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This Day in Observe & Area–January 22
1966—John Pennel set a World File of 16-9 ½ (5.12) within the Pole Vault earlier than a crowd of greater than 13,000 on the Los Angeles Invitational.
A 2nd report was set by Artwork Walker (53-8 ½ [16.37]), who grew to become the primary American to carry the World File within the Triple Soar since Dan Ahearn set international marks in 1909 & 1910!
Kenya’s Kip Keino endeared himself to the L.A. followers by trying an formidable double in his debut on the U.S. indoor circuit.
First up was the Mile, the place he was caught coming off the ultimate flip by Jim Grelle (4:00.9-4:01.8). He had higher luck when he got here again 90 minutes later to win the 2-mile. Displaying what would change into his signature transfer late in a race, he tossed his orange baseball cap onto the infield (which he didn’t do within the mile) as he went after Kansas’ John Lawson (8:43.0), taking the lead on the ultimate backstretch and holding on for a slender win (8:42.6-8:43.0).
(From T&F Information)
https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/01/31/a-kama-for-the-angelenos
1971–A sell-out crowd 13,185 was handled to an epic battle within the Shot Put on the All-American Invitational in San Francisco’s Cow Palace.
Al Feuerbach bought the successful throw of 68-11 (21.00+) within the 2nd spherical, with Randy Matson ending 2nd with a toss of 68-8 (20.93) as each bettered Matson’s earlier World Indoor File of 67-11 (20.70), which was set only a week earlier (Matson shared the report with Neil Steinhauer).
Jim Ryun, competing in his first race since strolling off the monitor throughout the mile on the 1969 U.S. Out of doors Championships in Miami (19 months), acquired a standing ovation over the past 2 laps as he unleashed a 56.4 final ¼ to win the mile over a less-than-stellar area in 4:04.4.
After signing numerous autographs for youths after the race, the fan in Ryun stated, “You realize, there was one disappointment tonight. I positive want I may have seen that shot put report throw. However they made us stand out within the corridor” (earlier than his race).
https://vault.si.com/vault/1971/02/01/back-in-the-running
1982–Mary Decker (Slaney), embarking on one more comeback, gained the mile on the Sunkist Inv. in Los Angeles in 4:24.6 to smash Francie Larrieu’s 7-year-old World File of 4:28.5. Larrieu completed a distant 2nd right here in 4:36.4.
One other World File fell to Stanley Floyd, who gained the 50-yard sprint in 5.22. Different vital performances: Canada’s Debbie Brill, with 5-month-old son Neil watching from the infield, gained the ladies’s excessive soar (6-5/1.96m), Carl Lewis gained the lengthy soar (27-1 ¾ [8.27m]), Ray Flynn (3:57.1) celebrated his 25th birthday by edging stunning Frank Assumma (3:57.3) to win the boys’s mile (with future USATF CEO Craig Masback ending 4th (4:01.7), and Evelyn Ashford gained the Girls’s 60y in 6.78.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault:
https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/02/01/a-victory-for-domesticity
1983–Two nationwide H.S. data had been set on the first Yale Invitational, the primary vital meet held on the Elis’ “tuned” 200m-flat artificial monitor.
Three of the very best middle-distance runners in NY prep historical past connected within the Boys 1000 meters. Miles Irish, a senior at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake H.S.), opened up a fast 6-yard lead on Mike Stahr (Carmel) within the first 200 (25.9) and nonetheless had a 4-yard edge on the 400 cut up (55.5) with Charlie Marsala (New Dorp) transferring forward of Stahr into 2nd. Irish saved pouring it on, passing 600m in 1:25.7 and 800m in 1:55+. Stahr was again in 2nd place with a lap to go however nonetheless trailed by about 12 yards because the Irish handed 1000 yards in 2:11.1.
The race appeared to be over, however Stahr by no means gave up, and his livid kick left him simply in need of catching Irish as each broke the earlier Nationwide File of two:26.32 (2:24.1-2:24.2). Marsala was additionally underneath the outdated mark along with his Third-place time of two:25.9.
And who is aware of how issues would have turned out if the race had included one other New York star, Jeff Van Wie (Suffern), who gained the 800 with a State File of 1:52.4!
The second report was set by Ridgewood (NJ), which ran 11:56.5 within the Woman’s metric-distance medley with a lineup of Beth Pringle (2:21.0), Margaret Scutro (64.1), and the Mileski twins, Mary Ellen (3:35.7) and Patti (4:55.7).
Irish, Stahr, and Marsala are among the many high 26 performers on the all-time prep 1000m record. After spending a yr at Arizona State, Stahr grew to become Irish’s teammate at Georgetown, and the 2 have been shut pals ever since.
