Bob Bartling and several like-minded people founded the Prairie Striders Running Club in 1969 to promote running, fellowship, and health. Bob began collecting books and magazines related to running and track and field, and by 1978, the Prairie Striders Running Club Library was established. It includes 636 volumes of books, about 5,000 periodicals and newsletters, and has the results of 16 annual races. The collection is so complete that even the editors of Runner’s World contact Bob for articles.
The Prairie Striders Library was housed in the basement of Bartling’s store for many years. The library moved to another location in downtown Brookings before finding a permanent home in the H.M. Briggs Library in June 2015. It is currently housed in the compact shelving on the lower level of the library.
This Book Gallery highlights the collection housed at the H.M. Briggs Library
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Quadrennial Report of the United States Olympic Committee : Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome, Italy, August 25 to September 11, 1960 : VIII Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley, California, February 18 to 28, 1960 : III Pan American Games, Chicago, Illinois, August 27 to September 7, 1959
United States Olympic Committee
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Notes of the Pan American Games Clinic ... and the ... Annual Meeting of the N.C.T.C.A.
National Collegiate Track Coaches Association
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Track and Field Athletics
George Bresnahan
The objectives of the fifth edition are to present the recent techniques of track and field athletics and to describe methods of instruction. Methods are suggested in the daily schedules of practice.Many of the chapters have been revised extensively. Added subject matter deals with recent experimental research in velocities in sprinting, as well as with weight training exercises, tension exercises, steeplechase running, and the track and field layout. Training methods reportedly utilized by Russian distance runners and high jumpers are presented.
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Scoring Table for Men's Track and Field Events: Adopted by the Congress of the International Amateur Athletic Federation Held in Brussels 1950 and Helsinki 1952.
International Amateur Athletic Federation
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The Heart of a Champion
Bob Richards
What makes a champion? Olympic champion Bob Richards says it's the will to win no matter what the odds. In The Heart of a Champion, he shares the incredible stories of athletes who have overcome hardship, disability, racism, sexism, and more to become the best the world has ever seen. A celebration of hard work and the indomitable human spirit, this book captures Richards's contagious enthusiasm for individual greatness as well as the beauty of working as a team. These inspirational true stories have been loved for fifty years. Now repackaged for a new generation of athletes and coaches, The Heart of a Champion is poised to influence thousands more with its message of hope and perseverance.
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United States 1956 Olympic Book: Quadrennial Report of the United States Olympic Committee: Games of the XVIth Olympiad, Melbourne, Australia, November 22 to December 8, 1956 : VIIth Olympic Winter Games, Cortina, Italy, January 26 to February 5, 1956: The Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1 to June 17, 1956: 2nd Pan American Games, Mexico City, Mexico, March 12 to March 26, 1955
United States Olympic Committee
A review of the participation by athletes representing the United States in the four great international sports competitions of 1955 and 1956 : The Games of the XVIth Olympiad, VIIth Olympic Winter Games, Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad, 2nd Pan-American Games.
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The Track Capital of the Prairies: 7 for 9: the Story of Track and Field Athletics: South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Brookings, South Dakota.
South Dakota State University
This brochure is published as a salute to State College's mighty men of the cinder path and their enthusiastic and capable coach who have brought honor and glory to their Alma Mater and caused this coeducational college with an enrollment of 2100 to be given the moniker "The Track Capital of the Prairies."
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Official Souvenir Volume ... Annual Field Meeting, Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America.
Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Field Meeting
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Eighth Annual Meet for High Schools: May 10, 1932
South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Athletic Council
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Rowing and Track Athletics: Rowing
Samuel Crowther
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
