Jim Grelle
Grelle in 1966 | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1936-09-30)September 30, 1936 Portland, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died | June 13, 2020(2020-06-13) (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 800–5000 m | ||||||||||||||
Club | Multnomah Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 800 m – 1:48.4 (1958) 1500 m – 3:38.9 (1964) Mile – 3:55.4 (1965) 5000 m – 14:10.8 (1966)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
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James Edward Grelle (September 30, 1936 – June 13, 2020) was an American middle-distance runner. He had his best achievements in the 1500 m event, finishing eighth at the 1960 Olympics, winning a gold and a silver medal at the Pan American Games in 1963 and 1959, respectively.[1]
Grelle's first success was winning back to back Oregon state titles in the 880 yard run in 1954 and 1955 for Lincoln High School in Portland.[3]
While running for the University of Oregon he won the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in 1959 after being a runner up the previous two years.[4] Leading up to the 1960 Olympics, he won the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[5] He also added two Indoor Championships in 1965 and 1966.[6]
In 1962 at the Mt. SAC Relays Grelle became the 4th American sub-4 minute miler.[7] He won the Mile there three years in a row. In 1965 he briefly held the American record in the mile at 3:55.4. Nine days later, Jim Ryun improved upon the record. Ryun also relegated Grelle to a non-qualifying fourth place in the 1964 Olympic Trials. Previously in 1963 he held the American record in the 2 mile run at 8:25.2.[8]
Grelle was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1981,[8] to the Mt. SAC Relays Hall of Fame in 1991,[9] and to the Oregon Ducks Hall of Fame in 1994.[4]
Grelle died on June 13, 2020, at the age of 83.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Jim Grelle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
- ^ Jim Grelle. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Lincoln High School Track and Field Biographies and Trivia". www.runningmovies.com. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ^ a b "Jim Grelle". University of Oregon Athletics. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
- ^ "USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Men's 1,500 m". USA Track & Field. Archived from the original on August 21, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
- ^ USA Track & Field – USA Indoor Track & Field Champions. Usatf.org. Retrieved on June 15, 2018.
- ^ "The U.S. Sub-4:00 Club: A Chronological Listing of U.S. Milers Who Have Broken The Big Barrier" (PDF). Track and Field News. February 15, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
- ^ a b "Untitled Document".
- ^ "Jim Grelle". www.mtsacrelays.com. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ^ "University of Oregon running great, 1960 Olympian Jim Grelle dies Saturday at 83". oregonlive.com. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
External links
- Media related to Jim Grelle at Wikimedia Commons
- British Pathe footage of an indoor meet including Jim Grelle on YouTube
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New York Athletic Club
- 1876M: Harold Lambe (CAN) * Cornelius Vought
- 1877M: Richard Morgan
- 1878M: Thomas Smith
NAAAA
- 1879M: Henry Pellatt (CAN) * William Duffy
- 1880–83M: Harry Fredericks
- 1884M: Percy Madeira
- 1885M: George Gilbert
- 1886–87M: Edward Carter
- 1888MNote 1: Thomas Conneff
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1888MNote 1: G.M. Gibbs (CAN) * Thomas Conneff
- 1889–90M: Albert George
- 1891M: Thomas Conneff
- 1892M: George Orton (CAN) * Ernest Hjertberg
- 1893-5M: George Orton (CAN) * A.J. Walsh
- 1896M: George Orton (CAN) * Mortimer Remington
- 1897–98M: John Cregan
- 1899M: Alex Grant
- 1900M: George Orton (CAN) *Alex Grant
- 1901–03M: Alex Grant
- 1904M: David Munson
- 1905M: Jim Lightbody
- 1906M: Albert Rodgers
- 1907M: James Sullivan
- 1908M: Herbert Trube
- 1909M: Joe Ballard
- 1910M: Joe Monument
- 1911–12M: Abel Kiviat
- 1913M: Norman Taber
- 1914M: Abel Kiviat
- 1915M: Joie Ray
- 1916M: Ivan Meyers
- 1917–23M OT: Joie Ray
- 1924–25M: Ray Buker
- 1926M: Lloyd Hahn
- 1927M-28OT: Ray Conger
- 1929M: Leo Lermond
- 1930M: Ray Conger
- 1931M: Leo Lermond
- 1932OT: Norwood Hallowell
- 1933: Glenn Cunningham
- 1934: Bill Bonthron
- 1935–38: Glenn Cunningham
- 1939: Blaine Rideout
- 1940: Walter Mehl
- 1941: Leslie MacMitchell
- 1942–43: Gil Dodds
- 1944: William Hulse
- 1945: Roland Sink
- 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) * Leslie MacMitchell
- 1947: Gerry Karver
- 1948: Gil Dodds
- 1949–50: John Twomey
- 1951: Len Truex
- 1952–53M: Wes Santee
- 1954M: Fred Dwyer
- 1955M: Wes Santee
- 1956: Jerome Walters
- 1957M: Merv Lincoln (AUS) * Bob Seaman
- 1958M: Herb Elliott (AUS) * Ed Moran
- 1959: Dyrol Burleson
- 1960: Jim Grelle
- 1961M: Dyrol Burleson
- 1962M: Jim Beatty
- 1963M: Dyrol Burleson
- 1964: Tom O'Hara
- 1965–67M: Jim Ryun
- 1968: John Mason
- 1969M: Marty Liquori
- 1970M: Howell Michael
- 1971M: Marty Liquori
- 1972: Jerome Howe
- 1973M: Leonard Hilton
- 1974: Rod Dixon (NZL) * Tom Byers
- 1975: Leonard Hilton
- 1976: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) *Michael Manke
- 1977–79: Steve Scott
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Steve Lacy
- 1981: Sydney Maree (SAF) * Steve Scott
- 1982–83: Steve Scott
- 1984–85: Jim Spivey
- 1986: Steve Scott
- 1987: Jim Spivey
- 1988: Mark Deady
- 1989: Terrance Herrington
- 1990: Joe Falcon
- 1991: Terrance Herrington
- 1992OT: Jim Spivey
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Bill Burke
- 1994: Terrance Herrington
- 1995–96OT: Paul McMullen
- 1997: Seneca Lassiter
- 1998: Jamey Harris
- 1999: Steve Holman
- 2000OT: Gabe Jennings
- 2001: Andy Downin
- 2002: Seneca Lassiter
- 2003: Jason Lunn
- 2004–05: Alan Webb
- 2006: Bernard Lagat
- 2007: Alan Webb
- 2008: Bernard Lagat
- 2009–10: Lopez Lomong
- 2011: Matthew Centrowitz
- 2012: Leonel Manzano
- 2013: Matthew Centrowitz
- 2014: Leonel Manzano
- 2015–16: Matthew Centrowitz
- 2017: Robby Andrews
- 2018: Matthew Centrowitz
- 2019: Craig Engels
- 20212020 OT: Cole Hocker
- 2022: Cooper Teare
- 2023: Yared Nuguse
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- M: Denotes that the race was run over a mile rather than 1500 m
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.