This Day in Observe & Box–March 25
1942–A Evening within the Bronx—From Wally Donovan’s “A History of Indoor Track & Field”.
“The curtain came down on the 1942 indoor track season with one of the most smashingly successful indoor meets of all time.
The meet was for the benefit of the Navy Relief Society. It was conducted on an oil splattered banked board track, measuring 9 laps to the mile, primarily used for auto racing.
A crowd of more than 5000 jammed into the huge Coliseum in the Bronx to see the six All-Star events…they saw 6 world marks created.”
Roy Cochran were given credit score for 2 of the ones marks in a single race, clocking 47.9 for 400-meters and 48.2 for 440-yards.
The similar for John Borican, who ran 1:50.0 for 800-meters and 1:50.5 for 880-yards(breaking his personal International Data). He was once the 1941 U.S. Champion within the Decathlon!
John Borican, photograph courtesy of NJ Sports activities.com
A Georgetown quartet of Charley Fish, Charley Williams, Hugh James, and Hugh Brief gained the mile relay in 3:17.2, and Seton Corridor gained the 2-mile relay over a tricky Fordham crew in 7:33.9 (additionally quicker than the out of doors listing) with a lineup of Anthony Luciano, Frank Fletcher, Robert Ranier, and Chester Lipski.
No information have been set within the mile and 2-mile, however the profitable occasions have been rapid, with NYU senior Leslie MacMitchell profitable the previous in 4:07.8, simply lacking the International Report of four:07.4 that he shared with Walter Mehl, and long run Corridor-of-Famer Greg Rice taking the longer race in 8:52.9, now not a long way off his International Report of 8:51.1.
2d within the mile was once Gil Dodds, who would later set 3 International Data within the tournament. third in 4:14.1 was once Frank Dixon, a Fifth-year scholar at St.Francis Prep H.S. (Queens,NY)
A member of the Nationwide Corridor of Reputation, Cochran would win gold medals within the 400 and four×400 on the 1948 Olympics after serving within the U.S. Army throughout International Battle II.
Cochran Rice MacMItchell Borican Dodds
1978—Maren Seidler raised her American Report within the Shot Put 4 occasions in this date in San Jose,CA:
58-02 (17.73/19 inches higher than her earlier mark of 56-7 [17.24])
58-04 ½ (17.79)
60-03 (18.36)
60-06 ½ (18.45)
Corridor of Reputation Bio (2000): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/maren-seidler
photograph courtesy of Maren Seidler, Seidler threw a shot put over 35 toes when she was once simply 11 years outdated. The game would take her to almost each and every nation on this planet, touring an easygoing “gypsy” way of life throughout a tumultuous political technology.
International Go Nation Championships
1978–Glasgow, Scotland equipped ideally suited x-country stipulations for the International Championships–torrential rain, wind, and a hard, muddy path! Windfall School’s John Treacy, who was once the bronze medalist within the Junior race in 1973 and 1974, gained the Males’s identify, whilst Man Arbogast (Fifth) and Craig Virgin (Sixth) led the U.S. to the silver medals. The opposite American scorers have been Greg Meyer (twentieth), Jeff Wells (twenty ninth), Invoice Rodgers (forty fourth), and Mike Roche (52nd). Treacy, who remained energetic within the game because the Leader Government of the Irish Sports activities Council (since retired), went directly to constitute Eire at 4 Olympics (Silver medal-1984 Marathon). He had gained the NCAA Indoor 3-mile identify previous within the month and would win his 2d International Go identify in 1979 (see beneath).
Within the Girls’s race, Norway’s Grete Waitz destroyed a powerful box as she gained the primary of her 5 International titles, and Julie Shea (4th), Jan Merrill (seventh), Kathy Turbines (eleventh), and Brenda Webb (fifteenth) mixed to present the U.S. the crew silver medals.
