This Day in Monitor & Box–January 28
1925—Paavo Nurmi, who had set a International Document within the ¾-mile the night time earlier than, returned to Madison Sq. Lawn for the Second part of the 2-day Millrose Video games and, a lot to the pleasure of every other sell-out crowd of 10,000, set two extra international data, operating 5:30.2 on the 1-1/4 Mile mark en-route to clocking 6:39.4 for 1-1/2 Miles. Dropping by the wayside of the race was once Joie Ray, who had set the former 1-1/2 Mile listing of 6:41.8 whilst profitable the sixth of his 7 Millrose titles on the distance.
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/01/29/101636501.html?pageNumber=14
Paavo Nurmi, photograph from Wikipedia
1950—It become referred to as “The Longest Mile” in historical past. The surroundings was once the Millrose Video games at NY’s Madison Sq. Lawn, and the famed Wanamaker Mile equipped some of the debatable finishes within the annals of the game.
The 15,000 enthusiasts in attendance waited anxiously whilst officers took quarter-hour after the 2 runners had crossed the end line in combination in 4:09.3 to claim that Wisconsin’s Don Gehrmann was once the winner over Fred Wilt. However that wasn’t the top of the tale!
From Wally Donovan’s “A History of Indoor Track & Field”:
(Google “A History of Indoor Track & Field” for acquire knowledge)
“On February 10th, 1950 The Metropolitan AAU registration committee announced that the winner of the Wanamaker mile was Fred wilt and not Don Gehrmann. Technically, it was not a reversal of the judges decision. It was, rather, a correction of what the registration committee felt should have been the proper decision in the 1st place. They felt that only the two first place judges and the judge picking 2nd had the right to decide the winner. The judge picking third was consulted and the judges deadlocked two-to-two. Chief judge Asa Bushnell then voted for Gehrmann to break the tie. Bushnell appealed the decision to the board of managers of the Metropolitan Association of the AAU. The board sustained its registration committee when the second stage of the appeal was heard. The 60 members in attendance voted unanimously in favor of the registration committee stand that Wilt won the race according to AAU rules .
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/01/29/91101981.html?pageNumber=121
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/01/30/87020057.html?pageNumber=31
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/02/11/89719104.html?pageNumber=20
1956—Al Phillips (Montclair,NJ) ran 10-flat in his heat and 9.8 in the final to set two U.S. High School Records in the 100-yard dash at the NYU Interscholastic meet at NY’s Armory.
1961–Jumping indoors off a dirt surface in Leningrad, 18-year old Valeriy Brumel cleared 7-3 (2.21) in the High Jump to break John Thomas’s World Indoor Record of 7-2 ½ (2.20). He then had the bar raised to 7-4 ½ (2.25), higher than Thomas’s outdoor record of 7-3 ¾ (2.22), and he cleared on his first attempt!
1965—Fordham junior Sam Perry ran 5.9 at the Millrose Games to tie the World Record for 60-yards that he already shared with Bob Hayes.
Wyomia Tyus, the gold medalist in the 100-meters at the previous year’s Olympics in Tokyo, won the Women’s
60-yard dash in 6.9.
Another Tokyo gold medalist didn’t fare as well, as Billy Mills (10,000m) finished 3rd (8:52.0) in the 2-mile behind George Young (8:48.4) and New Zealand’s Bill Baillie (8:50.6).
St.John’s junior Tom Farrell (1:10.5) won the Mel Sheppard 600y over 1964 Olympic teammate Ollan Cassell (1:10.8). Theron Lewis was 3rd in 1:11.2, followed by Mike Larrabee (1:12.3), the 1964 Olympic Champion at 400-meters. Larrabee and Cassell won gold medals in the 4×400 relay in Tokyo.
Australia’s Judith Amoore won the Women’s 440-yards in 55.6, equalling her recently set World Indoor Record, and England’s John Whetton won the Wanamaker Mile in 4:05.4.
The winner of the Pole Vault was Mel Hein, Jr, the son of NFL Hall-of-Famer Mel Hein, who was a center for the NY Giants!
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/01/29/101524293.html?pageNumber=15
1967–Three World Indoor Records were set at the Albuquerque Jaycee Invitational. Bob Seagren improved the Pole Vault record to 17-2 (5.235?), Theron Lewis ran 47.1 for 440-yards, and Jim Hines tied the 60-yard dash mark of 5.9. And Jerry Proctor (Muir,Ca) became the first prep to break the 26-foot barrier in the Long Jump, doing it three times, with a best of 26-2 (7.975?) (26-1 1/4 [7.955?], 26-2, 26-2).
