Hall of Fame
MSU teams from this year captured the North Central Conference cross country, indoor track and outdoor track and field titles...Cross country team finished second at NCAA's that year and outdoor track and field team finished 21st at NCAA meet...John Savonen was a cross country All-American (24th)...Outdoor All-Americans included David Jones (third in the three-mile run) and Mike Hazelhoff (fifth in the high jump)...Capturing conference indoor titles that year were Jack Pollard (600-yd dash), Roger Spee (1,000-yard run), mile relay (John Peterson, Kipper, Kiser, Pollard), Mike Hazelhoff (high jump), John Moes (triple jump), and Sam Oleson (shot put) and the 4x100-yd relay team (Kipper, John Peterson, Kiser and Pollard). Capturing outdoor conference titles were Jack Pollard (440-yd dash), mile relay (Kipper, Kiser, Fischer, Pollard) and Gene Bygd (javelin)...Captained by Dan Baumgartner and coached by MSU legends Earl "Bud" Myers and Chuck Petersen.
Team members included: Jack Pollard, Obie Kipper, Jr., Dave Jones, Gene Bygd, Mike Hazelhoff Dan Baumgartner Duane Proell, Rich Albaugh, Norm Ayen, Paul Bohnert, Buzz Brookman, Mark Buck, Fred Butler, Bob Campbell, Dan Christensen, Les Dunsmore, Joe Fischer, Dan Gronval, Jack Haar, Tom Hopkins, Terry Kiser, Terrall Lewis, Larry Miller, John Moes, Lyle Noah, Steve Norman, Mark O’Donnell, Sam Oleson, Ron Paveglio, Dave Perrin, John Peterson, III, Byron Reed, Randy Rolando, John Savonen, Tom Serrill, Jim Sheehan, Bill Small, Roger Spee, Rich Townsend and Bill Wade.
