–76: Gary Tuttle
- 1977: Edward Schelegle
- 1978: Carl Hatfield
- 1979: Tom Antczak
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress |
- 1980: Frank Richardson
- 1981: Robert Johnson
- 1982: Joel Menges
- 1983: Pete Pfitzinger
- 1984–85: Ken Martin
- 1986: Bill Donakowski
- 1987: Ric Sayre
- 1988: Mark Conover
- 1989: Bill Reifsnyder
- 1990: Steve Spence
- 1991: Bill Reifsnyder
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1993–present USA Track & Field |
- 1992: Steve Spence
- 1993: Ed Eyestone
- 1994: Paul Pilkington
- 1995: Keith Brantly
- 1996: Bob Kempainen
- 1997: Dave Scudamore
- 1998: Keith Brantly
- 1999: Alfredo Vigueras
- 2000: Rod DeHaven
- 2001: Scott Larson
- 2002: Dan Browne
- 2003: Ryan Shay
- 2004: Alan Culpepper
- 2005–06: Mbarak Hussein
- 2007: Ryan Hall
- 2008: Fernando Cabada
- 2009: Meb Keflezighi
- 2010: Sergio Reyes
- 2011: Not held
- 2012: Meb Keflezighi
- 2013: Nicholas Arciniaga
- 2014: Tyler Pennel
- 2015: Jared Ward
- 2016: Galen Rupp
- 2017: Tim Ritchie
- 2018: Brogan Austin
- 2019: Not held
- 2020: Galen Rupp
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USA Cross Country Championships men's winners |
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- 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
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