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1925–The nice Paavo Nurmi turned into the primary guy in historical past to run underneath 9 mins for 2-miles when he used to be clocked in 8:58-1/5 on the New York Athletic Membership Inv. in Madison Sq. Lawn.
Paavo Nurmi, picture from Wikipedia
1953–Two long term Olympic gold medalists and Corridor of Famers starred on the Nationwide H.S. Championships, which have been held at NY’s Madison Sq. Lawn at the similar day because the Senior Championships. Milt Campbell (Plainfield,NJ) received the 60y-hurdles (7.2/4 hurdles) and Prime Bounce (6-3), whilst Charlie Jenkins (Rindge Tech,Ma) received the 440y-dash (50.7).
Campbell had already received the silver medal within the Decathlon on the 1952 Olympics and went directly to win the gold medal on the 1956 Video games in Melbourne. Jenkins received two gold medals in 1956 within the 400 and four×400 relay.
Tom Murphy, who would make the 1960 Olympic group within the 800-meters, anchored St.Augustine (Brooklyn,NY) to a win within the Mile Relay (3:26.3), and John Kopil (Bayonne,NJ), who had set a Nationwide H.S. File of four:20.1 previous within the season, received the Mile (4:22.7).
Some of the highlights on the night time’s Senior Championships, which many observers known as “the greatest AAU of all”: Villanova’s Fred Dwyer (4:12.4) received the Mile over Fred Wilt (4:13.0); Harrison Dillard received the 60-yard hurdles for the seventh 12 months in a row; Bob Richards received the Pole Vault (15-1/2 [4.585]); Horace Ashenfelter (13:47.5) broke Greg Rice’s meet checklist within the 3-mile; Mal Whitfield edged Ollie Sax to win the 600-yards(1:10.4 for each) and joined his Grand Side road Boys teammates (Herb McKenley, George Rhoden, Andy Stanfield) at the profitable dash medley (440-100-220-330); Parry O’Brien received the Shot Put (55-10 ¾ [17.03]); Henry Laskau received his sixth mile-walk name.
(For Subscribers): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/02/15/83808859.html?pageNumber=177
Forgotten Champion(Campbell):
Corridor of Repute Bios:
Jenkins: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/charlie-jenkins
Campbell: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/milt-campbell
1970–Returning to the similar observe in Louisville the place he set his first international checklist in 1966, Martin McGrady ran 1:08.5 for 600-yards to raised his earlier mark of one:09.0.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/02/23/mcgradys-game-deck-deal
1986—The spotlight match of the Millrose Video games used to be meant to be the Males’s Pole Vault, which used to be bringing in combination the 3 males who had raised the International File six occasions previous within the season—Joe Dial, Sergey Bubka, and Billy Olson, the latest record-setter at 19-5 ½ (5.93). Then again, chaos dominated as Bubka complained a few sub-par runway a small touchdown pit, and an over-crowded infield which led to a few vaulters being interfered with.
Sergey Bubka print advert, Nineteen Nineties, advert courtesy of NIKE comms
Bubka needed to be coaxed into resuming leaping after retreating from the development, however used to be not able to transparent a peak Olson wound up the winner (19-1/4 [5.79]), however used to be disillusioned that his first win over Bubka used to be tainted by means of the instances.
The vault wasn’t the one match that marred what’s typically a well-run meet, with Doug Padilla profitable the 3000-meters that went a lap too lengthy!
At the sure facet, It used to be a sweep for Eire within the Wanamaker Mile, with Marcus O’Sullivan (3:56.05) beating Eamonn Coghlan (3:56.34) and Ray Flynn (3:58.10). It used to be the primary of five Wanamaker wins for O’Sullivan, who thwarted Coghlan’s bid for a seventh win within the well-known race.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee received the Ladies’s Lengthy Bounce with a jump of 21-11 ½ (6.69).
NY Instances Protection
Effects
1987—Bulgaria’s Yordanka Donkova set a International File of 7.74 within the 60-Meter Hurdles in Sofia.
1992–The quick dash straightaway in Madrid yielded International Data within the Males’s (Andre Cason-6.41) and Ladies’s (Merlene Ottey-6.96) 60-meters.
Cason used to be a very simple winner, however Ottey needed to chase down the fast-starting Irina Privalova (6.97) as they turned into the primary ladies to run underneath 7-seconds.
The Netherlands’ Nelli Cooman set the former checklist of seven.00 at the similar observe in 1986.
