This Day in Monitor & Box–February 5
1938–Glenn Cunningham received his fifth Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games in entrance of some other capability crowd of 16,000 in Madison Sq. Lawn, His time of four:11.0 matched the Meet Document that he already shared with Joe Mangan. Cunningham, content material to sit down via a slowish ½-mile cut up of two:07, went directly to win by way of 12 yards over Archie San Romani, who was once adopted intently by way of long term and previous winners of the race—Chuck Fenske(1940) and Gene Venzke(1932).
Sprinters and hurdlers needed to run 3 rounds, with Global Information being set in each occasions.
After working 6.2 in his warmth of the 60y, Columbia’s Ben Johnson matched the WR of 6.1 in his semi-final (a report he already shared with others, together with Jesse Owens), and took sole ownership of the report when he ran 6-flat(6.0) within the last.
Allan Tomlich tied the Global Document of seven.4 within the 1st spherical of the 60y-Hurdles, and that point was once matched by way of Forrest “Spec” Cities in his semi-final race. Cities, the 1936 Olympic gold medalist within the 110m-Hurdles, ran some other 7.4 within the last, beating Tomlich, the 1937 U.S. Outside Champion(Cities was once Third), by way of 4 ft.
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/02/06/96796282.html?pageNumber=71
Effects: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/02/06/96796337.html?pageNumber=75
1944—Gil Dodds received the Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games in 4:10.6. He would win the race once more in 1947 & 1948.
A Battle Bond public sale was once held all through the meet, bringing in pledges amounting to $51,775.
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/02/06/96568078.html?pageNumber=102
1955–The Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games produced a Global Document, however lots of the 16,000 lovers in attendance didn’t see Denmark’s Gunnar Nielsen destroy the tape in 4:03.6. Their consideration was once targeted at the struggle that was once happening in the back of him between two of the most productive American citizens, Wes Santee and Villanova’s Fred Dwyer.
The race is #3 on Howard Schmertz’s listing of “My 10 Most Memorable Millrose Moments”, and this is how he remembered that night time (Schmertz adopted his father Fred because the Millrose Director). “The 1955 Wanamaker Mile was a World Indoor Record race, which fact alone would make it a memorable one. But it is my Most Memorable Millrose running event, not because of the record, but because it was a world record that very few of the 16,000 spectators witnessed. One week previous, Wes Santee, America’s top miler, had defeated Gunnar Nielsen by 40 yards in the Boston A.A. Games, creating a World Indoor Record of 4:03.8. His time smashed the record of 4:05.3 set by Gil Dodds in the 1948 Wanamaker Mile. In the 1955 Wanamaker, a fast early pace indicated that Santee’s week-old record might fall. With a half-lap to go, Santee led, trailed by Fred Dwyer and Nielsen. Suddenly Nielsen charged past Dwyer and Santee and set sail for home.
At the end of the back stretch, as the tiring Santee veered out in a vain attempt to hold off Nielsen, Dwyer, trying to catch Nielsen, attempted to pass Santee on the inside. As Dwyer came abreast of Santee, Wes moved in, forcing Fred off the track and into the infield. Dwyer, unable to regain the track, ran the last turn in the infield and at the head of the stretch came back on the track ahead of Santee. In frustration, Santee grabbed Dwyer’s shoulder and Dwyer wrapped his arms around Santee’s waist. To the amazement of the crowd, the two pirouetted down the homestretch. Nielsen, well out in front and virtually unnoticed, broke the tape with a world record 4:03.6. Dwyer came out of his clinch with Santee to finish second but was disqualified for running in the infield. No wilder race has ever been seen in the Garden.”
You’ll catch a short lived glimpse of the incident on this video: https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/250160/
SI Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/02/14/the-riotous-wanamaker-mile
http://villanovarunning.blogspot.com/2010/11/wes-santee-fred-dwyer-fight-for-1955.html
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/02/06/83351724.html?pageNumber=184
1982–Working by way of herself, as she steadily did, Mary Decker (Slaney) received the 3000-meters on the L.A. Instances meet in 8:47.3 to damage Grete Waitz’s 2-year previous Global Document of 8:50.8. Decker additionally were given credit score for some other Global Document when she handed 2000-meters in 5:53.4. The former mark of five:55.2 was once set by way of Francie Larrieu (Smith) the former yr.
In some other thrilling duel between former Villanova teammates, Don Paige beat Mark Belger over 1000-yards and his profitable time of two:04.7 broke his personal year-old Global Document by way of .2s. Belger completed 2d in a non-public highest time of two:05.8.
