This Day in Observe & Box–February 20
1960—Befitting the early levels of an Olympic 12 months, at least 4 International Information have been set on the AAU Indoor Championships in New York.
Australia’s Al Lawrence, a sophomore on the College of Houston, was once hoping to provoke his nation’s Olympic selectors and did so with a bang, successful the 3-mile in 13:26.3 to take greater than 10 seconds off Invoice Dellinger’s earlier mark of 13:36.9.
Lawrence, who had set a 2-mile checklist of 8:46.0 the week sooner than in Los Angeles, was once the 1956 bronze medalist within the 10,000-meters on the 1956 Olympics and received NCAA and U.S. X-Nation titles in 1959 and 1960.
Every other sophomore, Boston College’s John Thomas, had one dangerous leave out at 7-2 (2.184) sooner than clearing on his second try to higher his personal Top Bounce mark of 7-1 ½ (2.17).
The Third checklist at Madison Sq. Lawn was once set by means of former Cornell soccer and T&F big name Bo Roberson, who received the Lengthy Bounce with a soar of 25-9 ½ (7.86) to take down one of the crucial recreation’s maximum venerable marks, Jesse Owens’ 25-9 (7.84) that was once set at this meet in 1935!
The 4th checklist happened previous within the day, uptown on the Squadron A Armory in New york, the place Hal Connolly, the 1956 Olympic champion within the Hammer Throw, received the 35-pound Weight Throw with a toss of 71-2 ½ (21.70), neatly above the former perfect on checklist, the 68-8 (20.93) that he threw the week sooner than in Los Angeles. Connolly’s win ended the 6-year reign as U.S. Champion of his pleasant rival, Bob Backus.
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/02/21/99478268.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
Roberson: http://ivy50.com/blackhistory/tale.aspx?sid=1/24/2007
https://vault.si.com/vault/1960/03/14/now-i-can-beat-those-chaps
1965—Invoice McClellon (DeWitt Clinton,NYC) set a meet checklist of 6-10 (2.085?) on the AAU Interscholastic Championships at Madison Sq. Lawn. McClellon cleared 6-8 (2.03) previous within the festival to damage John Thomas’s earlier meet mark 0f 6-7 5/8 (1958), then cleared 6-9 (2.06) sooner than getting over his successful top. He neglected two times at 7-feet (2.135), believed to be the primary makes an attempt ever by means of a prep to transparent that still-significant barrier. McClellon would in the end turn out to be the primary prep to transparent 7-feet on the U.S. Outside Championships in June.
Two of the legends of the NY Town tune scene connected within the 440y, with Vince Matthews edging Andrew Jackson teammate Julio Meade, 51.3-51.4.
Jim Meehan (Oliver Ames,Ma-2:15.5) received the 1000y over Byron Dyce (Erasmus,NYC-2:16.2) and Jim Jackson anchored Boys Top (NYC) to a win within the 2-mile relay (7:59.6).
1975–Tony Darden, a junior at Norristown (Pa), H.S., ran 30.6 on the Philadelphia Coaches meet at Princeton to set a Nationwide Top Faculty Report for 300-yards.
Darden went directly to be ranked #3 on this planet within the 400 in 1979 and #4 in 1981. Darden beat the nice Alberto Juantorena to win the gold medal within the 400 on the 1979 Pan-American Video games. His daughter, Dominique, was once a 3-time All-American within the 400-meter hurdles whilst on the College of Miami.
1976–John Radetich, competing within the skilled Global Observe Affiliation (ITA) meet in Salt Lake Town, cleared 7-6 (2.29) to higher Dwight Stones’s International Report within the Top Bounce (7-5 3/4 [2.28]). Radetich’s party ended temporarily after he was once advised that Stones had jumped 7-6 1/4 (2.295) the similar day in New York!
Dwight Stones’ “Combo Platter”
20/21 1975 (21)–After convincing meet director Jesse Abramson to arrange the prime bounce method at Madison Sq. Lawn to house his flop taste, Dwight Stones made just right on his promise to set a International Report, clearing 7-5 ¾ (2.28) on the Olympic Inv. to higher his earlier mark of 7-5 ½ (2.275). Abramson was once the mythical NY tune and area journalist who’s the namesake for plenty of journalism awards.
