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This Day in Monitor & Box–January 25
1936–Just about driven into the tape through Joe Mangan of the New York A.C., Glenn Cunningham raced to victory within the Okay. of C. mile on the Boston Lawn.
Some 10,000 spectators modified the Boston Lawn into one thing comparable to a madhouse because the pair stormed around the line in as exciting a mile race end as had ever been witnessed right here.
Cunningham was once booed through some lovers, who idea he had fouled Mangan, however he expressed wonder when requested about it after returning to Iowa Town, the place he was once attending graduate faculty on the College of Iowa.
Glenn Cunningham, more than likely race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Please observe scars on legs from fireplace accidents as a kid. Photograph courtesy of Peter F. Murphy, JR. Copyright 2024 through Kansas Ancient Society, all rights reserved.
“The first I heard about any foul was when I got back here and people began asking me questions”, stated Cunningham. “Mangan came up unnoticed, and as I went out wide, Mangan’s head touched my shoulder. From then on to the finish, it was nip and tuck.”(From AP)
1956–Australia’s Dave Stephens, operating within the stadium that will be the web site of the Melbourne Olympics later within the 12 months, received the 6-mile in 27:54.0 to wreck Emil Zátopek’s earlier Global Document of 27:59.2. http://tinyurl.com/DaveStephens-6m
1963—Dave Tork set a Global Indoor Document of 16-2 ¼ (4.93+) within the Pole Vault in Toronto
1968—Leaping prior to a Madison Sq. Lawn crowd of greater than 14,000 lovers on the Millrose Video games, Bob Seagren raised the Global Indoor Document within the pole vault to 17-4 ¼(5.29). Seagren, who would win gold on the Mexico Town Olympics later within the 12 months, first fulfilled a promise to Millrose Director Fred Schmertz through giving the meet its first 17-foot vault (17-1/4/5.19)
Villanova sophomore Larry James received the 500y in a handy guide a rough 56.1 and contributed a 47.8 third leg cut up at the Wildcats’ profitable mile relay (3:18.0). Teammate Dave Patrick completed 2d to Preston Davis in a tactical Wanamaker Mile (4:03.9-4:04.4).
Bob Seagren on duvet of Sports activities Illustrated
In a struggle of previous and destiny Olympic medalists, Australia’s Ralph Doubell beat Canada’s Invoice Crothers handily to win the ½-mile in 1:53.2. Doubell would win gold within the 800-meters in Mexico Town later within the 12 months, whilst Crothers was once the silver medalist in Tokyo in 1964.
Different winners integrated Martin McGrady (600y/1:10.1), John Thomas (Prime Leap/6-10), Byron Dyce (1000y/2:10.1), and George Younger (3-miles/13:31.8).
This was once the primary of 5 main indoor meets held over the weekend (Oakland, Boston, Albuquerque, Portland) and will be the final Millrose Video games held on the “old” Madison Sq. Lawn, which was once situated in Ny at fiftieth Side road and eighth Road.
(For subscribers): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/01/26/77166774.html?pageNumber=33
1969—A 12 months to the day after surroundings the former mark of 17-4 1.4 (5.29), Bob Seagren raised the Global Indoor Document within the Pole Vault to 17-5 ¾ (5.33) in Albuquerque, the web site of 2 of his different Global Data!
1968 Olympic gold medalist (800m) Ralph Doubell set a Global Indoor Document of one:47.9 for 880-yards.
https://vault.si.com/vault/1969/02/03/the-meet-of-the-future-is-now
1974–North Carolina’s Tony Waldrop made long-time Millrose director Fred Schmertz more than pleased through operating 3:59.7 to transform the primary guy to wreck 4-minutes within the fabled Wanamaker Mile.
Marty Liquori gave the impression to be on the best way to his fifteenth directly win at Madison Sq. Lawn as he led going into the overall lap, however Waldrop, admittedly nonetheless finding out how one can run the mile, raced into the lead at the backstretch and persevered on for the win. Liquori (4:00.8) slipped to third in the back of Len Hilton (4:00.7), with Byron Dyce completing 4th (4:02.0).
Reflecting at the race years later, Waldrop stated, “Actually that race was one in which I have many fond memories about. Not so much because I was the one who did it, but because the meet promoter at the time was a man named Howard Schmertz if I remember correctly, and his father (the previous Millrose director) was quite elderly at the time. He was worried that his father would not live long enough to see a sub-4 minute Mile. I remember Howard, the son, actually came down on the track and ran with me for a bit of it, for the victory lap, because he was so excited for his father.”
