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AUBURN — Neighboring homeowners who want to buy a piece of Don Lash Park have been mowing and maintaining that section for some 25 years, one of those residents said Tuesday. “This land has truly been maintained” by the neighbors, Laura Smart told the Auburn Parks and Recreation Board. “Let us take that land over, and we will be more than happy to continue to maintain it. … We are the ones taking care of it.” Four of her neighbors who live on Portage Pass in northeast Auburn joined Smart at the park board’s meeting in Rieke Park Lodge. “One of the probl...

Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships Lash Led Indiana Dominance In NCAA’s First 5K June 20, 1936 In 1936, Don Lash became known as “The Iron Man of Indiana.” Befitting his nickname, Lash made winning the first 5000-meter title at the NCAA Track & Field Championships look easy. The 5K distance was more than one mile longer than the longest race normally contested by collegians then – the 2-mile. It just so happens that Lash broke the world record in the 2-mile just one week earlier. But Lash had already proven that the so-called “long distance” of 5K was right ...