1976(20)–Feeling listless previous within the day, “Big D” wanted all of his power to struggle off a powerful problem from Rory Kotinek (7-5 [2.26]) and went directly to set every other global checklist on the Olympic Inv. (7-6 1/4). His mark additionally bettered the pro perfect of 7-6 (2.29) that John Radetich had set previous within the day in Salt Lake Town. The Pole Vault produced every other world perfect as Dan Ripley jumped 18-3 ¾ (5.58) to regain the International Report within the Pole Vault. Completing second (17-10 [5.435]) was once Poland’s Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz, who had set the former mark of 18-3 ½ (5.575) the week sooner than in Toronto.
1976(21)–Touring again to his local California for the Jack-in-the-Field meet in San Diego, a drained Stones set his second International Report in 24 hours, his 7-6 ½ (2.30) clearance netting him his Seventh (and ultimate) Indoor mark. It additionally matched his outside International Report.
1981–A checklist strive within the mile “was on”, because the runners would say, on the Jack-in-the-Field meet on San Diego’s speedy 11-lap tune, however who would win the race? Steve Scott had already overwhelmed Eamonn Coghlan, the prevailing checklist holder (3:52.6 in this similar tune), two times previous within the season, and the sector additionally integrated John Walker and Ray Flynn. The ones have been the 4 quickest indoor milers in historical past at this level.
Phil “Tiny” Kane, Coghlan’s former teammate at Villanova, was once the designated rabbit and he took the sector in the course of the 1/2-mile in 1:55.4. Scott then took over and led on the 3/4-split in a slower-than-expected 2:55.4, permitting Coghlan to regroup. (“I was running back and forth like a yo-yo [in the first half]”.
Beginning his kick with two laps to move, Coghlan, who were pointing against this race all season, handed Scott and pulled away to win in an incredible 3:50.6, smashing his earlier mark by means of a complete 2-seconds. Scott hung on for second, surroundings a since-broken American checklist of three:51.8, Walker adopted in 3:52.8, and Flynn finished the best indoor mile mass-finish in historical past along with his time of three:53.6.
Coghlan, whilst delighted by means of his nice effort, admitted later that he was once if truth be told hoping to get beneath 3:50–one thing he would in any case do two years later when he ran 3:49.78 on the Meadowlands in New Jersey.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault—Proper Omen’s For Eamonn
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/21/sports activities/coghlan-sets-mile-record-of-3-50.6.html
http://villanovarunning.blogspot.com/2012/02/eamonn-coghlans-wr-3506-indoor-mile.html
1981–The mile wasn’t the one large tournament on nowadays in 1981. 19-year outdated Carl Lewis, a sophomore on the College of Houston, were given his first International Report when he long-jumped 27-10 ¼ (8.49) on the Southwest Convention Championships in Citadel Value, Texas, to damage Larry Myricks’s earlier mark of 27-5 ¾ (8.375). It was once the second convention name for Lewis, who had previous received the 60-yard sprint in 6.06, best .02s off the sector checklist. Stated Houston trainer Tom Tellez, in what would end up to be slightly a sarcasm, “People just didn’t believe in Carl Lewis. I think they will now”.
1981—Margaret Groos set a International Report of 15:34.5 for 5000-Meters in Blacksburg, VA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Groos
1987—Maren Seidler’s 9-year outdated American Indoor Report of 61-2 ¼ (18.65) within the Girls’s Shot Put took a pounding from Ramona Pagel on the Los Angeles Instances meet in Inglewood, California.
Pagel, already the U.S. Outside Report holder at 62-9 ¼ (19.13), raised the Indoor perfect to 62-2 ¼ (18.95) within the first spherical and went to every other stage together with her subsequent two places of 63-11 ½ (19.49) and 64-1 ¾ (19.55). She “slacked off” to 63-2 ¼ (19.26) within the 4th spherical, fouled within the fifth, then broke every other barrier together with her ultimate toss of 65-3/4 (19.83)!
Ahead of her occupation was once over, Pagel would turn out to be a 4-time U.S. Olympian (1984-1996) and would win seven Indoor and 5 Outside U.S. titles. The 65-3/4 would stay her indoor perfect, however advanced her American Outside Report to 66-2 ½ (20.18) in 1988. That mark lasted for 25 years till Michelle Carter threw 66-5 (20.24) in 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_Pagel
1988–Bulgaria’s Stefka Kostadinova raised her International Report within the Top Bounce by means of 1/4-inch to 6-9 (2.06m) in Piraeus, Greece.
1994—41-year outdated Eamonn Coghlan was the primary guy over 40 to run a sub-4 minute mile when he ran 3:58.15 all the way through a highschool meet on Harvard’s super-fast 220-yard banked tune.