All-Time H.S. Indoor Listing—Boys 1000m (Courtesy of Jack Shepard’s Excessive Faculty Observe)
2:22.28 Robby Andrews (Manalapan,NJ) 2009
2:22.77 Rheinhardt Harrison (Nease,FL) 2022
2:23.46 Matthew Payamps (St.Anthony’s, NY) 2019
2:23.56 * Ben Malone Pascack Valley, NJ 2012
2:23.68 Alan Webb (South Lakes, Va) 2001
2:23.85 George Kersh (Pearl, MS) 1987
2:23.88 Steven Hergenrother (Eidgefield,CT) 2024
2:24.06 Matt Rizzo (Bronxville, NY) 2019
2:24.1 Miles Irish (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, NY) 1983
(10 performers, 10 performances)
2:24.13 Brandon McGorty Chantilly, Va 2017
2:24.18 ** Marcus Reilly Northbridge, MA 2022
2:24.2 Mike Stahr (Carmel,NY) 1983
2:24.42 Paul Vandegrift (Arch.Kennedy,Pa) 1987
2:24.43 Myles Marshall (Kingwood, TX) 2015
2:24.53 Luis Peralta (Passaic,NJ) 2019
2:24.64 Josh Joey (Bishop Shanahan,Pa) 2018
2:25.14 Mentioned Ahmed (Boston English, Ma) 2001
2:25.30 Dalton Hengst (McDonogh Faculty,MD) 2018
2:25.39 Sean Dolan (Hopewell Valley, NJ) 2019
2:25.45 Gabe Montague (Newton North, MA) 2014
(20 Performers)
2:25.55 Henry Wynne (Staples, CT) 2013
2:25.68 Tinoda Matsatsa (St.Andrews Episcopal, MD) 2023
2:25.77 Alfred Chawanza (St.Benedict’s Prep, NJ) 2019
2:25.80 Liam Purdy (North Rockland, NY) 2014
2:25.86 James Asselmeyer (Arlington,NY) 2015
2:25.9 Charles Marsala (New Dorp, NY) 1983
(26 performers)
1989–Russia’s Rodion Gataullin grew to become the primary man to clear 6 meters (19-8 1/4) indoors within the Pole Vault
(St.Petersburg). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radion_Gataullin
1994—In a prelude to the official celebration in Could of the 40th Anniversary of Roger Bannister’s historic 3:59.4 mile in 1954, among the best milers in historical past met in a Legends race together with the American Airways Miami Mile.
Primarily based on every athlete’s present health, the begins had been staggered, with Bannister firing the beginning pistol. Tying for first had been outdated rivals Kip Keino (54) and Marty Liquori (44), adopted by Peter Snell (55), who was given a 2:05 head-start, and Steve Cram (33), the youngest man within the area. Subsequent had been Wilson Waigwa (44), Rod Dixon (43), Frank Shorter (46), and Jim Ryun (46)!
“For me, this race was nice,” Liquori stated. “We had two guys sprinting to the end. Mainly, Kip and I had been sprinting as laborious as we may. We weren’t taking part in round that final 100 yards. I used to be pondering, nonetheless, that age goes earlier than magnificence, and I needed Kip to take that further step. (Truly), I used to be slightly embarrassed to be sprinting so laborious and never have the ability to drop anyone 10 years older than me.”
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/information/fl-xpm-1994-01-23-9401230173-story.html
2011–Duke senior Kate Van Buskirk set a Collegiate File 2:41.00 for 1000 meters at Virginia Tech (since damaged).
Representing her native Canada, Van Buskirk was a semi-finalist within the 1500-meters on the 2015 World
Championships in Beijing.
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Van_Buskirk
2022—For the 2nd week, Will Sumner (Woodstock, GA) took away a U.S. Excessive Faculty Indoor File from Strymar Livingston. Sumner ran 1:15.58 for 600 meters on the CYUP Misfits Inv. in Chicago to take a full 2 seconds off the earlier mark of 1:17.58!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5FLjSZpLp0
It’s a Household Factor: https://wingfoot.atlantatrackclub.org/weblog/when-speed-runs-in-the-family
https://trackandfieldnews.com/2-national-records-for-high-schooler-will-sumner/
Important Birthdays
Born On This Day*
Pierce LePage—Canada 29 (1996) 2023 World Champion—Decathlon…2022-silver medalist
5th on the 2019 World Championships and 2021 Olympics
Silver medalist on the 2018 Commonwealth Video games
Bronze medalist on the 2019 Pan-American Video games
A herniated disc saved him out of the 2024 Olympics (he had surgical procedure in August
PB: 8909 (2023/#7 All-Time)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_LePage
WC Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4W4q-qzT9E
Lisa Bernhagen-Ramos 59 (1966) 1987 NCAA Indoor Champion—Excessive Soar (Stanford); 1988-4th, 1989-2nd
4th NCAA Outside in 1986, =2nd in 1988
Set a Collegiate Indoor File of 6-5 ½ (1.97) in 1987 (since damaged, now =#3 All-Time).