Sports Illustrated Vault (Seagren Feature):
https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/02/20/he-sizzles-at-the-end-of-a-swizzle-stick
1972—The highlight of this year’s Millrose Games was the Men’s 600y, where Lee Evans (1:09.9) beat Martin McGrady (1:10.2) for the 2nd consecutive week.
“Lee’s really ready this year,” stated McGrady, who had overwhelmed Evans in 9 in their first 11 conferences and had grow to be referred to as “the chairman of the boards” for his skill on indoor tracks.
“I wanted to beat Martin twice in a row,” stated Evans. “I just don’t like to lose.”
John Mason (4:03.2) gained a tactical Wanamaker Mile over Italy’s Franco Arese (4:04.5), Bowling Inexperienced’s Dave Wottle (4:04.9), and Jamaica’s Byron Dyce (4:04.9), and Len Hilton (13:21.0) gained the 3-mile over Frank Shorter (13:23.0).
Attendance 16, 550
NY Occasions
1974—The Philadelphia Monitor Vintage have been bumped from a most well-liked Friday night time to a less-desirable Monday night time, when no basketball or hockey video games have been scheduled for the Spectrum, the premier venue within the Town of Brotherly Love. However then anyone learned that the Second Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier combat have been scheduled for a similar night time, an occasion that was once high closed-circuit TV subject matter.
A compromise was once reached, with the monitor meet transferring to an previous time to house the boxing fit. Not up to 5,000 tickets (priced at $5 and $6) can be bought for the monitor meet, they all upfront, and the rest tickets (at $IO and $I5) can be stored for combat enthusiasts. Those that attended the monitor meet (yours in point of fact integrated) may just stay for the combat, which made the monitor price tag an excellent discount.
At the monitor, Tony Waldrop gained his third directly sub-4 mile race of the season, overtaking Marty Liquori within the ultimate steps, with each being timed in 3:58.9. Completing third in 4:01.7 was once Dave Wottle, the 1972 Olympic champion at 800-Meters.
Confusion reigned within the 1000y because the lap counter screwed up and made everybody run an additional lap! Thankfully, there have been 3 watches at the guy who crossed the real end line first—Byron Dyce, who was once timed in 2:06.1.
Ethiopia’s Miruts Yifter went out very immediate (60.3, 2:01.7) within the 2-mile to hole the sphere. Eire’s Neil Cusack closed the space, however Yifter (The Shifter) then unleashed an incredible closing lap to win in 8:31.6 (Cusack 8:36.8).
The most important surprise of the meet got here from native favourite Ed Lennex, a sophomore at St.Joseph’s College, who all of sudden raised his top soar absolute best from 6-8 to 7-2 (2.185). A resurging Gene White gained on misses at that top, but it surely was once Lennex who had the most efficient strive at 7-4 (2.235). A meandering Dwight Stones (New York Friday, Portland, Ore., Saturday, Philadelphia Monday) confirmed the results of his busy weekend with a 7-0 (2.135) clearance in fourth.
NY Occasions Protection
Effects: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/01/29/81859559.html?pageNumber=71
Take a look at This Day in Sports activities under for extra at the combat.
1977–Working earlier than a listing crowd of 18,235 enthusiasts, Eamonn Coghlan gained the primary of his seven Wanamaker Miles on the Millrose Video games in NY, operating 4:00.2 to overcome Kenya’s Wilson Waigwa (4:00.5), Tanzania’s Filbert Bayi (4:01.8), who was once exhausted after experiencing some shuttle nightmares, and Marty Liquori (4:02.0).
Earlier than the proliferation of super-fast 200-meter banked tracks, it was once nonetheless conceivable to set International Data in races such because the 440y on an 11-lap monitor like the only used at Madison Sq. Lawn. And that’s simply what Rosalyn Bryant did, operating 53.5 to wreck Lorna Forde’s 2-week outdated mark of 53.8. She additionally completed third within the 60-yard sprint.
Forde stepped as much as the 880y right here and set a MSG Document of two:06.5. Two New Jersey preps had spectacular performances. Renaldo Nehemiah (Scotch Plains) ran a hand-timed 7.2 within the trials of the Invitation 60-yard hurdles to equivalent the Top College Document for the 42” boundaries, and Kevin Byrne (Paramus Catholic,NJ) set a Millrose H.S. Mile listing of four:08.0 that may stand for 40 years (Noah Affolder ran 4:07.24 in 2017). It was once the Second Millrose win in a row for Byrne, who had additionally run 4:08.0 the week earlier than in Philadelphia.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault:
https://vault.si.com/vault/1977/02/07/when-irish-guys-are-miling
1977–Per week after surroundings a Collegiate Document within the 1000y (2:05.5) at the College of Missouri monitor, Arkansas’ Niall O’Shaughnessy, a local of Eire, returned to Columbia and ran 3:55.4 for the mile, simply lacking Tony Waldrop’s 3-year outdated International Indoor Document of three:55.0.
