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June 22, 2020
Dick Buerkle - 1947-2020
Remembering Dick Buerkle
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Atlanta Journal
Villanova University
Career Highlights
Career Best Times
1 mile - 3:54.93
3000m - 7:53.2
2 mile - 8:21.76
5000m - 13:23.20
10,000m - 28:25.0
Marathon - 2:21:36
High School
(
Aquinas Institute - class of
1966)
4:28 (1 mile) and 10:01 (2 mile) in high school—didn’t start running until his senior year at Aquinas Institute (NY)
College
(
Villanova University - class of
1970)
walk-on at Villanova
All-American was 3rd in the 2-mile at the 1969 and 1970 NCAA Indoor Championships, 3rd in the Outdoor 3-mile in 1970
Member of two NCAA X-Country Championship teams (1967,1968)
Post-College
(New York AC - 1971+)
2-time U.S. Olympian - 5000m (1976,1980)
2-time U.S. Champion - 5000m (1974,1976)
Ranked #4 in the World in the 5000m (1974)
Ranked #1 in U.S. in the 5000m (1974, 1976)
Set a World Indoor 1 mile record - 3:54.93 (1978)
Winner of the Wanamaker Mile at the 1978 Millrose Games
Beat Steve Prefontaine at 2-miles at the 1974 CYO meet in College Park,MD - Pre’s 1st loss to an American in a distance race since 1970
Hall of Fames
New York Athletic Club Hall of Fame (1993)
Villanova University Varsity Club Hall of Fame (1994)
Villanova Stadium Track & Field Wall of Fame (1998)
Greater Rochester Track Hall of Fame (2008)