Video(Cason): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iNtZNZwAxc
Video(Ottey): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhXSdLLVLTo
1995–Allen Johnson ran an international best possible of 13.34 (Nonetheless the most productive ever) in Moscow within the rarely-contested (indoors) 110-meter hurdles.
1999—Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie regained the International Indoor File within the 5000-meters by means of operating 12:50.38 in Birmingham, England. “Geb” had run 12:59.04 in Stockholm in 1997, best to lose the File the next 12 months to Kenya’s Daniel Komen, who ran 12:51.48 at the similar observe. Geb held onto this checklist just a little bit longer, with Kenenisa Bekele operating 12:49.60 5 years later in Birmingham!
2004–Arkansas’ Alistair Cragg set a Collegiate File of seven:38.59 for 3000-Meters on his house observe in Fayetteville. His spouse Amy (Hastings) used to be the bronze medalist within the Marathon on the 2017 International Championships. Cragg’s CR stood till Notre Dame’s Yared Nuguse ran 7:38.11 in 2022.
Allistair Cragg, picture from You Tube
2009—Operating by means of herself for lots of the race, Colorado senior Jenny Barringer (now Simpson) ran 15:01.70 at the outsized observe on the College of Washington to set the “absolute” Collegiate File for 5000-meters (damaged by means of Florida’s Parker Valby in December, 2023).
Video: https://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?do=view&video_id=8597
Put up-Race Interview: https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=movies&event_id=11&video_id=8606&folder_id=-2
2015—Former Pitt All-American Brycen Spratling ran 1:00.06 for 500-meters on the Millrose Video games at NY’s Armory to wreck Ken Lowery’s 28-year previous International File (no longer an legitimate IAAF checklist match).
After observing his spouse, Brianne Theisen (8.10), end third within the Ladies’s 60-meter hurdles at the back of Sharika Nelvis (7.91) and Jasmine Stowers (7.92), Ashton Eaton(7.51), the sector’s #1 decathlete, completed a detailed third within the Males’s hurdles at the back of Aleec Harris (7.50) and David Oliver (7.51). He then gave everybody within the development a scare when he flipped over the padding that used to be in position after the hurdles run-in. To not fear, despite the fact that, as he briefly made his long ago onto the observe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ledog9ll-wM
Prior to he turned into the game’s #1 rabbit, Erik Sowinski used to be a powerful pressure in middle-distance races. Right here, he edged Robby Andrews to win the Males’s 1000-meters (2:21.18-2:21.23).
Native favourite Phyllis Francis, who competed on the Armory frequently all the way through her prep days at Catherine McAuley H.S., received the Ladies’s 400-meters over Sanya Richards-Ross (53.41-53.71).
In an exhilarating duel, Matthew Centrowitz (3:51.35) edged Nick Willis (3:51.46) to win his 2d Wanamaker Mile over a star-studded box that noticed 10 males destroy 4-minutes
3.Pat Casey (3:54.36)
4.40-year previous Bernard Lagat (3:54.91), the winner of a checklist 8 Wanamaker Miles
5.Evan Jager (3:55.25), the American File holder within the Steeplechase
6.Chris O’Hare (3:55.35), who would win the race in 2018 and 2020
7.Leo Manzano (3:56.05), the 2012 Olympic silver medalist within the 1500-meters
8.Edward Cheserek (3:56.43), would finish his occupation at Oregon with 17 NCAA titles
9.Lawi Lalang (3:57.15), Arizona grad received 8 NCAA titles from the Mile to X-Nation
10.Johnny Gregorek (3:57.47), would run 3:49.98 in 2019, 2d American to wreck 3:50
Armory Protection:
http://www.armorytrack.com/gprofile.php?do=view_event&event_id=574&mgroup_id=45586&12 months=2015
https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2015/02/2015-millrose-games
Movies: http://www.usatf.television/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&mgroup_event_id=574&do=movies&folder_id=contemporary&12 months=2015
https://www.flotrack.org/occasions/5009209-the-108th-nyrr-millrose-games
2015—Akron’s Shawn Barber raised his Collegiate File within the Pole Vault on the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to 19-4 ¼ (5.90/from 19-3 ½ [5.88]). He would pass directly to win the gold medal on the International Championships later within the 12 months.