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(12.3km):2.Aleksandr Antipov (URS), 3.Karel Lismont (BEL), 8.Franco Fava (ITA), 11.Steve Jones (Wales), 14.Gerry Deegan (IRL), 50.Donal Walsh (IRL), 60.Neil Cusack (RL), 71.Ray Treacy (IRL), 72.Marc Hunter (USA), 73.Charles Vigil (USA), 99.Bobby Thomas (USA), 146.Chris McCubbins (CAN); DNF-Jos Hermens (NED), Carlos Lopes (POR), Fernando Mamede (POR); Workforce:1.France 151, 2.USA 156
Senior Girls(4.728km):2. Natalia Mărăşescu (RUM), 3. Maricica Puică (RUM),12.Christine Benning (ENG), 19.Tatyana Kazankina (URS), 23.Cindy Bremser (USA), 26. Fiţa Lovin (RUM), 43.Wendy Smith-Sly (ENG); DNF-Gabriella Dorio (ITA); Workforce:1.Romania 30, 2.USA 37;
Junior Males(7.036km): 1.Mick Morton (ENG), 10.Rod Berry (USA), 19.Gelindo Bordin (ITA), 25.Paul Schultz (USA), 34.Stated Aouita (MAR), 37.Kevin Byrne (USA), 38.Jeff Milliman (USA), 54.Tim O’Neill (USA), 55.Steve Ferri (USA); Workforce:1.England 53 , 2.Canada 53, 3.Spain 54;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md2RcloNBC0
John Treacy, Eire, International Go Nation Champ, 1978, 1979, photograph courtesy of Athletics Eire
1979–25,000 lovers became out at Inexperienced Park Racecourse in Limerick, Eire, to look at their hero, John Treacy, regardless of falling overdue within the race, win his 2d immediately International X-Nation Males’s identify. Treacy slowed close to the end as a gaggle of spectators jumped onto the path. ‘I was terrified they would knock me over or that so many would come onto the course that it would be impossible for the others to finish”, said Treacy, who needed a police escort to leave the course. Treacy looks back at that day and his career:
Grete Waitz, who had set a World Record while winning the first of her nine NY City Marathon titles the previous November. was also a repeat winner. The United States won the Women’s crew identify for the 2d time because it were given forged performances from Ellison Goodall (third), Jan Merrill (seventh), Julie Shea (Eighth), and Margaret Groos (eleventh).
Jan Merrill, Grete Waitz, photograph by means of Mark Shearman
Jeff Nelson (Burbank,Ca), who would set a Prime Faculty 2-mile listing of 8:36.3 later within the yr, completed 4th within the Males’s Junior race, simply 2 seconds clear of a bronze medal.
medals.
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(12km):2.Bronislaw Malinowski (POL), 3.Aleksandr Antipov (URS), 7.Steve Jones (Wales), 13.Craig Virgin (USA), 21.Nick Rose (ENG), 27.Franco Fava (ITA), 41.Fernando Mamede (POR), 43.Gerry Deegan (IRL), 44.Dan Dillon (USA), 47.Donal Walsh (IRL), 49.Marc Hunter (USA), 64.Invoice Donakowski (USA), 70.Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), 79.Ray Treacy (IRL), 81.Robbie Perkins (USA), 90.Greg Meyer (USA), 93.Gelindo Bordin (ITA), 101.Steve Flanagan (USA), 137.Bobby Thomas (USA), 152.José Abascal (ESP), 166.Thomas Wessinghage (GER), 172.Knut Kvalheim (NOR); Workforce:1.England 119, 2.Eire 198;
Senior Girls(5.04km):5.Svetlana Ulmasova (URS), 14.Anne Audain (NZL), 17.Paula Fudge (ENG), 19.Jennifer White (USA), 23.Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR), 36.Julie Brown (USA); DNF-Gabriella Dorio (ITA); Workforce:1.USA 29, 2.Soviet Union 48;
Junior Males(7.36km):1.Eddy de Pauw (BEL) 23:02, 2.Steve Binns (ENG) 23:09 3.Ildar Denikeyev (URS) 23:20, 4.Jeff Nelson (USA) 23:22, 12.Jim Hill (USA), 24.Herb Wills (USA), 27.Geoff Turnbull (ENG), 36.Steve Cram (ENG), 54.Paul Donovan (IRL), 66.John Gregorek (USA), 71.Mike Sheely (USA), 79.Alan Scharsu (USA); Workforce: Spain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Video(1978/1979): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md2RcloNBC0
1984–The International X-Nation Championships got here to the U.S. for the primary time and have been held on the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey. The U.S. gained the Girls’s crew identify for the 2d yr in a row–Betty Jo Springs, a member of the 1983 profitable crew, led the best way together with her Ninth-place end, with Cathy Branta (tenth), Sabrina Dornhoefer (sixteenth) and Cathie Twomey (seventeenth) finishing the scoring. Romania’s Maricica Puică, the 1982 Champion, gained her 2d identify as 5-time Champion Grete Waitz completed third.
