Mitch Kingery - informal high school timeline

1971/08/15 Pikes Peak Ascent (137th) age 14

1971-1975 - San Carlos High School

1971/fall (Fr) "slightly longer"? Crystal Springs course

Note: the current (2.95 mile) Crystal Springs course was established in 1971 and used in fall 1971, according to archived results checked on 2007/11/7 by Hank Lawson.
The 2006 edition of the Crystal records page says the 1972 course has stayed the same, and the 1971 course was slightly longer. So the 1971 times should be equal or slightly slower in comparison, assuming the hills didn't change.

1971/10/21  15:59  (1st)  his first race at Crystal Springs, and first race for San Carlos?
1971/11/12  16:01  (8)  SPAL Finals
1971/11/19  15:48  (7)  Region 2

1971/11/24 (9) CCS Finals (Large School div.), Alum Rock Park

1971/fall (Fr) track - National Postal

1971/11/06  2 miles - 9:39.6  (15 local, 57 national)  National Postal Fresh. record
1971/xx/xx  3 miles - 15:10   (20 national)  National Postal Fresh. record

1971/12/27 marathon - 2:34:37 Fiesta Bowl, AZ - age 15 marathon record for Arizona
1972/02/13 marathon - 2:29:11 West Valley - age 15 marathon record, qualified for 1972 US Marathon trials (youngest ever qualifier)
The course was a flat 5 mile loop in Burlingame, CA. See photo below.
"Ran four marathons in six weeks" (not sure what year - probably winter 1971-72?).

1972/fall (So) current Crystal Springs course

1972/10/19  15:15  (2) - same time as (1), then Soph. course record (broken by Barnett with 15:06 on 10/26)
1972/11/09  15:00  (4)  SPAL Finals,  retakes Soph. course record (currently #2 Soph. time)
                         - the then-current course record of 14:44 was set in this race.
                         - Hank Lawson (current Lynbrook coach) was 10th in this race, running for Gunn!
1972/11/15  15:28  (2)  Region 1 - top 9 qualify to CCS

1972/11/22 (1) CCS Finals (Large School div.), Mt. Madonna

1972/fall (So) track - National Postal

1972/11/04  2 miles - 9:12.5  (2)
1972/12/02  3 miles - 14:12.2  (2)  briefly the Soph. record
   note: Ralph Serna lowered the Soph record to 14:10.6, and
         in 1973, Eric Hulst took it down to 14:05.4.

1973/xx/xx 64:39 (3) Pleasanton road race 20K
1973/02/11 marathon - 2:23:47 Burlingame or West Valley - still national high school and age 16 marathon record (Devery's 2:23:05 is considered "aided" - downhill course?)

1973/spring (So) track

1973/05/25  2 miles - 9:09.4  (2)  CCS Finals
1973/06/02  2 miles - 9:14.3  (8)  CIF
   note: Rich Kimball 9:08.7 (6), Eric Hulst 9:16.1 (9)

1973/fall (Jr) Crystal

1973/10/11  14:37  (1)  course record
1973/10/17  14:42  (1)
1973/10/25  14:28  (1)  course record (still stands, nearly tied by Jay Marden with 14:28.4 in 1980, who was a Kinney/Footlocker National Champion)
                        Note:  cross country times recorded in seconds are rounded up,
                        so 14:28 here means the actual stopwatch time was in the range 14:27.1 to 14:28.0
1973/11/09  14:45  (1)  SPAL Finals
1973/11/14  14:43  (1)  Region 2
1973/11/21  14:42  (1)  CCS Finals

1973/fall (Jr) track - National Postal

1973/xx/xx  2 miles - 9:00.5
1973/12/01  3 miles - 13:56.4  (2)

1974/spring (Jr) track

1974/06/01  2 miles - 9:05.0  (8)  CIF

1974/06/23 48:55 (3) Holy City Race (9.1 miles), Los Gatos, CA - High School Boys record (until division discontinued in 1982)

According to a few posts on letsrun.com, he overtrained with too many miles at the end of his junior year and "burnt out", as recollected by "sacto master" in 2007.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=2159903&page=1

