Before 1906 no official US team was selected for the Olympics, though curiously, there was a selection race in 1900 for the marathon team. It was over 15 miles, and won by Arthur Newton, a 17 year-old from Upton, Mass. H

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Date: 2013-06-17 02:36:56 John Paul Jones Norman Taber Lawson Robertson Nathaniel Cartmell Frank Riley John Taylor IC4A Mel Sheppard Charles Bacon Athletics Sports in the United States Year of death missing		Before 1906 no official US team was selected for the Olympics, though curiously, there was a selection race in 1900 for the marathon team. It was over 15 miles, and won by Arthur Newton, a 17 year-old from Upton, Mass. H Add to Reading List Source URL: www.trackandfieldnews.com Download Document from Source Website File Size: 113,85 KB Share Document on Facebook