May 29—Gerry Lindgren didn't think he had a chance to beat the Soviets in 1964. "Why would I?" he asked Wednesday. "I was just a wimpy kid." But in 1964, at the height of the Cold War, Lindgren ...

Gerry Lindgren set many long-standing high school and national long-distance running records during his career. It all started at Rogers High School under coach Tracy Walters. The school plans to ...

NPR's Tom Goldman reports tonight in Eugene, Oregon, teenage track star Dathan Ritzenhein is trying to break the high-school record in the 5,000 meters. Ritzenhein is chasing a record set nearly 40 ...

Last Friday on the program, a report by Tom Goldman covered high school track star Dathan Ritzenhein's effort to break the 37-year-old record in the five thousand meters run. As Noah Adams notes, he ...