As he did in 1983, Pat Porter (33:34) set a quick tempo within the Males’s race, whilst 37-year outdated Carlos Lopes (33:25), the 1976 Champion, in the end pulled away for his 2d win, whilst Porter was once handed by means of England’s Tim Hutchings (33:30) and Wales’ Steve Jones(33:32) within the ultimate 100-meters. The U.S. gained the silver medals for the Fifth time in 7 years, as Porter’s 4th-place end was once subsidized up by means of Ed Eyestone (Sixth), Craig Virgin (seventeenth), John Easker (twenty eighth), Jeff Drenth (forty first) and Mark Stickley (sixty fifth).
The Males’s Junior race was once gained by means of Spain’s Pere Casacuberta, the ultimate “non-African” to win the development.
NBC’s broadcast place was once located at the roof of the Grandstand on the racetrack. Right through a smash within the motion down beneath, announcer Frank Shorter, by no means one to go up a chance for a exercise, took a few laps across the perimeter of the roof! A safety guard, obviously a fan, joined Shorter for a part of the exercise, announcing, “I’m not going to pass up this opportunity”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/04/02/a-pair-of-wins-for-the-aged
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(12.086km):5.Wilson Waigwa (KEN), 10.Francesco Panetta (ITA), 11.Alberto Cova (ITA), 13.John Treacy (IRL),, 15.Martti Vainio (FIN), 16.Mohammed Kedir (ETH), 19.Paul Kipkoech (KEN), 21.Rob de Castella (AUS), 23.Fernando Mamede (POR), 62.Karel Lismont (BEL), 94.Dan Dillon (USA), 113.Steve Binns (ENG), 115.Domingo Tibiduiza (COL), 144.Troy Billings (USA); DNF-Gelindo Bordin (ITA); Workforce:1.Ethiopia 134, 2.USA 161
Senior Girls(5km):1. Maricica Puică (RUM) 15:56, 2.Galina Zakharova (URS) 15:58, 3.Grete Waitz (NOR) 15:58, 4.Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 16:04, 18.Lynn Williams (CAN), 20.Tina Krebs (DEN), 24.Rosa Mota (POR), 25.Brenda Webb (USA), 32.Nan Doak (USA); Workforce: 1.USA 52, 2.England 65;
Junior Males(8km):1.Pere Casacuberta (ESP), 12.Pat Piper (USA), 16.Simon Gutierrez (USA), 21.Ron Harris (USA), 23.Dan Foley (USA), 29.Dennis Cullinane (USA), 48.William Mangan (USA): Workforce:Ethiopia
1990–Operating in her Fifth International Go Nation Championships (2d in 1986, 4th-1987,1988, Sixth-1989), Corridor of Famer Lynn Jennings, main from the beginning, gained the primary of her 3 consecutive International titles on a picturesque path within the foothills of the French Alps (Aix-les-Bains). Stated the winner, “The only way to win international cross-country races is to go out hard. Today my hard was harder than anyone else’s”. Princeton grad Jennings, who would win 9 U.S. X-Nation titles, wore a black ribbon on her left shoulder in reminiscence of her grandfather, who died at the day she left for France.
Lynn Jennings, featured at the duvet of The Bible of the Recreation, Observe & Box Information, profitable her Ninth USATF Go Nation identify! Lynn Jenning is considered one of our best US go nation runners.
Morocco’s Khalid Skah (34:21) gained the Males’s race in an in depth end over the Kenyan duo of Moses Tanui (34:21) and Julius Korir (34:22). Kenya’s John Ngugi, the 4-time protecting champion, completed twentieth after being a few of the leaders within the early phases of the race.
