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The Southern California Striders are a Track and Field club. The club was formed originally in the fall of 1955 by five elite athletes; Olympic multiple Gold Medalists Mal Whitfield, George Rhoden, silver medalist Meredith C."Flash" Gourdine, NCAA Champions Lang Stanley, and George Brown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Striders History )〕 In its day it laid claim to being "largest and strongest multiracial track-and-field club in the history of the sport." They were also called a collection "America’s finest Olympic Track and Field Stars."〔http://www.johnborksales.com/new_page_4.htm〕 Between 1957 and 1965 the team won 8 AAU National Team Championships〔http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/HELMS/Track/HelmsTrackAnnual1965.pdf LA 84〕 by attracting a who's who of elite track athletes of the day. Among the people to wear the Striders uniform were: Rafer Johnson, Ralph Boston, Bill Toomey,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=T&Fn Aoy )〕 Mike Larrabee,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teacher Mike Larabee )〕 Bob Seagren〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bob Seagren )〕 John Rambo,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Rambo )〕 John Smith,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Smith )〕 Fortune Gordien,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fortune Gordien )〕 Ronnie Ray Smith, Larry Stewart, Marshall Clark,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spring 2003 – Trojan Family Magazine )〕 Otis Burrell, Charles Dumas, Ed Caruthers, Bob Avant,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Leon Coleman,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Don Quarrie, Adolph Plummer, Chuck Smith,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Ulis Williams,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Rex Cawley, Wayne Collett, Ralph Mann,〔http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf〕 Ron Whitney, Geoff Vanderstock,〔 Jim Cerveny, Jim Dupree,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Jerome Walters, Bob Seaman,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Paul Wilson, Ron Morris, Dick Railsback,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 John Pennel, Dave Volz,〔 Arthur Walker,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Parry O'Brien, Dallas Long,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Peter Shmock〔http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/pete-shmock-1.html〕 Rink Babka,〔 Ben Plucknett,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Ed Burke, Hal Connolly〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 Larry Young,〔 Mike Manley〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 and Max Truex.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statistics – USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions )〕 All (listed) were USA National Champions, most were also Olympians across the full range of disciplines in the sport. The last of these National Champions appears to be Ben Plucknett, winning his championship in 1981. Plucknett set the still standing United States record in the Discus while wearing the Southern California Striders uniform. With the egalitarian attitude professed at its inception, the team catered almost exclusively to male athletes. This is because in the era of their successes, prior to Title IX, women athletes were not common and usually segregated. The President of the Striders during the 60's was Dr. Jerry Bornstein,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home )〕 who put together a team of fellow doctors to provide medical care, and sometimes airline tickets, for the athletes out of their own pockets. Doctors Whitmore, Silver, Mels and Barnes and trainer Paul Schecter were part of this team. Now retired, Dr. Bornstein continues to be involved in sports medicine leading the team of athletic trainers at LAUSD sporting events. Just as the team had the finest talent, it also attracted the finest coaches. Several people have laid claim to coaching the team. Charlie Coker joined in 1962.〔 Joe Mangan also coached for the team. Later John Bork became the Coach and Athletic Director〔 Other coaches and managers included Pete Petersons, Hank Erlich, Carl Ito, and Whitey Taylor. The club continues today, primarily in Masters track and field, though some elite athletes continue to represent the team. The club now has a sizable female membership and the club's president for the better part of a decade was female Masters World Champion Brenda Matthews.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southern California Striders – Contact Us )〕〔http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/files/results/Kamkoops_Results_2010.htm〕 The club hosts an annual meet, the Southern California Striders Meet of Champions. ==Olympic accomplishments== * Mal Whitfield 5 Olympic Medals, 3 Gold * Parry O'Brien 3 Olympic Medals, 2 Gold * George Rhoden 2 Gold Medals * Mike Larrabee 2 Gold Medals * Don Quarrie 4 Olympic Medals, 1 Gold * Ralph Boston 3 Olympic Medals, 1 Gold * Rafer Johnson 2 Olympic Medals, 1 Gold * Bob Seagren 2 Olympic Medals, 1 Gold * Dallas Long 2 Olympic Medals, 1 Gold * Rex Cawley 1 Olympic Gold Medal * Hal Connolly 1 Olympic Gold Medal * Charles Dumas 1 Olympic Gold Medal * Bill Toomey 1 Olympic Gold Medal * Ulis Williams 1 Olympic Gold Medal * Ronnie Ray Smith 1 Olympic Gold Medal * Fortune Gordien 2 Olympic Medals * Larry Young 2 Olympic Medals * Rink Babka 1 Olympic Medal * Ed Caruthers 1 Olympic Medal * Wayne Collett 1 Olympic Medal * Meredith "Flash" Gourdine 1 Olympic Medal * Ralph Mann 1 Olympic Medal * Ron Morris 1 Olympic Medal * John Rambo 1 Olympic Medal 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern California Striders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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