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Terry Smith

• graduated in 1963 from McEwen High School

• lettered 4 times in football, 4 times in track and 3 times in basketball

• in his senior year the basketball team appeared at the state tournament for the first time since 1937

• won the Class AA state championship in the mile

  • set a state record of 4:29.2

• after high school continued his education and track career at Oregon State University

  • graduated OSU in 1968 with degrees in Animal Science and Business

  • his name still appears on the South wall at OSU as one of the top runners of all time

  • one of his most exciting races was the Pac-10 mile dual between Olympian Gerry Lindgren of WSU and Terry

    • Smith ran the 6th fastest mile in Oregon State history that day finishing in 4:02, ten seconds faster than his previous record set just one week earlier at Stanford ~ most importantly he had beat Gerry Lindgren

• he and his wife Penny have four children and ten grandchildren