![]() The very next day Bjorklund – then still only 18 – jumped in the first six-mile track race of his life at the AAU meet and finished third in 27:30.8 – merely the fastest ever clocked by a collegian. Some 10 days later, they ran again in the AAU national championships, Pre just ahead as they finished 5-6. ![]() In that 1970 NCAA three-mile, Pre won over Bjorklund as the first five broke the meet record. Part of that historical finish of youngsters can be explained by the NCAA first allowing freshmen to compete on varsity squads, but nothing can explain how a frosh 1-2 has never happened again in meet history – in any men’s or women’s race at 1500 meters or longer.ījorklund and that other freshman – Oregon’s Steve Prefontaine – enjoyed fast racing. In his first year, Bjorklund was part of the first freshman 1-2 finish in any distance race in NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships history in the 1970 three-mile. For someone who never raced longer than two miles in high school, Garry Bjorklund took an immediate liking to even longer distances when he arrived at Minnesota.
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