Coghlan had fallen quick in his earlier makes an attempt to position this finishing touch on his nice occupation and he knew, because the 1994 indoor season was once drawing to an in depth, that he was once operating out of time and meets. He had at the start deliberate to make use of this race, which were rapidly arranged by means of native meet promoter Invoice Clark, as a warmup for an all-out effort on the U.S. Indoor Championships in Atlanta, the place he would run within the “open” mile. However prodding from Clark and photographer Victor Sailer satisfied Coghlan to present it his all right here at Harvard.
International-class 800 runner Stanley Redwine, Coghlan’s Foot Locker teammate, was once recruited to set the tempo. It was once unquestionably a unique surroundings than Coghlan were acquainted with all the way through the height years of his occupation, when he would run in entrance of packed properties at Madison Sq. Lawn and the opposite indoor arenas across the U.S. However PA announcer Larry Newman made positive the 3000 or so highschool runners, coaches. and oldsters, and a handful of fortunate enthusiasts, knew precisely what was once happening and the roar was once Lawn-calibre because the gun went off. With Redwine doing a very good activity of pacing thru splits of 59, 1:59, and a couple of:59, a hurting Coghlan, suffering from time to time to take care of shut touch, rode the encouragement of the gang as he ran on my own over the past two laps.
Marc Bloom, who had arranged a few of Coghlan’s earlier Masters races, wrote in Runner’s International, “Coghlan couldn’t afford to save anything, and he didn’t. This was his final indoor race. ‘Run your heart out for this one lap,’ he told himself. ‘Worry about the last lap later.’ Coghlan’s legs wobbled, but he held form and ran the seventh lap in 29.38, his fastest since the opener. One lap more to go. He needed a 31.39”…..”Going into the primary flip at the ultimate lap, Coghlan dug deeper. He pumped, he grimaced, he pumped some extra. Did he have sufficient left? He was once nonetheless flying when he got here off the ultimate flip and sprinted for the tape.” All of his laborious paintings, the bodily treatment had to get his 41-year outdated frame to just accept the educational essential to run a 4-minute mile, had paid off when the clock stopped at 3:58.15. ‘It was like old times,’ he mentioned later. ‘Those last two laps brought it all back to me. My eardrums hurt from all the cheering, but my legs responded.’
Day after today, on the weekly assembly of the NY Observe Writers, Coghlan, a local of Dublin, was once greeted by means of the Irish Consulate Normal, who learn letters of congratulations from Eire’s President and High Minister.
He later published that he then grew to become down a profitable be offering to run towards Noureddine Morceli on the U.S. Indoor Nationals in Atlanta the next week, pronouncing with a grin, “I received my masters degree at Harvard, and I’d like to end my career on that note”.
Bernard Lagat, who had damaged Coghlan’s Wanamaker Mile Report and his checklist for many wins within the famed race, took a third checklist clear of his buddy by means of surroundings a brand new Masters mark of three:54.91 on the 2017 Millrose Video games!
RELATED LINKS:
NY Instances Protection: http://tinyurl.com/y9f2hre
http://school.randolphcollege.edu/tmichalik/4min.htm (scroll down)
http://villanovarunning.blogspot.com/2010/01/running-sub-400-past-40.html
1997—Australia’s Emma George, one of the crucial pioneers within the Girls’s Pole Vault, edged nearer to 15-feet by means of clearing 14-11 (4.55) in Melbourne, topping her earlier International (Outside) Report by means of 2 inches. It was once the Seventh of her 11 International Information.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlsp.c27s_pole_vault_world_record_progression
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/emma-george-14272068
2000–Denmark’s Wilson Kipketer, the holder of the International Indoor (1:42.67) and Outside (1:41.11/since damaged) Information within the 800, advanced his personal 2-week outdated checklist (2:15.25) within the 1000-meters by means of operating 2:14.96 in Birmingham, England.
Ethiopia’s Hailu Mekonnen ran 8:09.66 for 2-miles to damage the 27-year outdated International Indoor Report of 8:13.2, set by means of Belgium’s Emiel Puttemans in 1973.
2004–Ethiopians stole the display on the Norwich Union meet in Birmingham, England. 21-year outdated Kenenisa Bekele received the 5000-meters in 12:49.60 to damage countryman Haile Gebrselassie’s International Indoor Report of 12:50.38. And Meseret Defar edged Tirunesh Dibaba in an ideal Girls’s 3000-meters, 8:33.44-8:33.56.
Nationwide Information have been set within the Girls’s 1000-meters as Nice Britain’s Kelly Holmes (2:32.96) beat American Jen Toomey (2:34.19).