The luck of O’Shaughnessy, one in every of trainer John McDonnell’s first recruits, resulted in different proficient runners becoming a member of the Arkansas program, and helped set the degree for what would grow to be an exceptional run of luck for the Razorbacks.
1981–Czech Jarmila Kratochvílová ran 49.64 in Vienna to wreck the former International Indoor Document of 51.57, set by means of East Germany’s Marita Koch in Milan in 1977. She would set the present listing of 49.59 the next yr.
1983–Earlier than every other large crowd of 18,000+, Eamonn Coghlan gained his fifth Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games with relative ease in 3:54.40. Germany’s Thomas Wessinghage completed a far off Second in 3:57.95. 4th was once Villanova sophomore Marcus O’Sullivan (3:59.09), who was once simplest within the race as a result of Meet Director Howard Schmertz discovered it arduous to mention no to Wildcat trainer Jumbo Elliott. “Whatever Jumbo wanted, Jumbo got”, joked Schmertz. O’Sullivan would cross directly to win the Wanamaker Mile 5 instances (Coghlan would win it seven instances).
Carl Lewis had an excellent sequence within the Lengthy Leap, crowned by means of his profitable mark of 28-1/4 (8.54).
An actual crowd pleaser was once Clinton Davis, a senior at Metal Valley Top College in Munhall,Pa. Davis gained the “B” phase of the 400-meters in 47.46 to wreck his personal prep listing of 48.23. The “seeded” phase was once gained by means of Walter McCoy in 47.68, giving Davis the entire win. Some of the different runners Davis beat had been Cliff Wiley, the number one American in 1982, and Jamaica’s Bert Cameron, who would win the 400 on the inaugural International Championships in Helsinki later within the yr. Davis’s profession, which had already slowed in 1984(see hyperlink under), was once minimize quick tragically in 1985 when each legs had been damaged in an car twist of fate.
H.S. Boys Mile
Some of the thrilling races of the meet was once the Jumbo Elliott Top College Boys Mile, which featured 3 of the most efficient preps within the U.S.
There was once pre-meet communicate of an overly immediate profitable time, main NBC to incorporate the race in its TV protection (with Charlie Jones and Frank Shorter offering the remark).
That appeared a definite risk after Mike Stahr (Carmel,NY), the 1982 winner, led the sphere during the first ¼-mile in a handy guide a rough 58.6. Then again, the tempo, with Stahr nonetheless within the lead, slowed significantly over the following couple of laps, and it now become a tactical race. After a three:10 break up on the ¾-mile mark, the motion all over the closing 2-3/4 laps had the group on its toes. With elbows flying, Stahr held off two demanding situations by means of John Carlotti (Bernards,NJ), after which one by means of his pal and long-time rival Miles Irish (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake,NY), who had set a Nationwide H.S. Document within the 1000m whilst beating Stahr per week previous at Yale. With a lap to move, Stahr needed to combat off Carlotti one closing time earlier than pulling away to win with a time of four:10.98, with Carlotti (4:11.41) completing Second over Irish(4:11.84).
40 years later, Stahr and Irish mirrored at the race.
Stahr—”What a beautiful time in historical past to be racing! Going into Millrose was once an excellent revel in as Miles and I had been buddies and either one of us sought after to win. I will have had slightly of a bonus being shorter however going up towards Miles and the remainder of the crowd was once nerve racking. It was once simplest 6 days previous that Miles schooled me within the 1000m at Yale so I used to be slightly on edge. I imagine to at the moment that if I had no longer handed Miles after 1 1/2 laps that he would have stored the robust tempo and we each would have run a lot sooner and no person would were in a position to stick with us. Now not pronouncing there weren’t very proficient athletes within the race – John Carlotti, Jeff Van Wie, Charlie Marsala and everybody else gunning for the primary position watch – however the only I fearful about maximum was once all the time Miles. The most efficient factor about ’82 / ’83 was once that Miles and I become lifelong buddies. Significantly better than any race we competed towards each and every different”.
Irish–My simplest remark is that since that day I now cope with Michael as “Millrose Mike” & you’ll be able to quote me on that. I view that race as my worst “effort” of my senior yr indoor season, the place I did destroy six NYS Indoor data, one in every of which (the mile) was once damaged by means of Millrose Mike. For me that video is 2 aspects of the similar coin, for Mike it’s an instance of the right way to win a race on an 11-lap indoor monitor and for me it’s an instance of the way to not run a race!”
