Passing of Mr. Dave Romansky……please relay out to all on your lists….

 With nice disappointment, Shore Athletic Membership of New Jersey publicizes the passing of Dave Romansky, its distinguished teammate and

USA Olympian, Nationwide Champion, USA internationalist, and Corridor of Famer.

Romansky, who was born on April 8. 1938, handed away on October

31, 2024, on the age of 86.

“Dave was absolutely one of many best racewalkers in American

historical past; he was a tricky competitor who you realize would battle you each step of the best way, each step of each race,” stated Ron

Laird of Buchanan, Michigan, Romansky’s teammate on the

1968 Olympic crew in Mexico Metropolis and on a number of different American

monitor and area groups competing in main worldwide occasions.

“It didn’t matter what the space of the race was, something as brief as one mile or so long as 50 kilometers (31.1. miles), you at all times knew that Dave was at all times going to be proper up there,” stated Elliott Denman, former Shore AC president and 1956 50K Olympian.

Nicely remembered was Romansky, violently sick with the flu-induced results of “Montezuma’s Revenge,” gamely fought on to complete twenty sixth within the 1968 Olympic 50K.

Born within the South New Jersey city of Penns Grove (additionally the house of 1960 Olympic pole vault champion Don Bragg), Romansky and his household lived a lot of life in close by Pennsville.

The 1970 season was considered one of Romansky’s finest.

He received Nationwide AAU titles at 10K, 15K, 20K, 25K, 45K, and 40K and positioned eighth within the IAAF Racewalk Cup 20K in Eschborn, Germany.

He initially represented the Delaware Observe Membership and Penn Athletic Membership earlier than reaching different vital successes for the Shore Athletic Membership.

As a competitor within the Masters Division (40 and up), he smashed data on the 5K, 10K, 20K, 25K, and 30 Ok.

For all these – and extra – he was inducted into the Nationwide Masters Corridor of Fame.

He was a member of the Shore Athletic Membership, Penns Grove Excessive Faculty, Delaware Observe and Subject Coaches, and Salem County Corridor of Fame.

Preparations will probably be introduced later, stated a household spokesman.

One of many best and most prolific writers in our sport, Elliott Denman has written about our sport since 1956, when he represented the US in 1956 Olympic Video games on the 50k race stroll, the longest occasion on the Olympic schedule. A detailed observer of the game, Elliott writes about all of our sport, combining the talents of a effectively honed author with the model of ee Cummings. We’re fairly lucky to have Elliott Denman as a pal and advisor.

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