Jennings writes about how working stored her lifestyles in 2014
https://runblogger.com/2014/02/how-running-saved-the-life-of-an-olympian-lynn-jennings-story.html
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(12.2km):5.William Mutwol (KEN), 7.Domingos Castro (POR), 9.Paul Kipkoech (KEN), 11.Salvatore Antibo (ITA), 15. Martín Fiz (FRA), 23.Ed Eyestone (USA), 37.Aaron Ramirez (USA), 38. Abel Antón (ESP), 59.Bob Kempainen (USA), 72.Frank O’Mara (IRL), 79.Invoice Taylor (USA), 110.Terry Croyle (USA), 133.Invoice Mangan (USA), 134.Dennis Leck (USA), 171.Mark Coogan (USA), 177.Craig Dickson (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 42, 2.Ethiopia 96;
Senior Girls(6km):2.Albertina Dias (POR), 3.Yelena Romanova (URS), 15.Derartu Tulu (ETH), 17.Annette Sergent (FRA), 21.Aurora Cunha (POR), 30.Angela Chalmers (CAN), 33.Sabrina Dornhoefer (USA), 34.Elaine van Blunk (USA), 44.Shelly Steely (USA), 52.Leah Pells (CAN), 103.Leanne Martin (USA), 117.Janet Smith (USA); Workforce:1.Soviet Union 37, 2.Ethiopia 75…5.USA 112;
Junior Males(8km):1.Kipyego Kororia (KEN) 22:13, 2.Richard Chelimo (KEN) 22:14, 3.Fita Bayissa (ETH) 22:24, 4.Ismael Kirui (KEN) 22:32, 6.Matthew Birir (KEN), 12.Salah Hissou (MAR), 13.Stefano Baldini (ITA), 19.Mark Carroll (IRL), 20.Mark Johansen (USA), 37.John Coyle (USA), 49.Jason Bunston (CAN), 74.Jeff Campbell (USA), 76.Paul Stoneham (USA), 93.Jason Mohr (USA), 104.Jamey Harris (USA): Workforce:1.Kenya 12, 2.Ethiopia 27
Junior Girls(4.4km):1.Liu Shixiang (CHN) 14:19, 2.Yan Qinglan (CHN) 14:20, 12.Melody Fairchild (USA), 16.Tegla Loroupe (ETH), 72.Deena Drossin-Kastor (USA), 90.Becky Spies (USA), 96.Shelly Smathers (USA), 105.Amy Giblin (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 20, 2.Japan 44;
HOF Bio (Jennings): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/lynn-jennings
www.si.com/vault/1990/11/26/123164/shes-the-queen-of-hill-and-dale-lynn-jennings-became-the-world-cross-country-champion-the-hard-way
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Ethiopia’s Derartu Tulu (20:21) gained the first of her 3 International Go titles gained the Girls’s race (additionally gained in 1997 and 2000), whilst Eire’s Catherina McKiernan (20:29) gained her 4th consecutive silver medal!
Joan Nesbit (Sixth) and Todd Williams (Ninth) have been the end American finishers within the Senior races.
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(12.02km):10. Martín Fiz (ESP), 14.Bob Kennedy (USA), 23. Domingos Castro (POR), 35. Hendrick Ramaala (RSA), 60.Brad Barquist (USA), 62.Jim Westphal (USA), 82.Dan Nelson (USA), 83.Eric Morrison (USA), 88.Keith Dowling (USA), 157.John Trautmann (USA); DNF-Reuben Reina (USA); Workforce: 1.Kenya 62, 2.Morocco 111
Senior Girls(6.47km): 3.Sally Barsosio (KEN) 20:39, 5.Gete Wami (ETH), 9.Albertina Dias (POR), 10.Gabriela Szabo (RUM), 13.Olga Bondarenko (RUS), 14.Olga Appell (USA), 18.Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 37.Gwyn Hardesty-Coogan (USA), 39.Kathy Butler (CAN), 54.Katy McCandless (USA), 62.Liz Wilson (USA), 67.Carmen Troncoso (USA), 80.Carla Sacramento (POR); Workforce:1.Kenya 26, 2.Ethiopia 38;
Junior Males(8.47km):1.Assefa Mezegebu (ETH), 8.Mark Bett (KEN), 35.Tim Briggs (USA), 46.Matt Kerr (CAN), 49.Jason Rexing (USA), 64.Travis Landreth (USA), 113.Chris Severy (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 23, 2.Ethiopia 25
Junior Girls(4.47km):1.Annemarie Sandell (FIN), 19.Jessica Frye (USA), 25.Mary Cobb (USA), 32.Julia Stamps (USA), 37.Kortney Dunscombe (USA), 43.Sally Glynn (USA), 48.Heather Burroughs (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 18, 2.Ethiopia 31;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
2001(24-25)–Because of a scourge of Foot and Mouth Illness amongst British cattle in February, Dublin was once pressured to withdraw as host of the International X-Nation Championships. With simplest 3 weeks to spare, the IAAF moved the development first to Brussels, however then, because of a loss of enough resort rooms, needed to transfer to any other Belgian town, Ostend.