Former U.S. Excessive Faculty Out of doors File holder within the Excessive Soar (6-2 ¾ [1.90/1983/now =#4 All-Time]; held
the Indoor File for 32 years! (6-3/1.93+/ 1984-2016/now #3 All-time) (Wooden River, ID);
Wanting Again (2020) Stanford Corridor of Fame
Greg Duplantis 63 (1962) Made the U.S. top-10 rankings within the Pole Vault six occasions (3rd-‘94) PB:19-1/4 (5.80, ‘93)
5th on the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials—cleared the identical top as the threerd-place finisher, 18-8 ¼ (5.70), however misplaced out on
misses.
Coaches his son Mondo, who re-wrote the Excessive Faculty report books within the Pole Vault and is now the World File
holder and reigning Olympic (2-time) and World (2-time) Champion.
Ray Flynn 68 (1957) Quickest Irish miler—3:49.77 (1982);
Ran 89 sub-4 minute miles throughout his profession and anchored the Irish crew that set the World File within the
4-mile relay: 15:49.08–(Eamonn Coghlan 4:00.2, Marcus O’Sullivan 3:55.3, Frank O’Mara 3:55.6, Ray Flynn
3:57.0);
2-time Olympian-1980 (1500/1st spherical), 1984 (5000/11th); Semi-finalist within the 1500 on the 1983 World
Championships
All-American at East Tennessee State…was a detailed 2nd to UC Irvine’s Steve Scott within the 1500-meter on the
1978 NCAA Championships (3:37.58-3:37.68). Subsequent in an all-star closing was Wisconsin’s Steve Lacy
(3:37.78), Villanova’s Don Paige (3:38.86) and Sydney Maree (3:39.08), and Oregon’s Matt Centrowitz
(3:39.29). Nonetheless lives in Johnson Metropolis, TN
PBS:
1:48.30 (‘80), 2:18.96 (‘81), 3:33.5 (‘82), 3:49.77 (‘82), 3:51.20i (‘83), 4:59.40 (‘82), 7:41.60 (’84),
13:19.52 (’84)
Presently one of many world’s main athlete managers and has been the Director of the Millrose Video games
because it moved to the Armory in 2012
Hometown Hero:
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Flynn_(athlete)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71531
Deceased
Galina Zybina–Russia 93 (1931-August 10, 2024) 4-time Olympian (Soviet Union) within the Shot Put—gained a whole set of
medals-Gold (1952), Silver (1956), Bronze (1964)…7th in 1960. Additionally 4th within the Javelin in 1952.
Set 8 World Data between 1952 and 1956…additionally had 6 “world bests” that had been by no means ratified.
When she handed away on August 10, 2024, she had been the oldest residing feminine Olympic gold medalist in monitor &
area
PBs: 57-5 (17.50/1964), 159-6dt (48.62/1955), 180-4jt (54.98/1958)
World File Development
49-03 ½ (15.02) Anna Andreyeva (URS) 9 November 1950 Ploiești, Romania
50-01 ¾ (15.28) Galina Zybina (URS) 26 July 1952 Helsinki, Finlan
50-05 ¼ (15.37) Galina Zybina (URS) 20 September 1952 Frunze, Soviet Union
50-07 ¼ (15.42) Galina Zybina (URS) 1 October 1952 Frunze, Soviet Union
53-01 ¾ (16.20) Galina Zybina (URS) 9 October 1953 Malmö, Sweden
53-05 (16.28) Galina Zybina (URS) 14 September 1954 Kiev, Soviet Union
53-05 (16.28) Galina Zybina (URS) 5 September 1955 Leningrad, Soviet Union
54-08 ¼ (16.67) Galina Zybina (URS) 15 November 1955 Tbilisi, Soviet Union
55-0 (16.76) Galina Zybina (URS) 13 October 1956 Tashkent, Soviet Union
56-07 ¼ (17.25) Tamara Press (URS) 26 April 1959 Nalchik, Soviet Union
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77336
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Zybina
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlspercent27s_shot_put_world_record_progression
Conversion Calculator: http://legacy.usatf.org/statistics/calculators/markConversions/index.asp
Dan Kinsey 68 (1902-June 27,1970) 1924 Olympic gold medalist—110m-Hurdles
1924 Huge-10 Indoor (60y) & Out of doors (120y) hurdles champion (Illinois/no NCAA meet in 1924)
Additionally competed in soccer at Illinois…one in every of his teammates was the legendary Pink Grange.
He taught and coached at Oberlin Faculty for 31 years. The varsity hosts a meet bearing his title.
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78654
