This Day in Observe & Area, January 23, Joie Ray wins Mile and half race at Millrose Video games (1918), Curt Clausen units 30k AR (2000), Born this Day: Coach Bob Larsen (1939)by Walt Murphy

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This Day in Observe & Area–January  23

1918—Future Corridor-of-Famer Joie Ray (6:57.8) was a runaway winner of the Mile-and-a-Half on the Millrose Video games, held at NY’s Madison Sq. Backyard. It was the two^nd of his 7 Millrose wins on the distance, which might ultimately grow to be the Wanamaker Mile in 1926.

With World Struggle I nonetheless underway in Europe, a number of races have been held for members of the U.S. Army, most notably the 1000-yard race (with a crowded discipline of 30!), which was received by one other future Corridor-of-Famer: the Military’s Abel Kiviat (2:24.2), the silver medalist within the 1500 meters on the 1912 Olympics.

(For Subscribers): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/01/24/102660651.html?pageNumber=11

1960—Gary Gubner (DeWitt Clinton H.S., NY) set a U.S. Excessive College Report of 63-0 (19.20) within the Shot Put on the St.Francis Prep Video games at NY’s Armory. Throughout his prep profession, he was identified for breaking lighting fixtures on H.S. gymnasium ceilings.

He would grow to be one of many world’s finest shot-putters (ranked #2 in 1962) and weight-lifters.

The previous NYU star received two NCAA titles (1963,1964) and was the 1962 U.S. Champion.

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

Sports activities Illustrated Vault

T&F Information Rankings:

https://trackandfieldnews.com/mens-world-rankings-by-athlete-2/mens-world-shot-rankings-by-athlete/

1965–Junior Invoice McClellon (DeWitt Clinton, NYC) cleared 6-10  ¼ (2.09) on the St.Francis Prep Video games at NY’s Armory to set his 4^th Nationwide H.S. Indoor Report within the Excessive Leap. McClellon’s sequence of information, all set on the Armory, rated because the #5 Biggest Second in Armory Historical past (By means of 2007). He would set his 5^th (and last) Indoor Report when he cleared 6-11 originally of his senior yr.

He cleared 7’-0” outside on the 1965 U.S. Championships to grow to be the primary prep to prime that barrier.

6-07  ¾            January 18, 1964  Cardinal Hayes Video games (Earlier document holder—John Thomas(!) 6-7  ½, 1958

6-08                 February 29, 1964  PSAL Championships

6-09  ½            December 12, 1964   Bishop Loughlin Video games

6-10  ¼            January 23, 1965  St.Francis Prep Video games

6-11                 October 21, 1965  Sao Paulo, Brazil

Armory’s Biggest Moments  (By means of 2007)

Marc Bloom traces the life and profession of McClellan on this two-part sequence:

Half 1: https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=information&news_id=645265

Half 2: https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=information&news_id=645294

1999—Brigham Younger’s Leonard Myles-Mills, a senior from Ghana, ran 6.48 for 60 meters in Colorado Springs, breaking the Collegiate Report of 6.50 set by Pittsburgh’s Lee McRae in 1987. He would put the present mark of 6.45 the next month. (Tied by Tennessee’s Christian Coleman in 2017 and Texas Tech’s Terrence Jones in 2022). He would win his 2^nd straight NCAA 100 title in June.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Myles-Mills

2000– Curt Clausen (New York AC) set an American Report of two:11:00.4 for the 30k Stroll in Chula Vista, California. He was elected President of USATF on the group’s 2024 Assembly.

2021-Texas A&M frosh Athing Mu ran 1:25.80 for 600 meters on the Aggie Inv. on her residence monitor, breaking the 40-year outdated Collegiate Report of 1:26.56, set in 1981 by Tennessee’s Delisa Walton Floyd.