1974/fall (Sr) Crystal

1974/10/17  15:44  (2)  Center meet
1974/10/24  14:53  (1)  Center meet
1974/11/15  14:52  (1)  SPAL Finals

1974/10/03 13:51 (2) Stanford Invite, Stanford Golf Course
1974/11/20 (1) Region 2, Coyote Park
1974/11/26 (15) CCS Finals, Hellyer Park

1974/fall (Sr) track - National Postal

1974/xx/xx  2 miles - 9:12.6  (5 local heat, 8 national overall)
1974/11/09  3 miles - 14:11   (1)

1975/spring (Sr) track

1975/05/30   2 miles - 9:13.6  (3)  CCS finals @ SJCC
1975/06/07?  2 miles - 8:57.3  (4)  CIF

1975/08/09 39:04 (6) Lafayette Rim Run - Hilly
1975/08/23 30:16 (3) Dammit Run

1975-1978 - College of San Mateo

1975/11/22 20:26 (32) State JC XC Championships @ Fresno

1975/12/14 33:54 (9) PA-AAU District Jr XC meet @ Crystal Springs

1976/05/31 5K - 14:32.0 (5) State JC Championhsips @ Bakersfield

1976/06/20 9.1Mi - 50:10 (7) Holy City Race @ Los Gatos
http://wvjs.org/HLYCITY.pdf

1976/07/04 10K - 30:40 (1) Folsom - Rolling Hills

1976/07/31 5.8Mi - 28:27 (1) Wharf-to-Wharf @ Santa Cruz
http://www.arrs.net/HP_WfWf6.htm

1976/11/13 20:44 (9) NorCal JC XC Championships @ Crystal Springs
note: CSM (2) place team - 98 points.

1976/11/20 20:11 (7) (State JC?) meet @ Valencia
note: CSM (4) place team - 109 points.

1977/05/20 5K - 14:52.2 (4) NorCal JC Championships @ Pleasant Hill

1977/05/28 5K - 14:38.4 (3) CA JC Championships @ Bakersfield

1977/06/26 9.2Mi - 48:34 (6) Holy City Race

1977/07/03 10K - 33:33 (21) Folsom - Rolling Hills

1978/08/05 10K - 30:36 (2) Daly City

1978-1981 - Cal Poly / San Luis Obispo

1978/11/11 30:52 (2) NCAA Div II cross country
note: Jim Schankel - Poly/SLO 30:34 (1); Poly/SLO won team title - 42 points.

1978/11/20 30:34.8 (50) NCAA Div I cross country
note: Salazar - OR (1), Jim Schankel - Poly/SLO 29:48.0 (8)

1979/06/24 15K - 46:22 (5) PA-AAU @ Los Altos Hills

1979/07/04 15K - 47:53 (13) National AAU @ Santa Barbara

1979/09/23 25K - 82:29 (9) PA-AAU @ San Francisco

1979/11/03 10K - 32:54 (7) PA-AAU XC Champs @ San Francisco - Golden Gate Park

1979/12/30 5Mi - 23:56 (24) RW Invite @ Los Altos

1980/01/27 26.2Mi - 2:16:36 (6) Paul Masson Marathon @ Cupertino

1980/03/16 10K - 30:24 (4) SJ Mercury News @ San Jose

1980/04/05 10K - 30:14 (32) Nike-US Club Road Champs @ San Diego

1980/09/28 7.5Mi? - 38:19 (5) Bridge to Bridge @ San Francisco

1980/11/23 26.2Mi - 2:21:44 (8) Jordache Marathon @ Los Angeles

1981+ - pro

1981/03/29 26.2Mi - 2:17:50 (3 or 5) Jordache Marathon @ Los Angeles
He received $1500 prize money in this race, which ended his amateur status and limited the races he could enter.

1981/06/27 10K - ? (1) Regional Corporate Cup Road Race @ ? (Harvey's Casino team)

1981/07/18 10K - 30:48.7 (1) Brooks Corporate Cup Road Race @ Palo Alto (Harvey's Casino team)