Due to top-15 finishes from Bob Kennedy (twelfth), Meb Keflezighi (thirteenth) and Abdi Abdirahman (fifteenth), the U.S. gained the bronze medals within the Males’s lengthy race at the 2d day (3-25) in chilly, rainy, windy, and muddy stipulations. Nick Rogers (forty seventh) was once the general scorer, with backup equipped by means of Greg Jimmerson (52nd) and Matt Downin (eightieth). After profitable the silver medal within the Senior males’s short-race at the first day of pageant (3-24), it was once no wonder when younger Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele gained the Males’s Junior race.
Nice Britain’s Paula Radcliffe gained the Girls’s Lengthy race, turning into the primary to win a Senior identify after profitable a Junior race (1992). The front-running Radcliffe (27:49), so regularly outkicked on the finish of races, was once handed by means of Ethiopia’s Gete Wami (27:52) with 250m left within the race, however was once in a position to reply this time, temporarily regaining the lead and pulling away for the win.
Wami were given even the following day, beating Radcliffe to win the Girls’s Brief race (14:46:14:47).
The way forward for U.S. distance working were given a spice up as Dathan Ritzenhein gained the bronze medal within the Males’s Junior race and Matt Tegenkamp completed Fifth, with the American citizens lacking a crew medal by means of simply 3 issues. “Ritz”’s medal was once the primary gained by means of an American guy since 1981, when Craig Virgin gained gold and Keith Brantly the bronze within the Males’s Senior and Junior races, respectively.
Kenya’s Viola Kibiwott gained the Girls’s Junior race over a box that incorporated long run stars corresponding to Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot (4th), Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba (Fifth), and Kenya’s Sally Kipyego (Eighth).
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males Lengthy(12.3km/3-25):1.Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) 39:53, 2.Sergey Lebid (UKR) 40:03, 3.Charles Kamathi (KEN) 40:05, 5.Paul Kosgei (KEN), 25.Lee Troop (AUS), 32.Richard Limo (KEN), 41.Steve Moneghetti (AUS), 43.Domingos Castro (POR), 47.Nick Rogers (USA), 52.Greg Jimmerson (USA), 80.Matt Downin (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 33, 2.France 72;
Senior Males Brief(4.1km/3-24):1.Enock Koech (KEN) 12:40, 2.Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:42, 3.Benjamin Limo (KEN) 12:43, 4.Sammy Kipketer (KEN) 12:44, 8.Craig Mottram (AUS), 9.Brahim Boulami (MAR), 15.Brad Hauser (USA), 18.Tim Broe (USA), 19.Andy Downin (USA), 29.Kevin Sullivan (CAN), 39.Tony Cosey (USA), 41.Clint Wells (USA), 54.Gareth Turnbull (IRL), 57.Adrian Blincoe (NZL), 78.Matt Kerr (CAN), 85.Dan Browne (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 13, 2.Morocco 48, 3.Ethiopia 51;
Senior Girls Lengthy(7.7km/3-24): 3.Lydia Cheromei (KEN), 12.Deena Drossin-Kastor (USA), 18.Sally Barsosio (KEN), 27.Jen Rhines (USA), 42.Clare Taylor (USA), 49.Kristin Chisum (USA), 53.Annette Peters (USA), 62.Courtney Babcock (CAN); Workforce:1.Kenya 18, 2.Ethiopia 70;
Senior Girls Brief(4.1km(3-25): 3.Edith Masai (KEN) 14:57, 5.Worknesh Kidane (ETH), 7.Carla Sacramento (POR), 38.Elva Dryer (USA), 46.Leah Pells (CAN), 47.Lisa Karnopp Nye (USA), 48.Sarah Schwald (USA), 55.Kristin Ihle (USA), 66.Collette Liss (USA), 69.Carmen Douma (CAN); DNF-Sonia O’Sullivan (IRL); Workforce:1.Ethiopia 26, 2.Kenya 32;
Junior Males(7.7km/3-25):1.Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 25:04, 2.Duncan Lebo (KEN) 25:37, 3.Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 25:46, 5.Matt Tegenkamp (USA), 27.Ryan Hayden (CAN), 28.Nate Brannen (CAN), 30.Simon Bairu (CAN), 39.Ian Dobson (USA), 59.Mo Farah (GBR), 71.Fernando Cabada (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 24, 2.Ethiopia 25;
Junior Girls(5.9km/3-24):61.Victoria Chang (USA), 65.Alisha Williams (USA), 74.Emily Blakeslee (USA), 101.Michelle de los angeles Vina (USA); Workforce: Ethiopia 16, 2.Kenya 20;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Movies:
Senior Males Lengthy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0CPitujIE
Senior Girls Lengthy(End): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9zsKEukhCg
International Go-Previous Winners (from 1973 to provide)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships
2022—A Texas A&M quartet of Tierra Robinson-Jones, Laila Owens, Charokee Younger, and Tai Wilson-Perteete gained the Dash Medley on the Texas Relays in 3:38.93, breaking the former Collegiate Report of three:39.04 that was once set by means of any other Aggie crew in 2017. Runnerup Texas was once additionally below the outdated listing with their time of three:38.95. The Longhorns’ Brooke Jaworski fell to the observe as she vainly attempted to go A&M’s Wilson Perteete within the ultimate strides.