Bekele’s checklist within the 5000 stood for 21 years till Grant Fisher ran 12:44.15 on February 14, 2025
IAAF File:
2011–France’s Teddy Tamgho broke his personal International Report (58-8 ¼ [17.90]) within the Triple Bounce by means of jumping 58-9 ¼ (17.91) in Aubière, France. Tamgho would beef up the checklist to 58-9 ½ (17.92) two weeks later in Paris.
2016—Some veteran observers referred to as the 2017 NYRR Millrose Video games the most efficient because the venerable meet moved to the Armory in NY in 2012, however, as thrilling as that meet was once, the argument may well be made that the 2016 version was once even higher! Believe the next:
Matthew Centrowitz received an exciting Wanamaker Mile over New Zealand’s Nick Willis and set a Meet Report of three:50.63, which grew to become out to be the quickest time on this planet in 2016. Willis set a Nationwide Report of three:51.06, and he was once adopted around the end line by means of Scotland’s Chis O’Hara (3:52.91), Robby Andrews (3:53.16), and Cory Leslie (3:53.87).
For the primary time within the rather quick historical past of the development, two girls cleared 16-feet within the girls’s Pole Vault, with Greece’s Katerina Stefanidi getting the win over Demi Payne on fewer misses, with each clearing 16-3/4 (4.90). Third at 15-5 (4.70) was once Sandi Morris, who went directly to win the silver medal on the Rio Olympics (Stefanidi received the gold).
There was once nice intensity within the Males’s 3000, with Ryan Hill (7:38.82) successful a photo-finish over Hassan Mead (7:38.85), whilst Eric Jenkins completed an in depth Third in 7:39.43. Subsequent have been Evan Jager (7:40.10), Mo Ahmed, who set a Canadian Report of seven:40.11, and Oregon junior Edward Cheserek, who ran a private perfect of of seven:40.51.
The Males’s 60-meter hurdles featured a combat between Olympic Champions-to-be, Jamaica’s Omar McLeod (110h) beating Ashton Eaton (Decathlon), 7.46-7.53.
Ajee’ Wilson received the Girls’s 800-meters for the Third 12 months in a row and ran a private perfect of two:00.09. A detailed second was once Brenda Martinez (2:00.14/PB), whilst Laura Roesler (2:00.49) and Oregon soph Raevyn Rogers (2:00.90) additionally ran PBs.
The Girls’s 5000 supplied every other shut (and deep) race, with Kenya’s Betsy Saina (14:57.18), who received 3 NCAA titles at Iowa State, beating Molly Huddle (14:57.31), Emily Sisson (15:00.91), Marielle Corridor (15:06.05), Shelby Houlihan (15:06.22), and Abbey D’Agostino (15:24.44), with all surroundings PBs. Huddle, Sisson, Corridor, and Houlihan moved to 2-3-4-5 at the All-Time U.S. Indoor checklist (on the time).
Working at Millrose for the primary time since she completed 4th within the Girls’s 60 in 2004 and 2005, when the meet was once held at Madison Sq. Lawn, Allyson Felix (7.15) received the 60 over Tianna Madison (7.20). It was once Felix’s first look on the Armory since 2002, when she received the 60 on the Nationwide Scholastic Indoor Championships (and completed second to Sanya Richards within the 200)!
Beautiful difficult to best that array of performances! (No less than that’s how I felt on the time—later editions could be even higher!)
