Chadron State College Athletics

Even 40 years after he competed, times posted by Sides prove that he was one of the outstanding middle distance runners in CSC history. He won the 440-yard dash at the Nebraska College Conference Meet in both 1966 and ’67, setting the record of 48.6 seconds in 1967. He also set the school record of 1:56.4 in the 880 in 1966. When converted from yards to meters, those marks translate to 48.3 in the 400, sixth best in CSC annals, and 1:55.7 in the 800, second best on the all-time list.
Sides also ran the 440 indoors in 50.6 for the school record that stood until Joel Duffield eclipsed it earlier this decade. Sides’ time is 50.3 when converted to meters. Duffield is the only CSC athlete to run the event under 50 seconds indoors.  
In addition, Sides ran 600 yards indoors in 1:12.07 for a school record that still stands. (The event has seldom been run in the last 20 years.)
Sides graduated from Edgemont (S.D.) High School. He and his wife, Carol, operate the ranch where he was born and raised near Smithwick, S.D. Their son, Jack, set the school record of 7- ½ in the outdoor high jump in 2006 and is tied for third in the event indoors at 6-11.