Texas lineup: Julien Alfred, Rahsidat Adeleke, Kennedy Simon, Brooke Jaworski).
Video: https://www.fb.com/aggietfxc/movies/womens-sprint-medley-relay-collegiate-record/631546257889299/
Born On This Day*
Sha’Carri Richardson 25 (2000) 2024 Olympic gold medalist—4×100, silver within the 100
2023 International Champion—100m, 4×100 (bronze-200)
2-time U.S. Champion—100m (2021 & 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials)
2023 marked a “rebirth” of types for Richardson, who had struggled to satisfy the good promise she first confirmed in
2019
An LSU freshman on the time, she was once the 2019 NCAA Champion within the 100m—ran 10.75 to wreck the 30-
yr outdated Collegiate Report of 10.89 that was once set by means of any other LSU sprinter, Crack of dawn Sowell, in 1989. Completed 2d in
the 200, surroundings a International Junior (Underneath-20) listing of twenty-two.17 (now not ratified by means of International Athletics/IAAF). Anchored LSU
to a 2d-place end within the 4×100 relay.
Became professional quickly after…was once touted as a possible medalist within the 100 on the 2019 International Championships in Doha, however
was once simplest Eighth on the U.S. Championships
Sha’Carri Richardson, stretching, Might 24, 2024, NIKE Pre Vintage, photograph by means of Brian Eder for RunBlogRun
Completed 1st within the 100-Meters on the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials (after working a wind-aided 10.64 in her semi), however
examined certain for THC, a substance contained in marijuana. She simplest won a 1-month ban, however was once stripped
of her win, that means she was once now not eligible to compete on the Tokyo Olympics
There was once world-wide consideration within the buildup to the Prefontaine Vintage in August, the place Richardson would get a
likelihood to stand the Jamaicans who swept the medals within the 100 in Tokyo. Then again, she was once no fit for them,
completing ultimate within the race.
PBs: 7.20i (2019),10.65 (2023/#2 All-Time U.S., =#5 International), 21.92 (2023, 2024); 2024 SB: 10.71
O.T. 100 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5jWmeCZzp4
Emotional include w/her grandmother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v4mXsB-g20
Different Movies: ’23 WC NCAA 100 NCAA 200 ’24 OG 100
No Olympics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5DMgJ6TNOY
www.npr.org/2021/07/06/1013578552/u-s-sprinter-shacarri-richardson-will-not-compete-in-the-tokyo-olympics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shap.c27Carri_Richardson
https://www.ustfccca.org/2019/12/featured/shacarri-richardson-wins-the-bowerman-in-2019
Stacy Dragila 54 (1971) A lot of “firsts” in her profession. One of the crucial pioneers in ladies’s pole vaulting was once the primary to win
the development on the International Indoor (1997) and Outside (1999) Championships, in addition to on the Olympics (2000).
Repeated because the International Outside Champion in 2001. Was once additionally the primary American lady to transparent 15-feet.
Stacy Dragila, photograph courtesy of International Athletics (then, I.A.A.F.)
