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Welcome to the strange story (stories?) of Steve Prefontaine.
In 1975, "Pre" was the dominant track & field figure in the United States.
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He was the star of every meet he went to, won nearly every race he ran, and the crowds would stand up and chant his nickname: "Pre! Pre! Pre!", at the end of every race.
At the time, Prefontaine owned every American track record between two miles and six miles.
He also held eight collegiate records while at the University of Oregon (his three-mile and six-mile records still stand). During his career, he broke his own or other American records 14 different times.
Then in May of '75, the brash young Prefontaine died in a tragic James Dean-like car