UTAH/BRIGHAM YOUNG - of College Football Games

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Utah's Top Olympian
BLAINE LINDGREN
Blaine Lindgren, former University of Utah
hurdler, stamped himself as one of the all-time
greats in Utah sports history on October 18 of
this year when he won the silver medal for the
high hurdles in the 1964 Olympics at Tokyo,
Japan. Lindgren was barely nosed out of the gold
medal, in a photo finish, by Hayes Jones of the
United States.
The University of Utah is proud of Blaine
and his remarkable accomplishments. During his
four years at the University of Utah he set more
records and won more meets than can be listed
on this page. However, some of these are: Three
times Conference Champion in both high and
low hurdles, and twice league champ in the low
hurdles. He holds the Colorado Relay record in
the highs. He holds the Utah school record in
this event at 13.7 and the low hurdle mark at
22.5. Blaine was All-American his junior year
and placed third in the NCAA. He holds the
Pan-American games record at 13.8 and won the
gold medal in the last Pan American meet.
But, all of the above was just frosting on the
cake compared to his great achievements of the
past year. Lindgren won the USA-Russian dual
meet, beat Jones three of their six runnings of
the past season, placed second in the pre-Olympic
trials, and finally had the great day in Tokyo.
No athlete in Utah history has brought more
fame to the state of Utah than has Lindgren. He's
a great tribute to University of Utah, the State
of Utah and to the United States' efforts in international
sompetition.
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