Effects: http://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Indoor/02-13_Tyson/index.htm
2016—Natasha Hastings set an American Indoor File of 36.25 for 300-meters (since damaged) on the New Stability Grand Prix in Roxbury Crossing,MA.
https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2016/02/2016-new-balance-indoor-grand-prix
Movies (for subscribers): https://boston-indoor-grand-prix.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=movies&event_id=590
2020—It seemed like Keturah Orji would run her head-to-head checklist towards rival Tori Franklin to 13-0 after leaping 47-10 ¾ (14.60) within the 2d spherical of the Triple Bounce on the U.S. Indoor Championships in Albuquerque (2-14/15). That bettered Franklin’s AR of 47-9 ¾ (14.57) that used to be set in 2019. All the way down to her ultimate leap of the contest, Franklin replied by means of reclaiming the AR with a jump of 48-1/2 (14.64) to after all snap her shedding streak towards Orji.
https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/tale/_/identity/28705848/tori-franklin-watches-us-indoor-triple-jump-mark-fall-retakes-it
Effects: https://www.flashresults.com/2020_Meets/Indoor/USATF/
Movies(for subscribers): https://www.usatf.television/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=movies
Vital Birthdays
Born on This Day*
Michael Granville 47 (1978) Set the present U.S. Prime College File of one:46.45 for 800-meters in 1996…that may
stay his private best possible
1999 NCAA Champion-4×400 (UCLA); 1999 NCAA Indoor Champion (DMR)
400 PB:46.15 (1995)
Expensive More youthful Me: https://www.milesplit.com/articles/218960/dear-younger-me-michael-granville
https://www.letsrun.com/discussion board/flat_read.php?thread=10031797
Deena (Drossin) Kastor 52 (1973) 2004 Olympic bronze medalist—Marathon;
2-time silver medalist—International X-Nation Championships/brief direction (2002,2003)
3-time U.S. Olympian—2000 (10,000/1st spherical), 2008-Marathon (DNF);
5-time U.S. Champion—10,000m (’00,’01,’03,’04,’07); 3-time U.S. Champion-Marathon (’01,’07,’08)
8-time U.S. X-Nation Champion—Lengthy (’99-’03, ’07), Brief (’00)
All-American at Arkansas
Former American File holder—Marathon (2:19:36/2006/Now #4 All-Time U.S.)
45 on the time, she completed 2d within the Brooklyn(NY) ½-marathon in 2018 (75:13)
Different PBs: 3000-8:42.59 (2000), 5000-14:51.62 (2000), 10,000-30:50.32(2002/AR on the time/now #10
All-time U.S.); 67:34 (2006/#6 A-T U.S.)
OG Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scymqt9oeEo
https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/deena-kastor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deena_Kastor
Runner’s International Articles: http://www.runnersworld.com/tag/deena-kastor
Jon Ridgeon-Nice Britain 58 (1967) Silver medalist within the 110-Meter Hurdles on the 1987 International Championships
fifth on the 1988 Olympics; 1996-400 Hurdles (semi-finalist)
PBs:7.56 (1988), 13.29 (1987/2x)
Recently the CEO of International Athletics
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69435
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ridgeon
Heide Rosendahl—Germany 78 (1947) 2-time Olympic gold medalist—1972 (Lengthy Bounce, 4×100/silver/pentathlon)
PB: 22-5 ¼ (6.84/1970)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heide_Rosendahl
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70092
Artwork Swarts 80 (1945) Made the U.S. Best-10 ratings within the Discus 13 occasions from 1966-1988 (when he used to be 43 years
previous!)
All-American at South Carolina: NCAA-!965 (sixth), 1966(sixth), 1967(fifth)
PB: 227-8 (69.40/1979); 6’-4” (1.93), 258 (177kg)
Lengthy-time rival and pal of Al Oerter
Reunion: http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/12/sports activities/2-old-discus-throwers-have-a-reunion-at-meet.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/20/sports activities/at-41-swarts-wins-the-discus-at-195-7.html
69.40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q4X3OFBw70
Earl Younger 84 (1941) 1960 Olympic gold medalist—4×400/WR (sixth within the 400); PB: 46.07 (1960)
All-American at Abilene Christian: NCAA-1961-440y (2d), 1962 (seventh)
The beneficiary of a bone-marrow transplant, Younger now works to recruit new donors.
http://www.kltv.com/tale/34439380/gold-medalist-recruits-marrow-donors-in-longview
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1961/06/19/another-fast-christian-from-abilene
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/
https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2018/10/v-8-n-65-earl-young-alive-and-swabbing.html
Assembly His Donor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiciEEVkZvg
J.W. Mashburn 92 (1933) 1956 Olympic gold medalist-4×400
2-time NCAA Champion-440y/400m (Oklahoma A&M [now State]/1955,1956)
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78741
https://video.okstate.edu/media/J.W.+Mashburn+-+OSU+Corridor+of+Repute/0_jhp9j6h9
Oldest Residing Olympians: https://oldestolympians.sdsu.edu
