This Day in Monitor & Subject, Might 7, Raymond Clapp units AR in PV (1898), “Biggest Race of All instances” (1969), JJK units AR in 100m hurdles (1979), Emily Sisson units AR half marathon (2022), compiled by Walt Murphy

This Day in Monitor & Subject–Might  7

1898—Yale’s Raymond Clapp set an American File of 11-6 (3.50) within the Pole Vault on his dwelling discipline in New Haven. Clapp was the IC4A Champion in 1898 and 1899.

1904—Vassar’s Fanny James set an American File of 13.0 within the 100-yard sprint on the faculty’s annual discipline day in Poughkeepsie,NY.

1966—Monitor & Subject Information known as it “The best efficiency within the historical past of observe & discipline” after San Jose State’s Tommie Smith ran 19.5 on the straightaway at an All-Comers meet on his dwelling observe to set World Information for each 200-Meters and 220-Yards. The journal used the Portugese Scoring Tables, which assigned factors to performances throughout all occasions, as the idea for its declare.

1976—Among the many winners on the Heptagonal Championships in Kingston,RI (Might 7-8) had been Princeton’s Craig Masback (1500/3:51.3), Penn’s Dave Merrick, who edged Military’s Curt Alitz within the 5000 (14:04.0 for each), Penn’s Harold Schwab in each hurdles (14.3/52.0), and Harvard’s Mel Embree within the Excessive Bounce (7-3 [2.21]). Penn received the staff title in a runaway, beating Navy,  83-1/3-40.

The PA announcer for the meet was none apart from ESPN’s Chris Berman, who was a junior at Brown College on the time!

Berman: https://brownbears.com/honors/hall-of-fame/christopher-j-berman/124

https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/chris-berman/

1978—American Information had been set on the Pepsi Inv. at UCLA by James Butts within the Triple Bounce (56-5  ½ [17.21]) and Patty van Wolvelaere within the 100-meter hurdles (13.21). Ending 2^nd to Butts was future Corridor-of-Famer Willie Banks

(55-11  ¼ [17.05]).

In a battle of future greats, UCLA’s Greg Foster received the 110-hurdles with a private finest time of 13.34, narrowly beating Maryland freshman Renaldo Nehemiah, who set a World Junior File of 13.37 (since damaged).

Different notable winners on this high-class meet had been Washington State’s Henry Rono (3000-7:43.0), UCLA’s Evelyn Ashford (200-23.00), Al Feuerbach (SP:68-11  ¼ [21.01]), Mac Wilkins (DT: 227-11 [69.46?]), Francie Larrieu (mile-4:31.0), and Joni Huntley (HJ: 6-2 [1.88]).

1988–Jackie Joyner-Kersee ran 12.70 in Modesto, California, to interrupt Gail Devers’ American File (12.71) within the 100-meter hurdles.

2005—A day earlier than he turned 19, Galen Rupp ran 28:15.52 for 10,000-meters on the Twilight meet in Eugene to interrupt the official American Junior File of 28:32.7, set by Indiana prep Rudy Chapa (Hammond H.S.) in 1976. Rupp’s mark was intrinsically inferior to the time that 19-year previous Gerry Lindgren, a freshman at Washington State on the time, ran for        6-miles on the 1965 U.S. Championships. He misplaced a photo-finish to Billy Mills in that race, however each got credit score for a World File of 27:11.6.

On the opposite aspect of the nation, the present AJR within the Ladies’s 10,000 was set by Harvard frosh Lindsey Scherf, who ran 32:51.20 whereas ending 2^nd on the Heptagonal/Ivy League Championships at Columbia College.  The earlier mark of 32:52.5 was set 26 years earlier (1979) by Mary Shea, a senior at Cardinal Gibbons H.S.(NC).

Scherf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Scherf

2015—Sophomore Madison Wiltrout (Connellville,PA) threw the Javelin 185-8 (56.59) in North Huntington(PA) to set the present U.S. Excessive College and American Junior Information. That remained her private finest till she threw 187-4 (57.11) on April 15, 2022!

She suffered an elbow harm on the 2015 PA state meet that required “Tommy John” surgical procedure. Regardless of not being given a correct rehab program, she bounced again to win the H.S. javelin on the 2017 Penn Relays. Competing for North Carolina, she received the Championship Faculty Javelin on the 2022 Penn Relays and would end 3^rd on the NCAA Championships.

She’s coached by former javelin thrower Jeff Gorski, a Volunteer Assistant at UNC, who offers some background on her journey: “Her freshman 12 months (2017-18) right here at UNC, we did a hybrid UCL re-hab, then she had decrease again disc points that required a complete approach renovation. After 2019, when she got here third on the NCAA championships, she did want surgical procedure nevertheless it was for a calcium deposit below her left Achilles tendon. Fall of 2020 she had one other surgical procedure for a torn ligament in her throwing hand, ensuing from an accident on her household farm. She had poor outcomes on the 2021 NCAA & Oly Trials as a result of she was throwing with mono, not identified on the time.

This season (2022) has been the one one since she’s been right here in Chapel Hill that she has had a full fall & winter coaching and outcomes are displaying, as you’ve seen.  It’s been one helluva trip to date, and it’s nice to see a younger woman who has persevered via a lot having enjoyable once more and being ache free.  Good issues have been occurring in coaching now as we prep for main meets”.  (Wiltrout is at the moment the U.S. chief in 2025 with a throw of 190-9 [58.14]).

https://goheels.com/sports activities/track-and-field/roster/madison-wiltrout/22952

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6588923/North_Carolina/Madison_Wiltrout

2022–Totally recovered from a latest battle with Covid-19, Emily Sisson received the U.S. Half-Marathon in Indianapolis and set an American File of 1:07:11.

