Legends never die. On this day at the 1972 Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field, arguably one of America’s greatest distance races of all time, was sculpted. Steve Prefontaine not only won the 5,000m in 13:22.8 to shatter his own American record, but to qualify for his first and only Olympic team before his passing. After his 24th consecutive victory, Pre slipped on one of the iconic “Stop Pre” shirts for his victory lap while over 16,000 fans at Hayward Field applauded his performance. This was a moment that cemented the legacy of Pre that continues to inspire us today. Archives featured from uolibraries #PreLives