Bob Schul

Heroes of past Olympics tried, with mixed success, to relive earlier triumphs at the AAU championships last week. One oldtimer even made it into the thick of a roaring assault on the 100-meter record

With tactical cunning and a brilliant burst of speed, 18-year-old Jim Ryun beat the great Peter Snell in a 3:55.3 mile. Earlier another young American, Gerry Lindgren, helped demolish a world mark

Challenged as seldom before, New Zealand's Peter Snell persevered to take the mile from a determined field in Los Angeles as Australia's Ron Clarke, running alone most of the way, paced himself to two world records