(Irish [800] and Stahr [1600] ran at the Georgetown workforce that set a International Document of 9:20.96 within the Distance Medley on the 1987 Penn Relays)
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/30/sports activities/near-record-performances-mark-millrose-games.html
Davis: http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-21/sports activities/sp-14295_1_clinton-davis
Twist of fate: http://tinyurl.com/DavisAccident
HSB Mile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5EHy_oPoec
Lewis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8CeUt3zUMs
1995–Nigeria’s Olapade Adeniken, a UTEP alum, gained a brand new Porsche as his praise for surroundings a International Indoor Document of 10.13 for 100-meters at america Air Inv. in Johnson Town, Tennessee. Completing a detailed Second was once Jamaica’s Michael Inexperienced (10.14).
2000–Stacy Dragila progressed her American Document (14-8 ¼ [4.48]) within the Ladies’s Pole Vault to 14-9 1/2 (4.51) on her “home” runway in Pocatello, Idaho.
2006-Francena McCorory a senior at Bethel H.S. (Va) ran 36.96 for 300-meters at Virginia Tech. Her time was once no longer just a Top College Document, it was once additionally an American Document. (each data since damaged/nonetheless #3 All-Time H.S.).
2006-Russia set the present International Indoor Document of three:23.37 within the Ladies’s 4×400 relay in Glasgow, Scotland.
2011—Ethiopia’s Deresse Mekonnen (3:58.58) edged Bernard Lagat (3:59.01) to win the Wanamaker Mile on the ultimate Millrose Video games to be held at Madison Sq. Lawn (the meet would transfer uptown to the Armory in 2012). For the 36-year outdated Lagat, it was once the nearest he would come to including every other win within the prestigious occasion to his listing general of 8. (He would end 4th in his ultimate Wanamaker Mile in 2016).
Ashton Eaton gained a 3-event multi affair over Trey Hardee and Bryan Clay (Shot Put, 60m-Hurdles, Top Leap). Clay was once the reigning Olympic Champion within the Decathlon, Hardee would win his Second International identify within the Dec later within the yr (beating Eaton), and Eaton would win the primary of his 2 Olympics titles within the Dec in 2012.
Eaton-2666: 46-8 ¼ (14.22), 7.64, 6-8 ¼ (2.05); Hardee-2640: 52-3 ¾ (15.94), 7.83, 6-5 (1.96)
Clay-2609: 50-0 (15.24), 7.78, 6-5 (1.96)
Effects: https://millrosegames.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=574&yr=2011&do=information
Wanamaker Mile: https://www.usatf.television/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=movies&video_id=103270
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/sports activities/29millrose.html
Decathletes within the Highlight: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/sports activities/27vecsey.html
https://new york.milesplit.com/meets/74256-millrose-games-2011/protection#.Y9AISS-B3BA
Discovering a New House: https://www.si.com/more-sports/2011/06/29/millrose-gamestrackfield
Alas, the meet drew not up to 6,000 spectators and didn’t go back the next yr.
Effects: https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=6991&yr=2012&do=information
2012—Arkansas freshman Gunnar Nixon set the present International Junior Document of 6022 issues within the Heptathlon (senior occasions) in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He would win U.S. and International Junior titles within the Decathlon later within the yr.
(7.10, 7.53 [24-8½], 13.97 [45-10], 2.15 [7-½], 8.21, 4.50 [14-9], 2:40.15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Nixon
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/gunnar-nixon-250509
2017—3 veterans and a highschool senior teamed up set a International Indoor Document of 10:40.31 within the Distance Medley Relay on the New Stability Indoor Grand Prix on the Reggie Lewis Heart in Roxbury,MA.
Dealing with the baton had been Emma Coburn (3:18.0), Sydney McLaughlin (52.3), Brenda Martinez (2:01.9), and Jenny Simpson (4:27.7). All 4, together with prep McLaughlin within the 400-hurdles, had competed on the earlier yr’s Olympics in Rio, with Coburn (Steeplechase) and Simpson (1500) profitable bronze medals of their respective occasions.
Video(Subscription Required): www.usatf.television/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&mgroup_event_id=590&yr=2017&do=movies&video_id=195696
McLaughlin Interview: https://nj.milesplit.com/articles/201319-sydney-mclaughlin-part-of-world-record-dmr-104031
Effects: https://reside.pttiming.com/?mid=1132
2017—Former Nittany Lion Casimir Loxsom returned to his former house monitor and set a International Indoor Document of one:14.91 for 600-meters. Completing a detailed Second was once Penn State sophomore Isaiah Harris, who set a Collegiate Document of one:14.96. UTEP’s Emmanuel Korir was once the former record-holder in each classes, having run 1:14.97 simply 8 days previous. Each new marks had been damaged by means of UTEP’s Michael Saruni, who ran 1:14.79 in 2018. (Donavan Brazier set the present WR of one:13.77 on the 2019 U.S. Indoor Championships).