Former International & American Indoor and Outside Report holder
8-time U.S. Champion (‘97, ‘99-‘05); Also an 8-time U.S. Indoor Champion (‘96-‘01, ‘03-‘04)
Competed in two Olympics (2000-gold,2004-qual.) and five World Championships (‘99/gold, ‘01/gold, ‘03/=4th,
‘05/qual.). Also competed in five World Indoor Championships (’97-gold, ’99-Eighth, ’01-4th, ’03-qual., ’04-silver)
Received the gold medal on the Sydney Olympics in dramatic type in entrance of greater than 112,000 spectators (See
NY Instances hyperlink)…her win was once a part of what some have stated was once the best day in Olympic T&F historical past—amongst
the opposite highlights: with all of Australia gazing, Cathy Freeman gained the 400 in entrance of the house crowd,
Michael Johnson gained his 2d gold medal within the 400, and Haile Gebrselassie out-sprinted Paul Tergat to win the
10,000-meters.
PBs: 15-10 (4.83/2004/=#5 All-Time U.S.), 15-9 1/4i (4.81/2004/#5 A-T U.S.); 6999/Decathlon (1997)
Made the top-10 International Scores 9 years in a row from 1997-2005 (#1-1999, 2000, 2001)
Inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Reputation in 2014
Former heptathlete at Idaho State was once inspired by means of trainer Dave Nielsen to take a look at the Pole Vault in
1994…A former rodeo “goat-roper”
Founding father of the Dragila Vault Corporate
HOF Bio(2014): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/stacy-dragila
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Dragila
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89121
OG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpcO2BIaG-k
OG Record: https://www.olympedia.org/effects/65838
Highlights Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54DemXgdfTI
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/stacy-dragila-110083 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/253107-womens-pole-vault-pioneer-stacy-dragila-retires
2000 OG-NY Instances:
www.nytimes.com/2000/09/26/sports activities/sydney-2000-pole-vault-after-slow-start-dragila-wins-the-first-women-s-gold.html
Stefka Kostadinova—Bulgaria 60 (1965) One of the crucial largest feminine high-jumpers in historical past
Gold medalist on the 1996 Olympics (silver-’88, 4th-’92), two International Championships (1987,1995), and four International
Indoor Championships (1987, 1989, 1993, 1997)
Set a International Report of 6-10 ¼ (2.09) on the 1987 International Championships in Rome (since damaged). The yr prior to,
she tied the WR of 6-9 ½ (2.07), then took sole ownership at 6-10 (2.08)…former International Indoor
Report holder (6-9/2.06/1988)
Made the top-10 International Scores 13 occasions from 1984-1997, lacking out simplest in 1990 (#1 six occasions)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefka_Kostadinova
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlsp.c27s_high_jump_world_record_progression
’96 OG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBPgR0xT1nM
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/65675
https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/bulgaria/stefka-kostadinova-60986
Jerome Carter 62 (1963) From Jap Observe (1983)/This Day in T&F
19-year outdated Jerome Carter had created somewhat of a stir when he high-jumped a non-public best possible of 7-4 (2.23) on the
Towson Relays on January 2, however he in point of fact were given the game’s consideration when he cleared 7-7 (2.31) on at the moment
(Jan.16) at George Mason. It was once chilly within the Mason box area, so Carter was once dressed in two sweatsuits to stay
heat. He saved them on as he neglected his first try at 6-8. Offended at himself for lacking such an “easy”
top, he walked over to train Alan Dean and stated, “That’s it. Don’t worry about it, the world record is going
to come down tonight”! Courageous communicate for somebody who had by no means cleared 7-feet prior to the season started, however
Carter would quickly display that he wasn’t making an idle boast.
The 6-1, 160, Carter handed 6-10, then cleared 7-0 and 7-2 on his first jumps whilst nonetheless dressed in the 2 units of
sweats! He were given critical at 7-4, setting out two tops and one pair of pants and cleared the bar simply to compare his
With the bar now at 7-7, Carter deigned to take off the second one pair of pants and once more cleared simply on his
first try. Observers stated on the time that Carter had a minimum of two inches to spare when he went over the bar.
“Then”, Dean stated, “we decided, ‘What the heck, let’s go for the record’.” Carter needed to wait round for a 1/2-
hour whilst officers looked for a metal tape to verify a right kind dimension. One was once discovered and the bar was once
set at 7-8 ¾ (2.35), 1/4-inch upper than Vladimir Yashchenko’s International Report.
Carter have been leaping with nice self assurance up so far, however with the bar in reality set at an international listing
top, he admittedly tensed up and didn’t have a just right effort in his 3 makes an attempt. “He forgot