1983—Carl Lewis set an sudden Global Document of 6.02 for 60-yards in Dallas, whilst Billy Olson was once upset that his profitable top within the Pole Vault was once “only” 18-8 ¼ (5.70), a top no person else had ever cleared indoors.
Competing in entrance of dozens of members of the family and pals, the Texas local was once hoping for a repeat of his efficiency from the former night time in Toronto, when he turned into the primary indoor 19-footer.
Clinton Davis (Metal Valley,PA) set a Nationwide H.S. Document of 55.65 for 500-yards.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/02/14/one-flies-high-one-just-flies
1988—No longer unusually, the Mile was once within the highlight at this yr’s Millrose Video games, with 5 separate races on the distance offering a chain of highlights.
Marcus O’Sullivan (3:56.89) broke open a detailed race with 2 laps to move, sprinting clear of Nice Britain’s Peter Elliott (3:57.63) to win the 2d of his 5 Wanamaker Miles.
Completing Third within the Girls’s Mile, Villanova’s Vicki Huber (Rudawsky) ran 4:28.31 to set a Collegiate Document (since damaged). The winner of the race was once Romania’s Doina Melinte, who set a meet report of 4:21.45.
Mt.St.Mary’s Charles Cheruiyot received the IC4A match with a handy guide a rough time of three:57.95, with Windfall’s Frank Conway (4:00.61) completing 2d forward of Cheruiyot’s MSM teammate, Peter Rono (4:03.58), who would pass directly to win Olympic gold within the 1500-meters in Seoul later within the yr!
Bob Kennedy (Westerville,OH), who would develop into certainly one of The united states’s largest distance runners, received the Jumbo Elliott H.S. race in a slowish 4:21.46.
Probably the most legends of the game competed within the Masters Mile, a race received by way of Internet Loudat (4:20.04) over Albin Swenson (4:20.78), Frank Shorter (4:21.95), Barry Brown (4:22.08), Jim Ryun (4:29.60), Mike Manley (4:42.06), and Peter Snell (4:53.63)!
In different occasions, Jackie Joyner-Kersee (22-8 ½ [6.92]) received the Lengthy Soar, France’s Thierry Vigneron beat Earl Bell on misses within the Pole Vault (each cleared 19-1/4 [5.81]), and Diane Dixon (52.48) beat Valerie Brisco (53.06) within the 440y.
Effects(Most sensible 3)
Wanamaker Mile (w/remark from Charlie Jones, Frank Shorter, Eamonn Coghlan):
https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=movies&video_id=196340
Masters Mile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YysHj9iz2M
Different Movies; https://millrosegames.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=574&yr=1988&do=movies
1988—East Germany’s Thomas Schönlebe, the winner of the 400-Meters on the earlier yr’s Global Outside Championships in Rome, ran 45.05 in Sindelfingen, Germany, breaking his personal 2-year previous Global Indoor Document of 45.41.
1993—Like many editions prior to this one, there was once an Irish aptitude to the Millrose Video games. The Irish Nationwide Anthem was once performed, and most of the 18,176 lovers in attendance have been waving Irish flags. They have been hoping to inspire local son (and Lawn favourite) Eamonn Coghlan, a 7-time winner of the Wanamaker Mile, who was once hoping to develop into the primary 40-plus runner to run beneath 4-minutes within the Masters Mile. Whilst he fell wanting his objective, the 40-year previous did decrease his Masters Document to 4:05.95.
After which there was once Marcus O’Sullivan, like Coghlan, a former Villanova recruit from Eire. O’Sullivan had completed 2d to Algeria’s Noureddine Morceli on the 1991 Millrose Video games prior to profitable his fifth Wanamaker Mile in 1992. He was once up in opposition to Morceli once more, in addition to Spain’s Fermín Cacho, the 1992 Olympic Champion at 1500-Meters.
O’Sullivan took the lead from Morceli with ¼-mile to move, however the Algerian quickly went to the entrance once more, protecting off many demanding situations from his rival prior to profitable in 3:55.06 (3:55.36 for O’Sullivan). Cacho, no longer conversant in the Lawn music, completed fifth in 4:01.75.
“I felt Morceli was vulnerable tonight,” O’Sullivan stated. “I didn’t think he was in the best of shape. I really thought I had a chance to get him. My mistake was that the first rule you learn is you only make one move. Tonight, I made two or three.”
NY Instances
Pre-Meet: https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/05/sports activities/track-and-field-excuses-are-running-rampant-at-millrose.html
1999–Mel Mueller set an American Document of 14-8 ¾ (4.49) within the Girls’s Pole Vault on the Millrose Video games in Madison Sq. Lawn. Jeff Hartwig received the Males’s match with a clearance of 19-1/4 (5.80).
