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Despite being born decades after his death, Oregon's elite high school distance runners continue to honor the legacy of Steve ...
Pre’s legacy lives on a half century after his death. Linda Prefontaine knows the side of him that many did not.
Friday’s race was also a rare instance where Kitchen was running without teammate Josiah Tostenson. Tostenson is the reigning ...
In the winter of 1969, between miles of training and hours of classwork, Rick Riley was thrown an odd job by Washington State ...
In the half century since his death, Steve Prefontaine lives on throughout Eugene and Oregon as he continues to inspire new generations of runners.
Prefontaine was better known as "Pre" to the crowds that chanted his name as he ran. While at Oregon, he won six national collegiate distance titles, including cross country, under Hall of Fame ...
Tostenson is No. 4 all-time in the 3,000, with his 8:09.28 standing behind Rupp (8:03.67), Crater’s Tyrone Gorze (8:04.60) and Steve Prefontaine ... owns the state cross country record for ...
In American skiing circles, he gets compared to Steve Prefontaine, the mustachioed ... the U.S. was looking for its first Olympic medal in cross-country skiing since Bill Koch won the silver ...
The 2025 Prefontaine Classic will be held on July ... men’s basketball, track and field, cross country and softball for The Register-Guard. You can reach him at [email protected] ...