Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Monitor & Discipline–April 17
1937—Alton Terry (Hardin-Simmons), the 1936 NCAA Champion within the occasion (he was 6th on the Berlin Olympics), threw 229-2 ¼ (69.85) on the Kansas Relays to set his 3rd American File within the Javelin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Terry
1948–Two World Information had been set on the Kansas Relays. Michigan’s Charles Fonville broke the 58’ barrier within the shot put together with his successful toss of 58-3/8 (17.68) and Harrison Dillard ran 13.6 to set a brand new mark within the 120-yard hurdles (additionally bettered the metric report).
Fonville, who had raised the World Indoor File twice in February (56-6 ¼ [17.23m], 56-10 5/8 [17.34]), gained his 2nd NCAA title later within the yr, however missed an opportunity for Olympic gold when a again damage held him to a disappointing 4th-place end on the U.S. Trials.
Dillard had his personal issues on the Trials when he failed to complete in his specialty, the 110-hurdles. Nonetheless, he had earlier made the staff by ending third within the 100-meters and went on to a stunning win in that occasion on the London Olympics.
Fonville: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Fonville
1972–New York’s Nina Kuscsik grew to become the primary official feminine winner on the Boston Marathon (3:10:26). Earlier winners Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb (1966-1968) and Sara Mae Berman (1969-1971) ran with out race bib numbers. Kuscsik was impressed to begin working on the age of 15 after listening to about Roger Bannister changing into the primary man to interrupt 4-minutes for the mile in 1954.
Gibb: http://www.runningpast.com/gibb_story.htm
http://weblog.oregonlive.com/runoregon/2009/05/run_like_a_girl_a_documentary.html
1976—Future Corridor-of-Famer Steve Williams set an American File of 19.9 for 200-meters in Gainesville, Florida.
HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/steve-williams
1978–Two milestones on the Boston Marathon–it was the biggest subject ever as 4,212 runners went to the beginning line, and the Males’s race was the closest in Boston historical past. Hometown favourite Invoice Rodgers gained for the 2nd time, however his margin of victory was solely 2 seconds over fast-closing Jeff Wells (2:10:13-2:10:15). Frank Shorter, who was close to the entrance for the primary half of the race, completed 23rd (2:28:15). Different notable finishers: 4th-Jack Fultz (1976 winner/2:11:17), 5th-Randy Thomas (former Boston School ladies’s coach/2:11:25), 7th-Don Kardong (1976 Olympian/2:14:07), 10th-Tom Fleming (2-time NYC Marathon winner/2:14:44).
17-year outdated highschool senior Lynn Jennings, competing towards the need of race organizers, who had set an entry age-limit of 18, ran the race in about 2:46.
Regardless of the considerations of some who thought that somebody that younger shouldn’t be working a marathon, it didn’t cease Jennings from happening to a Corridor-of-Fame profession that included three World X-Nation titles and an Olympic bronze medal within the 10,000-meters(1992).
Jennings HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/lynn-jennings
1982–With the working occasions accomplished on the Bruce Jenner Traditional in San Jose, the late Bob Roggy rewarded the devoted 125 followers who hung round to observe the javelin by throwing 307-6 (93.72) within the 4th spherical to interrupt Mark Murro’s 12-year outdated American File of 300-feet (91.44). Roggy additionally had throws of 299-8 (91.34?) and 298-3 (90.90?) with the “outdated” implement.
Roggy, who died tragically in a freak accident in 1986 on the age of 29, raised the report twice extra in 1982, throwing 309-11 (94.46) after which 314-4 (95.80). The Bob Roggy Memorial Javelin Throw is at all times a featured occasion on the annual New Jersey Worldwide meet in New Jersey.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/05/10/a-spear-carrier-no-more
1983–Norway’s Grete Waitz improved her World File within the Marathon for the 4th and remaining time, working 2:25:28.7 in London. Waitz’s reign as world report holder (all-conditions) ended the subsequent day when Joan Benoit ran 2:22:43 in Boston.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grete_Waitz
WR Development-M&W): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
1988–Ethiopia’s Belayneh Densimo grew to become the primary man to run beneath 2:07 for the Marathon, successful on Rotterdam’s quick course with a time of two:06:50. It was a report that may final for ten years.
WR Development-M&W): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/03/sports activities/fastest-marathoner-eyes-quicker-time.html
1989—Winner of the Males’s race on the Boston Marathon was Ethiopia’s Abebe Mekkonen (2:09:06). He was adopted by Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa (2:09:56), Eire’s John Treacy (2:10:24), and Kenya’s Ibrahim Hussein (2:12:41), the defending champion (he would win once more in 1991 & 1992).
Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen (2:24:33) gained the Girls’s title for the twond time (additionally gained in 1986). 2nd was New Zealand’s Marguerite Buist (2:29:04), whereas 5 Individuals completed within the top-10: 3.Kim Jones (2:29:34), 5.Lisa Rainsberrger (2:33:18/winner in 1985), 6.Lisa Brady (2:34:16), 9.Joan Benoit (2:37:52/winner in 1983), 10.Laurie Binder (2:39:21). 7th was Nice Britain’s Priscilla Welch(2:35:00).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Boston_Marathon
1994–The Santa Monica Monitor Membership placed on fairly a present for the 9,000 followers on the Mt.SAC Relays. Beginning out with the 4×100 relay, an all-star lineup of Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, and Carl Lewis, pushed by a Dennis Mitchell-anchored “pick-up” staff, gained an in depth one as the 2 squads ran 37.79 and 37.82, the 2 quickest occasions ever run on U.S. soil.
However that was solely a teaser for the 4×200 race, when Marsh (20.0), Burrell (19.6), Heard (19.7) and Lewis (19.4) mixed for a World File of 1:18.68, breaking their very own earlier mark of 1:19.11. The quartet was as soon as once more pushed all the way in which by a “pick-up” staff (1:19.10), with Nice Britain’s John Regis truly making up floor on Lewis together with his 19.1 anchor. Dealing with the primary three legs for that staff had been Jon Drummond (20.4), Mitchell (19.3), and Bryan Bridgewater (20.3).
The report stood for 20 years till a Jamaican staff (with out Usain Bolt!) ran 1:18.63 on the 2014 World Relays within the Bahamas.
Jamaica WR: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/report/world-record-mens-4x200m-relay-world-record
1995—Kenya’s Cosmas Ndeti (2:09:22) joined Individuals Clarence DeMar (1922-1924) and Invoice Rodgers (1978-1980) as the one 3-time consecutive winners of the Boston Marathon. Germany’s Uta Pippig (2:25:11) gained the Girls’s race for the twond yr in a row. 2nd was South Africa’s Elana Meyer(2:26:51)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Boston_Marathon
1999—Stacy Dragila cleared 14-7 ½ (4.86) on the Mt.SAC Relays in Walnut,CA, to prime her 2-year outdated American File of 14-7 ¼ (4.85).
2000—The Males’s race on a cold and windy day on the Boston Marathon stays one of the aggressive within the race’s historical past. Kenya’s Elijah Lagat was the winner over Ethiopia’s Gezahegne Abera, with each given the equivalent time of two:09:47. Lagat’s coaching associate, Moses Tanui, the winner in 1996 and 1998, was shut behind in 2:09:50. Abera went on to win the Olympic Marathon in Sydney later within the yr.
The result of the Girls’s race was unsure till the final mile, when Kenya’s Catherine Ndereba (2:26:11) pulled away from Ethiopia’s Fatuma Roba, the 3-time defending champion. Kyrgyzstan’s Irina Bogacheva edged Roba for twond place, each being timed in 2:26:27.
Outcomes: http://www.marathonguide.com/outcomes/browse.cfm?MIDD=15000417
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Boston_Marathon
Video(Go to 1:08.50 for the late phases of the races)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cBQAFJMI2U
2005—Regardless of stopping for a short rest room break (along with the highway!) at 21-miles, Nice Britain’s Paula Radcliffe gained the London Marathon 2:17:42, a World File for a ladies’s-only race.
Stated Radcliffe, “I felt from 15 or 16 miles that I wished to go however I used to be reluctant to in entrance of nevertheless many hundreds of individuals had been watching on tv. Nevertheless it reached the stage the place I needed to as a result of I used to be dropping 10 seconds a mile for the three miles earlier than I ended. As soon as I ended I used to be ‘high-quality’.”
https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/radcliffe-powers-to-third-london-win-in-21742
2017—It was a Kenyan sweep on the Boston Marathon, with Geoffrey Kirui (2:09:37) and Edna Kiplagat (2:21:52) each pulling away within the latter phases of their races to win comfortably of their first look in Beantown.
Ending 2nd within the Males’s race was Galen Rupp (2:09:58), with the U.S. additionally getting top-11 finishes from Abdi Abdirhman (6th/2:12:45), Luke Puskedra (9th/2:14:45), Jared Ward (10th/2:15:28), and Sean Quigley (11th/2:15:34). 2014 winner Meb Keflezighi, working in his final aggressive Boston Marathon, completed 13th (2:17:00).