Video(Subscription required):
https://www.flolive.television/video/5723070-tasty-race-cas-loxsom-600m-world-record-isaiah-harris-collegiate-record
2017–Texas A&M set a Collegiate Document of three:02.52 (since damaged) within the 4×400 relay on the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville. The former mark of three:02.86 was once set by means of every other Aggie quartet in 2015.
(Fred Kerley 45.0, Richard Rose 46.0, Devin Dixon 46.2, Mylik Kerley 45.3).
2022—The Bahamas’ Steven Gardiner, the 2021 Olympic champion at 400-meters, set a International Indoor Document of 31.56 for 300-meters at Clemson. The previous Document of 31.87 was once set by means of Noah Lyles in 2017.
Important Birthdays
Born On This Day*
Jessica Ennis-Hill Nice Britain 39 (1986) Gold medalist within the Heptathlon on the 2012 Olympics and the 2009
and 2015 International Championships; Silver medalist on the 2016 Olympics; 2010 International Indoor Champion—
Pentathlon;
British Document holder—Heptathlon (6,955/2012[#8-All-Time])
Retired after the 2016 Olympics
All-Time Listing: http://www.alltime-athletics.com/whepaok.htm
http://www.jessicaennis.internet/
Stats: https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/jessica-ennis-hill-14274988
Retirement: https://www.theguardian.com/recreation/2016/oct/13/jessica-ennis-hill-retires-athletics
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Ennis-Hill
Tim Bernard Law Montgomery 50 (1975) 2000 Olympic gold medalist-4×100 (1996-silver medalist);
1999 International Champion-4×100 (1997-bronze medalist); sixth within the 100 in 1999
Silver medalist within the 60-meters on the 2001 International Indoor Championships
PBs: 6.46i (2001), 9.92 (1997), 20.52 (1999)
Used to be a key determine within the Balco doping scandal. According to proof equipped all over the investigation, he was once stripped of
all of his performances/honors from 2001-2005, together with the silver medal he had gained within the 100-meters on the
2001 International Championships and the “World Record” of 9.78 he had run in 2002. To begin with declared his innocence, however
ultimately admitted that he had used performance-enhancing medicine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Montgomery
Interviews:
2009: http://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/columns/tale?columnist=fish_mike&identification=4487014
2013: www.usatoday.com/tale/sports activities/olympics/2013/09/10/tim-montgomery-100-meter-world-record-prison/2795863/
Matt Centrowitz 70 (1955) 2-time Olympian—1976 (1500), 1980 (5000);
4-time U.S. Champion—5000m (1979-1982); Former American Document holder—5000m (13:12.91/1982)
Son Matthew gained the gold medal within the 1500-meters on the 2016 Olympics and is a 2-time International
Championship medalist within the 1500 (2011-bronze, 2013-silver; 4th 2012 Olympics; Daughter Lauren was once an All-
American at Stanford.
Former trainer at American College and New york School
PBs: 3:36.70 (1976), 3:54.94 (1982), 7:48.20 (1978), 13:12.91 (1982), 28:32.7h (1983)
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Centrowitz
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78218
Like Father, Like Son: https://www.amazon.com/Like-Father-Son-Training-Parenting/dp/1542655048
Deceased
Parry O’Brien 75 (1932—April 21, 2007)
2-time Olympic gold medalist within the Shot Put (1952,1956), Silver medalist in 1960, 4th in 1964.
Set 9 International Data from 1953-1956; PB: 64-7 ¼ [19.69] (1966)
2-time NCAA Champion whilst at USC (1952,1953/Second-1951)
Constitution member of the Nationwide Corridor of Status; Credited with developing the “O’Brien Glide” method within the Shot Put.
17-time U.S. Champion (9-indoors [1953-1961], 8-outdoors [1951-1955, 1958-1960])
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlAe8dKOyk
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parry_Opercent27Brien
NY Occasions Obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/23/sports activities/othersports/23obrien.html?_r=0
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78854
John Flanagan 70 (1868-June 3, 1938) 3-time Olympic gold medalist-Hammer (1900,1904,1908)
Irish Whale: http://www.wingedfist.org/John_Flanagan_Hercules.html
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78400
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flanagan_(athlete)
NY Occasions Obituary (for subscribers): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/06/05/factor.html