Photo 01:  Kim Mannen and Lauren Eckhart, shoulder to shoulder in the 800m.  This would be Kim's first national title.

Photo 10:  Kim Mannen and Lauren Eckhart in the stands.  Behind them are Sue Pearsall and Marty Levine.

Photo 02:  Kim Mannen and Craig Chilton

Photo 03:  Craig Chilton is Canadian, so that his appearance at the US national championships is formally described as 'exhibition'

Photo 08:  ... and here is Craig exhibiting his back

Photo 04:  Ordinarily, Bola Awofeso would have been the photographer, except he was quite ill.  Therefore, the camera was handed off to David Smith, a Canadian who took many pictures of other Canadians ...

Photo 05:  Lauren Eckhart and Devon Sargent at the start of the women's mile

Photo 06:  Sue Pearsall wins the national title for the mile

Photo 07:  Sid Howard is a dual national titlist --- 800m and the mile

Photo 13:  Sid Howard and Bob Laufer

Photo 09:  Frank Handelman

Photo 11:  Closeup of Luca Trovato at the start

Photo 12:  Alan Bautista at the start

Photo 14:  These championships span three days, with lots of tedium between events.

Photo 15:  Of course, outside of the competition, there is the town of Boston to see.  Hmmm ... why does this large overhead poster seem so familiar?

Photo 17:  In fact, this particular poster can be found all over town.  Here is one at eye level ...

Photo 18:  Oh, yes, of course ... it's Herbie Medina! and we even got the real person!