Ethiopia’s Miruts Yifter, who would move directly to win the 5000-10,000 double on the 1980 Olympics, ran his first race ever on a banked-board song and received the 2-mile race in 8:28.0.
Making her Millrose debut was once 15-year previous Mary Decker (2:27.4), who fought off a problem through some other 15-year previous, Robin Campbell (2:29.5), to win the Ladies’s 1000-yards. Decker (later Slaney), who would transform a fan favourite at Millrose, went directly to win the 1500-meters in 1980 and the Mile in 1982, 1983, and 1985. She was once Howard Schmertz’s all-time favourite Millrose athlete.
Tony Waldrop makes the quilt of TFN, the Bible of the game! all rights stick with Monitor & Box Information
The primary boys highschool mile was once held, with Mark Belger profitable in 4:18.2. The tale is going that one of the most daughters of Howard Schmertz, who would be successful his dad as Meet Director the next 12 months, had a weigh down on Belger (they each attended Mepham H.S. on Lengthy Island) and instructed the addition of the race to her father as a way of having to understand him higher! Completing a detailed 2d to Belger was once Gene McCarthy (All Hollows,NY), who would move directly to transform one of the most main govt within the operating shoe business!
A number of the notable winners of the race over time are Kevin Byrne (2-time winner set a meet file of four:08.0 in 1978 that lasted till 2017, when Noah Affolder received in 4:07.24), Mike Stahr (1982,1983), George Kersh (1987), Bob Kennedy (1988), Seneca Lassiter (1995), Michael Stember (1996), Jonathon Riley (1997), Andy Powell (1998), Kyle Merber (2008), Robby Andrews (2009), Chad Noelle (2011), Josh Hoey (2018).
In a transfer welcomed through athletes (and others), lovers at Madison Sq. Lawn have been requested (through PA Announcer Bob Hersh) to chorus from smoking all over the meet!
From Liquori: “Here’s how I remember it. At the Mama Leone ‘s Track Writers luncheon before the games I was getting asked why there had not been a four minute mile in the Millrose Games. I said one of the reasons was by 10 o’clock at night, the place was filled with smoke. So Bob Hersh got up and said, ’ I will announce for people to not smoke and to go under the stands if they have to.’ Which he did. When I came out at 10 o’clock the place was clean as a mountain air-that’s one of the reasons I felt that I had to change my tactic and make sure we broke the four minute mile. As you know, that strategy caused me to lose the race. I had no idea who Tony Waldrop was, and to hear him tell it in his post-race interview he had no idea who I was. So I consider this one of my greatest accomplishments in the sport! (This from a Hall-of Famer!)
Sports Illustrated Vault (Waldrop feature): https://vault.si.com/vault/1974/03/04/hed-prefer-a-good-book
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vodukVXjafw
2012 Article(Waldrop)
A Family Album (The Schmertz’s) https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/22/sports/a-millrose-games-family-album.html
1985–It was another memorable Millrose Games, one witnessed by 18,328 fans at Madison Square Garden. Ireland’s Eamonn Coghlan won his 6th Wanamaker Mile to tie Glenn Cunningham as the event’s biggest winner. Coghlan, always a Garden favorite, ran 3:53.82 to beat Ray Flynn (3:54.70), John Walker (3:55.14), and Sydney Maree (3:55.15).
Coghlan’s choice as the winner of the meet’s coveted Outstanding Performer Award (Waterford Crystal) had as much to do with timing as with his performance. More than an hour after the final running event was completed, Jimmy Howard cleared 7-8 (2.34) in the High Jump (before 300 hardy fans) to break the previous American Record of 7-7 ¾ (2.33), set by Jeff Woodard in 1981. Howard’s record actually took place on the 26th, since the event didn’t end until after midnight!.
Another American Record fell in the Women’s 400, as Diane Dixon ran down 1984 double Olympic gold medalist Valerie Brisco to win in 53.07. Other highlights included Mary Slaney’s win in the Women’s Mile (4:22.01), and Carl Lewis’s win in the Men’s Long Jump 27-10 ¾ (8.50).
