No idea. Pre was class of ‘69. That was the year a lot of new teachers started at MHS, dad included. I believe Mr. K was in that group.
I had thought that he was a year or two later. I had connected him temporally with Fran Sichting (I don’t know what her maiden name was) who was a few years later, and was, as I understand it, also of olympic caliber but a notch below Prefontaine.
Given a choice between training for the Olympics after Marshfield or marrying a logger, she opted for the logger. She chose wisely. They lived on the lower loop in Greenacres—her husband died in a logging accident in the 80’s, but they had three or four kids. That tops a medal.