Leonard Korir (1:02:35) edged Fitzum Zienasellassie (1:02:36) to win his 3^rd Males’s U.S. Half-Marathon title.

Indy Star Protection (Consists of Sisson’s post-race interview)

https://www.usatf.org/information/2022/sisson-breaks-american-record-at-the-usatf-half-ma

Born On This Day*

Fred Kerley 30 (1995)—2024 Olympic bronze medalist—100 Meters

            Among the best on the planet at 400-meters in 2018 and 2019, he defied the consultants who questioned why he

               targeting the “brief” sprints in 2021 by successful the silver medal within the 100 on the 2021 Olympics in

               Tokyo, and ending 4^th within the 200 on the U.S. Olympic Trials.

            He adopted up in 2022 by successful the 100 on the 2022 World Championships in Eugene.

            Silver medalist within the 4×100 on the 2023 Worlds in Budapest, eradicated within the semis of the 100

            With private bests of 9.76, 19.76, and 43.64, he’s now one of many best all-around sprinters in historical past

            Purpose is to set World Information in all 3 dash occasions!

            2-time U.S. Champion—400m (2017, 2019); 2022 U.S. Champion-100m

            Bronze medalist within the 400 on the 2019 World Championships in Doha; Finalist on the 2017 World Championships in

                 London (7^th)

            2019 World Champion—4×400; Silver medalist within the 4×400 on the 2017 World Championships and

                  the 2018 World Indoor Championships

            2017 NCAA Indoor & Outside Champion—400m, 4×400 (Texas A&M)

            Set a Collegiate File of 43.70 in 2017 (since damaged); Brother Mylik has run 44.85

            PBs:6.55i (2024), 9.76(‘23/=#6 All-Time World, =#3 A-T U.S.), 19.76(‘21), 43.64(‘19/#10 All-Time World/#7-

             U.S.), 44.85i (‘17/#7 A-T U.S.);  2025 SBs: 10.23, 20.39, 44.73

            Collegiate PBs: 43.70 (2017/#2 A-T)…additionally 44.09 (‘17/#7-performance), 44.10 (‘17/=#8);

                 44.85i (2017/#9 A-T);

            https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-interview-fred-kerley/

            https://www.worldathletics.org/information/function/fred-kerley-400m

            https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/fred-kerley-289106

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kerley

            Carl Lewis on Kerley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0UxgrEF6y4

            https://fkerley.com

            https://olympics.com/en/information/usa-sprinting-star-fred-kerley-records

            OG 100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JniLkO5_pv4

            ’22 WC 100:

            Lengthy Model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC_d8t87A9A

            Quick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KF9cmHSgd8

Natosha Rogers 34 (1991)  2012 NCAA Champion—10,000m (Texas A&M)

            2020 U.S. X-Nation Champion

            2^nd within the 10k on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, however didn’t meet the qualifying normal for London; 7^th within the 10k

                on the 2021 Trials

            5^th within the 5000, 3^rd within the 10,000, on the 2022 U.S. Championships…15^th within the 10,000 on the 2022 World

                  Championships in Eugene…3^rd within the 5000 on the 2023 U.S. Championships—competed within the first spherical at

                  the 2023 World Championships

            2017 U.S. ½-marathon Champion; 2020 U.S. X-Nation Champion

            Didn’t compete throughout her senior 12 months at A&M after struggling a severe knee harm when she fell throughout a coaching

                run. Resumed operating in 2014, however didn’t have her first full season till 2016. Completed 13^th within the 10,000-

                meters on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.

            Made her marathon debut on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials—completed 28^th (2:34:51)

            PBs: 14:52.21i (’23), 14:55.39 (’23), 30:48.69 (’23), 1:08.35 (’25), 2:23:51 (2025)

            http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/why-an-ncaa-10-k-champion-quit-running

            http://www.runnersworld.com/rt-web-exclusive/5-minutes-with-natosha-rogers?nopaging=1

            http://www.12thman.com/information/2012/6/23/205498060.aspx

Lawrence “LoJo” Johnson  51 (1974) 2000 Olympic silver medalist—Pole Vault; 2001 World Indoor Champ.(2^nd-‘97)

            8^th—1996 Olympics; 4-time NCAA Champion (Tennessee/’94-indoor, ’95, ’96-in/out)

            4-time U.S. Champion (’96,’97,’00,’01); 3-time U.S. Indoor Champion(’97,’00,’01);

            Set a Collegiate and American File of 19-7  ½ (5.98) in 1996/Now #4 All-Time Faculty, #8 A-T U.S.)  (Damaged

                 by LSU’s Mondo Duplantis in 2019)

            Completed musician—may usually be seen taking part in the piano in lodge lobbies on the T&F circuit

            (To not be confused with Arkansas ladies’s coach Lawrence “Boogie” Johnson)

            On-line Teaching: http://lojovaultassault.com/

            At The Armory: https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45586&do=movies&video_id=258443

Linda Somers-Smith  64 (1961)  2-time U.S. Champion—Marathon (’93,’94); 1996 U.S. Olympian (31^st);

            Competed in 7 U.S. Marathon Olympic Trials, the final in 2012 on the age of fifty! (28^th-2:37:36); PB:2:30:06 (’96).

            Member of the RRCA and Masters Halls of Fame

            Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Somers

Deceased

Invoice Hoyt  59 (1875-Dec.1, 1954)  The 1^st Olympic gold medalist within the Pole Vault (1896)

            1896 IC4A co-Champion (Harvard)

            https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78578

            https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48338653/william-welles-hoyt

            https://vaultermagazine.com/connecticuts-1st-summer-olympics-champ-bill-hoyt/