Jordan Hasay completed 3rd within the Girls’s race with a time of two:23:00, the quickest marathon debut ever for an American girl. Des Linden (2:25:06), who would win the next yr, completed 4th, and 70-year outdated Kathrine Switzer, working on the 50th Anniversary of her memorable race in 1967 (see hyperlink), returned to Boston and completed in 4:44:31. 261, the quantity she wore in 1967 and once more this yr, was retired by the Boston A.A. after the race.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Boston_Marathon
Prime 100
Males: www.marathonguide.com/outcomes/browse.cfm?RL=1&MIDD=15170417&Gen=M&Start=1&Finish=100&Max=14438
Girls: www.marathonguide.com/outcomes/browse.cfm?RL=1&MIDD=15170417&Gen=F&Start=1&Finish=100&Max=11973
Switzer-The Actual Story: https://kathrineswitzer.com/1967-boston-marathon-the-real-story/
https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/17/us/boston-marathon-kathrine-switzer-trnd/index.html
Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp7lRlxSYgc
2021–Texas A&M frosh Athing Mu ran 1:57.73 on the Michael Johnson Inv. in Waco,Texas, to interrupt the Collegiate File of 1:59.10 that was set by Oregon’s Raevyn Rogers in 2017. Mu had set the Indoor CR of 1:58.40 in February.
2023—It was a sweep for Kenya at a cool and wet Boston Marathon, with Evans Chebet (2:05:54) successful the Males’s race for the twond yr in a row, and Hellen Obiri (2:21:36), already a World Champion on the observe and in X-Nation, confirmed that she is now a drive to be reckoned with on the roads as she gained the Girls’s race over a deep subject.
Obiri stated that having her daughter, Tania, and her husband, Tom Nyaundi, on the end helped inspire her within the remaining kilometers. “I say let me attempt to work exhausting as a result of my daughter is right here,” Obiri stated. She added: “Can I attempt to make them joyful?”
A pack of 4 waged a terrific battle earlier than Obiri pulled away within the remaining mile from Ethiopia’s Amane Beriso (2:21:50), Israel’s Lonah Salpeter (2:21:57), and Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh (2:22:00), who survived an earlier fall. The highest American was Emma Bates, who gamely tried to stick with the lead pack earlier than ending 5th (2:22:10). 11th was fellow American Aliphine Tuliamuk (2:24:37)
One of many pre-race favorites within the Males’s race was World File holder (on the time) Eliud Kipchoge, who pale to sixth after setting a quick tempo within the early phases of the race.
Individuals took 5 of the highest 13 locations–Scott Fauble (7th-2:09:44), Matthew McDonald (10th-2:10:17), Conner Mantz (11th-2:10:25), CJ Albertson (12th-2:10:33), Nick Montanez (13th-2:10:52).
https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2023/04/2023-boston-marathon
Prime 30: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Boston_Marathon
https://olympics.com/en/information/boston-marathon-2023-evans-chebet-takes-surprise-win
https://www.marathonguide.com/information/exclusives/BostonMarathon_2023/
April 18, 2022
Previous Boston Marathon Winners
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_Boston_Marathon
Born On This Day*
Rachel Glenn 23 (2002) 2021 NCAA Champion (2nd-Indoors)—Excessive Bounce (South Carolina)
3rd on the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships…3rd outdoor
2022 Penn Relays Champion
Transferred to Arkansas after the 2022 season…didn’t compete in 2023
2024 NCAA Indoor Champion—tied the Collegiate File of 6-6 ¾ (2.00); 3rd in 2025
2nd within the Excessive Bounce on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials (didn’t make the ultimate in Paris…was 5th within the Trials 400m-Hurdles
6th on the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials
3rd on the 2022 U.S. Championships…competed within the 1st spherical on the 2022 World Championships
Ran 54.91 within the 400-Meter Hurdles on the 2024 Florida Relays
PBs: 8.10i (2025), 53.46 (2024), 6-6 3/4i (2.00/2024); 2025 SBs: 54.86, 6-6 (1.98)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsBrGGouX0o
Lengthy Interview (2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leun13snkyU
Switch: https://nypost.com/2023/07/14/olympic-hopeful-rachel-glenn-left-south-carolina-over-nil-strategy/
2.00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PI1CnELNx8
Alex Breckenridge 93 (1932) 1960 U.S. Olympian–Marathon (30th)
2-time Penn Relays Champion—Distance Medley-1957,1958 (Villanova-3/4 leg)
1959 U.S. Champion—15k, 30k
3rd on the 1962 Boston Marathon
Born in Buffalo, grew up in Scotland
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78144
Oldest Dwelling Olympians: https://oldestolympians.sdsu.edu
Deceased
- Morgan Taylor71 (1903-Feb.16, 1975)
3-time Olympic medalist—400-meter hurdles (Gold-’24, Bronze-‘28&’32/solely man to win 3 Olympic medals within the
occasion)
4-time U.S. Champion: 1924-1926 (440y-Hurdles), 1928 (400m-Hurdles)
1927 NCAA Champion—220y-Hurdles (Grinnell)
Was the flag-bearer for the U.S. within the Opening Ceremony on the 1932 Olympics
Inducted into the U.S. Corridor of Fame in 2000
His son (of the identical identify) was a 2-time IC4A champion within the Lengthy Bounce (Princeton/1952,1953) and was a
former President of the U.S. Golf Affiliation
Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/frederick-morgan-taylor
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79115
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Taylor