Kenya’s William Tanui received the Wanamaker Mile in 3:59.24.
Effects: https://hmrrc.com/View/PDFs/Effects/99milr.htm
Wanamaker Mile Winners: http://www.runningpast.com/wanamaker_mile.htm
2005—Syosset(NY) H.S., with a lineup of Adam Lampert (1:58.4), Chris Howell (1:54.6), and brothers Sean (1:52.1) and Dan (1:57.1) Tully set a Nationwide H.S. Document of seven:42.22 within the 4×800 relay on the Armory Invitational in NY (since damaged/nonetheless #10 All-Time College). Syosset was once driven to the report by way of Shaker (NY) H.S., which ran 7:42.84, the Third-fastest time in historical past on the time. The former Document of seven:42.67 was once set by way of York H.S. (Elmhurst,IL) in 2002.
Stated Syosset trainer Bart Sessa, “…only time we ever ran that order! It was the day after Millrose at Madison Square Garden where we had run the 4×4 without Howell in the lineup. Then at the Armory the next day, Howell ran a lifetime best and didn’t run faster until his soph year at Penn, and we needed every tenth….Shaker was a tremendous team”.
The workforce went directly to win the 4×800 on the Indoor and Outside Nationwide Scholastics, in addition to on the Penn Relays.
2016—18-year previous Vashti Cunningham, a senior at Bishop Gorman H.S. in Las Vegas, outdueled American Document holder Chaunté Lowe to win the Top Soar in Albuquerque, profitable on fewer misses as each cleared 6-4 ¾ (1.95).
Cunningham first cleared 6-3 ½ (1.92) to damage the 32-year previous Top College Document of 6-3 (1.905?) that was once set by way of Lisa Bernhagen (Picket River,Idaho) in 1984 prior to elevating the report to 6-4 ¾.
The daughter of former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham went directly to win U.S. and Global Indoor titles the next month, elevating her H.S. and American Junior Information to 6-6 ½ (1.99) on the U.S. Nationals.
She has since medaled on the 2018 Global Indoor Championships (silver) and the 2019 Global Outside Championships (bronze). She was once tenth on the 2017 Global Outside Championships, sixth on the 2021 Olympics, eleventh on the 2023 Worlds, and fifth on the 2024 Olympics.
2022—When preps Alan Webb and Drew Hunter ran their first sub-4 minute miles at NY’s Armory, they completed in the back of extra skilled runners of their respective races. No longer so with Colin Sahlman, the linchpin of California’s powerhouse Newbury Park workforce.
Competing within the open mile on the Dr.Sander Invitational on the Armory, he no longer handiest broke 4-minutes for the primary time, working 3:58.81, however he received the race over the likes of Conor Holt (4:00.01), Jonah Koech (4:00.24), Ryan Hill (4:00.39), and Robby Andrews (4:01.17)!
Shifting into Third position with a ¼-mile to move, Sahlman took the lead heading into the overall flip and stormed clear of the remainder of the sphere down the homestretch, working 27.8 for his last 200-meters. He turned into the thirteenth U.S. prep to damage 4 mins and moved into Third position at the all-time indoor listing, trailing handiest Hobbs Kessler (3:57.66) and Hunter (3:57.81), with Webb (3:59.86) now sitting within the #4 place. 4 of the 5 indoor sub-4 prep occasions (Hunter additionally ran 3:58.25) had been run on the Armory!
Newbury Park’s unimaginable intensity was once additionally on show within the Invitation 3000, which happened in a while prior to the mile went off. Junior Lex Younger completed 4th with a time of seven:57.06, falling simply wanting the Nationwide H.S. Document of seven:56.97 that was once set by way of his brother Nico in 2020. Completing eighth in 8:01.72 was once some other junior, Aaron Sahlman, Colin’s more youthful brother, who’s now #4 at the all-time H.S. Indoor listing. (The race was once received by way of Binghamton College’s Dan Schaeffer in 7:53.74).