Effects: http://www.armorytrack.com/gprofile.php?do=view_event&event_id=574&mgroup_id=45586&12 months=2016
Vital Birthdays
Born On This Day*
Elinor “Elle” Purrier-St.Pierre 30 (1995) 2024 International Indoor Champion-3000 Meters—beat Gudaf Tsegay and set an
American Report of 8:20.87…silver medalist on the 2022 International Indoor Championships
2-time Olympic finalist within the 1500-Meters—2021 (tenth), 2024 (eighth)
Received the 1500 on the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, Third in 2024
Received the 5000 on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials—best ran the 1500 on the Paris Olympics
2018 NCAA Indoor Champion—Mile (New Hampshire)
2-time U.S. Indoor Champion-3000m (2022, 2024)…
Third within the 1500 on the 2022 U.S. Championships—eradicated within the semi-finals on the 2022 International Championships
Received her Third Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games on Feb.11, 2024—advanced her American Indoor Report to
4:16.41…former AR holder within the 2-Mile (9:10.28/2021)
Competed within the 1st spherical of the 5000-Meters on the 2019 International Championships
4th within the steeplechase on the 2017 NCAA Championships (Seventh-2015, Third-2016);
Additionally second within the Indoor Mile (Third-2017)
2-time ECAC Champion—Steeplechase (2015,2016)
2014 U.S Junior Champion—Steeplechase (Ninth-International Juniors)
Coached by means of Mark Coogan
PBs: 1:59.99 (’21), 4:00.20i (‘20/#2 All-Time U.S.), 3:55.99 (’24), 4:16.41i (‘24/NR/#3 All-Time), 8:20.87
(’24/NR/#3 A-T), 9:10.28i-2m (#2 A-T U.S., #6 A-T International), 14:34.12 (’24/#5 A-T U.S./ind-out),
Faculty PBs:4:10.21i (‘18), 4:26.55i (’18/#11 A-T), 8:55.68i (Dec.’17), 9:43.65sc (’17)
Married Jamie St.Pierre in September, 2020….gave delivery to son Ivan in March, 2023…couple is anticipating their second
kid in Would possibly, 2025
Broadcasts Elle as “Ellie”
2024 WIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMQmYX23JWg
From the Farm to the NCAA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLqxyCA_8dA
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/4533092/New_Hampshire/Elinor_Purrier.html
Faculty Stats: https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/4533092/New_Hampshire/Elinor_Purrier.html
2021 Trials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWHDvK_mePM
Brigid Kosgei—Kenya 31 (1994) 2021 Olympic silver medalist-Marathon…damage saved her out of the 2024 Olympics
Set a International Report of two:14:04 on the 2019 Chicago Marathon (since damaged/now #4 All-Time)…additionally received in
Chicago in 2018
2-time winner of the London Marathon (2019, 2020)
2024 SB: 2:19:02
WR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn3y50MRGjY
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/brigid-kosgei-14730790
Athletics Weekly Protection
Dennis Mitchell 59 (1966) 1992 Olympic gold medalist—4×100 (1996-silver); 2-time International Champion—4×100
1992 Olympic bronze medalist—100m (1988-4th,1996-4th); Additionally the bronze medalist on the 1991 and
1993 International Championships; 1989 NCAA Champion—200m (Florida)
Ran the Third leg on 4 International Report 4×100 groups
PBs: 9.91 (1996). 20.09 (1989), 45.26 (1986); ran 46.02 as a senior at Edgewood(NJ) H.S.
Dual sister Denise had a perfect of 51.72 for 400-meters
Some of the athletes he recently coaches is sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Mitchell
WR Development(4×100)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menp.c27s_4_×_100_metres_relay_world_record_progression
Training Controversy(2014)
(2016) http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/04/05/dennis-mitchell-justin-gatlin-relays-coach-usa-track-and-field-rio-olympics/
(2017) https://www.flotrack.org/ar`ticles/6062955-justin-gatlin-fires-coach-dennis-mitchell-amidst-doping-controversy
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78798#
Deceased
Reverend Bob Richards 97 (1926-February 26, 2023) Handiest guy to win two Olympic gold medals within the Pole Vault—1952,1956 (bronze in
1948)
9-time U.S. Champion (1948-1952,1954-1957)
8-time U.S.Indoor Champion (1948,1950-1953,1955-1957)
3-time U.S. Champion—Decathlon (1951,1954,1955)
1947 NCAA Champion (Illinois/6-way tie for 1st/tied for second in 1946)
Winner on the Millrose Video games 11 years in a row (1947-1957)
Had 4 sons who have been additionally vaulters—Brandon set a U.S. Top Faculty Report of 18-2 (5.54) in 1985, Bob,Jr. was once ranked #7 within the
U.S. in 1973, Tommy was once a 2-time All-American within the Decathlon (S.F.Austin). Grandson Riley has vaulted 17-10 ½(5.45).
Ranked #1 on this planet 8 years in a row from 1947-1956); Ranked #1 on this planet within the Decathlon in 1951 & 1954
Mentored by means of fellow vault nice Cornelius “Dutch” Warmerdam early in his occupation
97 on the time of his passing in 2023, he were the oldest residing Olympic gold medalist in Observe & Box
Inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Popularity in 1975
Referred to as the “Vaulting Vicar”…ran for President of the U.S. in 1984 at the Populist Celebration price ticket
First athlete to look on packing containers of Wheaties
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Richards
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78946
’52 OG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTiue4naosQ
2015 Deal with(Nice!): https://vaultermagazine.com/bob-richards-addresses-crowd-at-zero-g-elite-pv-2015/
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