Sports Illustrated Vault: http://www.si.com/vault/1985/02/04/627674/he-threw-a-high-hard-one
1986–For the 10th time in his career, Billy Olson raised the Indoor World Record in the Pole Vault, jumping 19-3 ¾ (5.89) in Albuquerque. At the same meet, Jim Howard, his teammate on the Pacific Coast Club, raised his own American Record in the High Jump to 7-8 ¾ (2.36m). Olson and fellow pole vaulter Brad Pursley currently work as bail-bondsmen in Abilene,Texas.
http://www.billyolsonbailbond.com/
1986—Germany’s Heike Drechsler set a World Indoor Record of 23-11 (7.29) in the Long Jump in Berlin
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Drechsler
1998–-Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie, competing on what would become one of his favorite tracks, ran 7:26.15 for 3000-meters in Karlsruhe, Germany, to break his own World Indoor Record of 7:30.72, which was set in Stuttgart in 1996. Four of the eight fastest times in history (at the time) were run by Geb on the Karlsruhe track. He only had 12 days to enjoy his latest record, since Daniel Komen ran 7:24.90 on February 6.
Current All-Time Indoor List—Men’s 3000
7:23.81 Lamecha Girma (Ethiopia) 2/15/23
7:24.68 Mohamed Katir (Spain) 2/15/23
7:24.90 Daniel Komen (Kenya) 2/06/98
7:24.98 Getnet Wale (Ethiopia) 2/09/21
7:25.82 Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) 2/06/24
7:26.10 ————Barega 2/09/21
7:26.15 Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 1/25/98
7:26.20 Berihu Aregawi (Ethiopia) 1/28/22
7:26.73 ————Wale 2/06/24
7:26.80 ————Gebrselassie 1/24/99
**10 performances by 7 performers**
7:27.80 Yenew Alamirew (Ethiopia) 2/05/11
7:28.00 Augustine Choge (Kenya) 2/05/11
7:28.23 Yared Nuguse (US) 1/27/23
2003—Junior Natasha Hastings (A.P.Randolph H.S.,NY) set a U.S. High School Record of 1:11.84 for 500-meters at the New Balance Games at NY’s Armory. (Since broken, still #9 All-Time)
Hastings would become one of America’s best 400-meter runners for more than a decade (2006-2017)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Hastings
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/natasha-hastings-187649
2013—Penn State set the current Collegiate Record of 1:24.70 in the Men’ 4×200 relay on their home track.
Emunael Mpanduki’, Matt Gilmore, Brandon Bennett-Green, Aaron Nadolsky)
2014—Galen Rupp ran 8:07.41 for 2-miles at the Terrier Classic at Boston University to regain the American Record
from Bernard Lagat, who had run 8:09.49 the year before.
Significant Birthdays
Born On This Day*
Christian Olsson—Sweden 45 (1980) Gold medalist in the Triple Jump at the 2003 World Championships and 2004
Olympics; 2-time World Indoor Champion (2003, 2004—equalled the World Indoor Record of 58-6 [17.83]);
Silver medalist at the 2001 World Championships, 6th in 2011
2-time European Champion—2002, 2006
2002 European Indoor Champion
PB: 58-4 ½ (17.79/2004)
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Olsson
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/christian-olsson-14227931
https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanAthletics/videos/642858080042444/
Gabe Jennings 46 (1979) 2000 NCAA Indoor (Mile) and Outdoor (1500/2nd-2001) Champion-Stanford;
2000 Olympian (1500m/semi-finalist); competed in the first round of the 1500 at the 2001 World
Championships
2000 U.S. Champion-1500 (Olympic Trials)
2-time NCAA Indoor Champion-Distance Medley-2000 (lead-off 1200), 2001 (anchor)
2-time winner of the High School 1500 at the Penn Relays (1997,1998); Graduated from Oregon Law
School in 2012
One of the great “Free Spirits” of the game.
Born into the hippie tradition. Some quotes from a pre-NCAA interview with CBS:
“My parents were my teachers”
“I expect to run with integrity. That means listening to my inner self”
“God, you’ve hit the nail on the head” (after it was once instructed he perspectives racing as a birthday celebration)
“I try to hear the rhythm of the wind, the ocean”
Compares the mile to jazz-“Got to bend notes sometimes”
Incessantly performed bongos within the stands with others whilst teammates have been competing in different occasions
In 2003, he launched into a four-month, 6,000-mile solo motorbike trek to Brazil, the place he
https://vault.si.com/vault/2003/06/02/almost-his-last-mile
Inducted into the Stanford Corridor of Status in 2018 (Interview)
PBs:1:46.83 (2001), 2:18.33 (2006), 3:35.21 (2000), 3:58.54i (2001), 7:58.40i (2001), 13:44.60 (2000
2000 Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChoWROC984c
2000 O.T. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-mKEyfI10
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: http://tinyurl.com/SIV-Jennings
2005: http://www.sfgate.com/sports activities/article/A-lost-drummer-regains-his-beat-Runner-back-2637901.php
The Efficiency Artist: http://tinyurl.com/zsry2ub
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Jennings
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89139
David Monti 65 (1960) Writer of Race Effects Weekly, THE e-newsletter for protection of distance operating within the U.S. and
world wide.