Armory Protection
Effects: https://effects.armorytrack.com/meets/11201
Race Video
Put up-Race Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEqJNmZDRQ0
Research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLwXP_O2a2E
Vital Birthdays
Born On This Day*
Doris Lemngole-Kenya 23 (2002) 2024 NCAA Champion—Steeplechase, X-Nation/Alabama freshman)
Different NCAA placings: 2023 X-Nation (2d), 2024 Indoor (3000-Third, 5000-4th)
Set a Collegiate Document of 14:52.57 for 5000-meters at Boston College on December 7, 2024
PBs: 4:11.90 (2024), 4:36.80i (2025), 8:50.70 (2024), 14:52.57 (2025), 9:15.24sc (2024)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Lemngole
https://rolltide.com/sports activities/xctrack/roster/doris-lemngole/12827
Video-NCAA Steeplechase
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/8614328/Alabama/Doris_Lemngole
Jenn Suhr 43 (1982) 2012 Olympic gold medalist—Pole Vault; 2008 Olympic silver medalist;
Struck by way of a virulent disease on the 2016 Olympics, she completed Seventh in Rio; didn’t make the overall on the 2017 Global
Championships; Seventh on the 2019 Worlds in Doha
2016 Global Indoor Champion (2d-2008); silver medalist-2013 Global Outside Championships;
39 on the time, she got here with reference to making her 4th Olympic workforce in 2021—completed fifth on the U.S. Trials, clearing
15-1 (4.60), the similar top as Third-placer Sandi Morris
Global Indoor Document holder: 16-5 ½ (5.02/2013); Set a better American Indoor Document of
16-6 (5.03) in 2016, however the mark wasn’t ratified as a Global Document since the obligatory drug-
checking out wasn’t carried out inside the strict IAAF period of time!
Set an out of doors non-public highest of 16-2 (4.93) in 2018;
17-time U.S. Champion (seven indoors, ten outdoor)
Global Rankngs:’06 (6), ’07 (8), ’08 (2), ’09 (8), ’11 (1), ’12 (1), ’13 (3), ’14 (3), ’15 (4), ’16 (3), ’18 (4)
(#1-American 9 occasions)
Used to be coached by way of her husband–Rick Suhr…couple have been married in January, 2010
First attempted the development in 2002, whilst she was once nonetheless in highschool. Trainer steered she check out it and he or she
“jumped” 9-feet. Received the NY State Pentathlon name all through her senior yr at Fredonia H.S. DIdn’t get started
coaching severely for the Pole Vault till she was once 22
Went to Roberts Wesleyan, then switched to the College of Buffalo to pay attention not off course. Switched
again to Roberts, the place she graduated as the college’s all-time main basketball scorer(a report since
damaged).
Introduced her retirement in June, 2022
These days training at her alma mater-Roberts Wesleyan—husband coached RW vaulter Brynn King, a switch from
Duke who competed within the qualifying spherical on the 2024 Olympics.
From her Fb web page:
“It is official. The words will come to me soon but my heart and soul are ready for the next phase of my life. Pole
vault unlocked more than I could have wished for and let me experience more than I could have dreamed of. I
started pole vaulting as a senior in college, unaware of where this life would lead and provide for me. I will forever
be grateful. I say good bye, not with a heavy heart, but with an enthusiasm I haven’t felt in some time. Thank you
for your endless support and uplifting comments. This small town girl is ready for just that, some small town living.”
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenn_Suhr
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114797
Having a look again at her occupation(2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cwaAyfNl0s
Astrid Kumbernuss-Germany 55 (1970) 1996 Olympic gold medalist—Shot Put (2000-bronze, 2004-Qual.)
3-time Global Champion (1995, 1997, 1999); DT:218-6 (66.60/1988)
PB: 69-7 ½ (21.22/1997)
Ranked #1 on the planet 4 occasions (’95,’96,’97,’99)…made the top-10 a complete of 14 occasions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Kumbernuss
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70041
Jack Yerman 86 (1939) 1960 Olympic gold medalist—4×400…workforce set a Global Document of three:02.37
Jack Yerman-46.3, Earl Younger-45.5, Glenn Davis-45.3, Otis Davis-45.3
Received the 400 on the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials
All-American at Cal-Berkeley: NCAA-1958 (Third), 1960 (sixth)
“Your Time Will Come”– https://www.amazon.com/Your-Time-Will-Come-Improbable/dp/0557197651
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Yerman
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79222
https://www.chicoer.com/2022/02/22/the-victory-lap-jack-yermans-incredible-journey-the-biblio-file/
Gaston Roelants—Belgium 88 (1937) 4-time Olympian; 1964 gold medalist—steeplechase;
1960-4th/steeple, 1968-Seventh/steeple, eleventh/marathon; 1972-DNF/marathon;
Set two Global Information within the steeplechase: 8:29.6 (1963), 8:26.4 (1965)…additionally set Global Information within the 20km
and the 1-hour run
PBs-8:26.4 (1965), 2:16:30 (1974)
http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?identity=230
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Roelants
Olympic Stats: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/65277
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