![]() ![]() Īfter being drafted into the Army, serving as a conscientious objector, Tuttle continued to run. His Buena High school coach Jim Hunt followed him to Humboldt State University, where Tuttle won the Division II National Championship in the steeplechase in 19, setting the record in that event both times. He finally joined the track team in his senior year, 1965, the first year the 2 mile race was held officially in California high schools. He was asked to join Jim Hunt's Cross Country team. Running with the baseball team, he happened upon the distance running team and found he could keep up with them. Tuttle was the son of Ventura High School Basketball coach Bob Tuttle (for whom the gymnasium at that high school is named), but went to cross-town rival Buena High School, playing traditional sports basketball and baseball. Over a lengthy career, he won two NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, set three American records, ran for the USA team at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, won the Bay to Breakers race in 1974 and placed second in the Boston Marathon in 1985. The officer administered a preliminary breath test, and it registered Bjorklund's blood alcohol content at 0.26%, more than three times the legal limit for driving in Minnesota, the filing read.Gary Tuttle (born October 12, 1947) is an American long distance runner and local politician from Ventura, California. He repeatedly told the officer that he was not drunk, the document said. Police have yet to say whether anyone was injured in the crash.Ī police officer approached Bjorklund, who was standing outside the SUV but soon fell to the ground, the filing continued. Bjorklund, who lives in Fort Collins, Colo., was ticketed for fourth-degree drunken driving, a misdemeanor. on Pioneer Trail in front of the Green Acres Event Center, according to a search warrant affidavit requesting Bjorklund's blood for testing.ījorklund, 71, was driving the wrong way in his SUV on westbound Pioneer Trail and struck an eastbound vehicle, the filing read. The collision occurred shortly after 6 p.m. Minnesota running legend Garry Bjorklund is suspected of being extremely drunk when he caused a wrong-way crash Monday evening in Eden Prairie, according to court records filed Tuesday. ![]()
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