David and I (and his spouse Jane) labored in combination on many Olympics and Global Championships as a part of NBC’s
fortify workforce.
He explains how he were given began within the game on this 2023 interview with Anna Lagnani, the previous Deputy Director
of Communications for Global Athletics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KZ_LVPM-28
http://www.raceresultsweekly.com
Robin Campbell-Bennett 66 (1959) 2-time Olympian-800m (1980/boycott, 1984/semi-finalist); fifth within the 800 on the
inaugural Global Championships in Helsinki (1983); PB: 1:59.00 (1983)
Coached through Brooks Johnson, she was once a teenage prodigy…received the Mile (4:50.7) on the 1974 U.S.
Indoor Championships on the age of 15, received the 440y(!) name the next 12 months. Ran 2:02.40 for
800-meters in 1974. Additionally ran 2:06.7 indoors that 12 months.
Nat’l Data
440 54.2 2-23-75
600y 1:19.3 2-15-74 (nonetheless stands) Toronto. Had simply became 15.
600m 1:30.1 3-2-74 for 1st position in Soviet twin meet, Moscow, WR, lasted 27 years as HSR
1000y 2:30.7 Pupil at Hines JHS, age 14, 2d on the Maple Leaf Video games 2-2-73
1500 4:26.4 fifth on the Olympic Inv on the Lawn, 2-8-74
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Campbell_(athlete)
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77783
Podcast (2022): https://www.startingline1928.com/pioneerstories/robin-campbell-bennett
Jürgen Hingsen—Germany 67 (1958) Silver medalist within the Decathlon on the 1983 Global Championships and 1984
Olympics (2d to Nice Britain’s Daley Thompson on each events); 6’-6 ¾” (2.00), 225 (102kg)
Traded Global Data with Thompson:
(with adjusted issues)
8704 (8732)- Thompson-Would possibly 23, 1982
8723 (8741)- Hingsen-August 15, 1982
8743 (8774)- Thompson-September 8, 1982
8779 (8825)- Hingsen-June 5, 1983
8798 (8823)- Hingsen-Would possibly 9, 1984
8847 (new tables)-Thompson August 9, 1984
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jürgen_Hingsen
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decathlon_world_record_progression
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70290
Competitors Reunited(2012):
www.dailymail.co.united kingdom/game/olympics/article-2178449/London-2012-Olympics-Daley-Thompson-Jurgen-Hingsen-reunited.html
Deceased
Steve “Pre” Prefontaine 24 (1951-Would possibly 30, 1975) The Legend
4-time NCAA Champion at the song: Oregon/3-miles (5k in ’72) 1971-1974
3-time NCAA X-Nation Champion (1970,1971,1973)
2-time U.S. Champion-3 miles (1971, 1973)
Set American Data at distances from 2000-meters to ten,000-meters
Earlier H.S. Document holder at 3000-meters and 2-miles (outside) (Marshfield H.S.-Coos Bay,OR)
4th within the 5000-meters on the 1972 Olympics.
Recommend for athletes’ rights
PBs: 3:38.1h (1973), 3:54.6 (‘73), 5:01.4h/2k (‘75), 7:42.6h (‘74), 8:18.29 (‘74), 13:21.87 (‘74), 27:43.6h
(’74)
www.nytimes.com/1975/05/31/archives/prefontaine-24-killed-in-crash-prefontaine-track-star-is-killed-in.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Prefontaine
Runner’s Global Articles: https://www.runnersworld.com/steve-prefontaine
http://grantland.com/options/steve-prefontaine-death/
https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Americas-Biggest-Operating-Prefontaine/dp/0875964575
SI Vault/Kenny Moore(2004): http://tinyurl.com/SI-PreClassic
Tribute Web site:
http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Prefontaine_Fredricksberg_Academy_03
“Without Limits”-At the back of the Scenes:
http://without-limits.warnerbros.com/cmp/realaudio/major.html
Movies:
1972 OG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iKt8_pkHgY
Function: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xesXzetlrE
“Fire on the Track”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7O5tGsBZrA
What It Takes To Be Nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58JSUuE_-MA
1973 L.A. Instances Mile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA3nFaaptKo
Google Steve Prefontaine for a lot more
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