Snell competed for New Zealand in the 1960 and 64 Olympics. After retiring from competitive running he received a BS from Davis in 1977.
http://magazinearchive.ucdavis.edu/issues/su12/sports.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Snell

I can't find the Enterprise article online, so I am not sure where they're coming from.

Amazing find 72. I had no idea he was here. Having a very brief and under whelming track career I would have loved to meet this guy. A true champion.

Re: the "find" - God bless google. Biggest time waster of my life.

In reading the UC Davis magazine article I learned that Debbie Meyer attended Davis for awhile. (She apparently attended a LOT of schools, but never quite got around to getting a degree from any of them....) My own fleeting and underwhelming sports dreams took place in the pool, not on the track. I recall seeing her swim at the Hickey Gym pool when she was a student at American River.

Kudos to Aggie Erinn Beattie for placing fifth in the NCAA Championships heptathlon event. This grueling event is something most sane people or sane athletes would not even attempt. I love these athletes who put so much on the line here and I doubt they really even get full schollies to reach this point. Anyway, hope the best for the talented and beautiful Erinn (yes, she could be model!- but won’t). She’s a world class athlete.