Kingdom named assistant coach at California University of Pennsylvania

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Roger Kingdom has been hired as an assistant track & field coach at California University of Pennsylvania. Kingdom will work with the Vulcan’s sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers under head coach Ray Kuhles.

A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Kingdom won gold medals in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1988 Games in Seoul.

Kingdom is a five-time U.S. Outdoor champion (1985, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘95) and he won gold medals at the 1989 World Cup and World University Games, and in two Pan American Games (1983, ‘95). One of the highlights of Kingdom’s career was in 1989 at Zurich, when he set the 110m hurdles world record of 12.92 seconds. His world record and two Olympic gold medals clearly establish him as one of greatest hurdlers ever. Among his many honors, in 1989 Kingdom was named the Jesse Owens International Amateur Athlete of the Year, the Track and Field News Athlete of the Year and the recipient of USA Track and Field’s Jesse Owens Award.

Fram sets Masters record

For the second time in as many attempts this winter, Craig Fram of Plaistow, N.H., has set a new U.S. M45 record in the indoor 3000 meters, which also qualifies as a pending world record for that age group. In the first unseeded section of the FasTrack Invitational at Boston University on February 14, the Whirlaway Racing Team ace moved through early traffic to finish in fifth overall in 8:35.70. Fram’s time not only betters his own 8:39.74 set at the Greater Boston TC meet in January, but also the 1999 world record of 8:36.64 by Germany's Klaus Goldammer. Fram’s splits were 2:54.01 for 1000 meters and 5:45.15 (2:51.14) at 2000 meters.

Several places back, another M45, Tom Dalton (Schenectady N.Y./Adirondack AC) ran a very strong 8:41.50.