Important Birthdays

Born on This Day*

Irving Saladino–Panama   42 (1983)  2007 World and 2008 Olympic champion—Lengthy Leap

Silver medalist on the 2006 World Indoor Championships

2007 Pan-American Video games Champion

6^th on the 2005 World Championships

#8 performer in historical past–28-7  ¾ (8.73);

All-Time Listing:

High-10: https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-lists/world-all-time-list-men/

Deeper(metric): http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mlongok.htm

Retirement: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/irving-saladino-retirement

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

2008 OG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNcTwYvUfb4

OG Report: http://www.olympedia.org/outcomes/257321

Andrew Rock  43  (1982)  2005 World Champion—4×400; Silver medalist within the 400 meters on the 2005 World

Championships; 3-time  NCAA Division III indoor and out of doors Champion whereas at Wisconsin-LaCrosse;

PB-44.35 (2005)

       Married to Missy Buttry, who received 12 Div. III titles whereas at Wartburg

I’m the pinnacle coach at Bethel College in St.Paul, MN.

http://athletics.bethel.edu/workers.aspx?workers=287

Margaret Bailes  74 (1951)  17 On the time, she was a gold medalist within the 4×100 on the 1968 Olympics:

42.88 (World Report) Bailes, B. Ferrell, M. Netter, W. Tyus (5^th within the 100, 7^th within the 200).

1968 U.S. Champion—100m; Retired after the Olympics!

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

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77751

Bob Larsen 86 (1939)  Corridor-of-Fame Coach

         Coached X-Nation and T&F at UCLA from 1979 till his retirement (from school teaching) in 1999. Succeeded

Jim Bush was the Head T&F coach in 1984. Led the Bruins to NCAA workforce titles in 1987 & 1988.

From Wikipedia: “Among the many athletes on these championship groups have been Olympic gold medalists Steve Lewis,

Danny Everett and Kevin Younger. Different athletes on Larsen’s groups included Ato Boldon, John Godina, Henry

Thomas, Michael Granville and Meb Keflezighi”.  All through his post-collegiate profession, he continued to educate Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver
medalist within the Marathon.

Led the Jamul Toads to a shocking workforce title on the 1976 U.S. X-Nation Championships

A recounting  of Jamul Toads’s odyssey is likely one of the highlights of the documentary about Larsen’s

teaching career- “Metropolis Slickers Can’t Keep With Me”. (http://www.boblarsenfilm.com/)

Previously coached at Monte Vista Excessive College and Grossmont School

Inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 2014. Obtained USATF’s Legend Coach Award in 2019

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

Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/bob-larsen

Go Be Extra Podcast:  Half 1  Half 2

Memorable Moments at UCLA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us-X2TkNmS4

UCLA HOF: https://uclabruins.com/honors/hall-of-fame/bob-larsen/38

Elliott Denman 91 (1934) 1956 U.S. Olympian—50k Stroll (11^th); 1959 U.S. Champion-3k & 50k Stroll

Competed for NYU and the NY Pioneer Membership. Presently a proud member of the Shore Athletic Membership

Award-winning journalist has been overlaying the game for greater than 60 years, most notably for Asbury Park

Press(NJ) and now for numerous web retailers. (See his article on Horace Ashenfelter beneath.)

The delayed celebration of his 85^th birthday in 2019 was attended by near 300 individuals, together with a dozen

Olympians! One other celebration for his 90^th birthday was held at Tim McCloone’s Pier Home in Lengthy

Department, NJ, and at least 14 Olympians, together with Carl Lewis, have been among the many big crowd!

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78319

https://gonyuathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=1&path=&kiosk=

Shore A.C.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HevIPu2BS8M

Oldest Dwelling Olympians: https://acsweb.ucsd.edu/~ptchir/

Stan Saplin Award:

http://amsterdamnews.com/information/2012/mar/09/elliott-denman-recipient-of-the-stan-saplin-award/

’56 Olympic Trials: https://www.baltimoresun.com/information/bs-xpm-2000-09-02-0009020402-story.html

Deceased

Horace Ashenfelter 94 (1923-Jan.6, 2018)  An FBI agent on the time, he was the 1952 Olympic gold medalist within the

steeplechase; 3-time U.S. Champion (’51,’53,’56)

Inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 1975

The indoor monitor at Penn State, his alma mater, bears his identify;

Handed away in 2018 on the age of 94.

       2010 Interview(Gary Cohen): http://www.garycohenrunning.com/interviews/ashenfelter.aspx

       2012 Article: http://www.nj.com/olympics/index.ssf/2012/08/horace_ashenfelter_1952_olympi.html

       2014 Article by Elliott Denman:

www.runblogrun.com/2018/01/horace-ashenfelter-an-American-icon-and-glen-ridge-new-jersey-hometown-hero-by-Elliott-denman.html

       Operating Previous: http://www.runningpast.com/horace_ashenfelter.htm

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

NY Occasions Obituary:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/obituaries/horace-ashenfelter-dead-olympic-steeplechase.html

Sergey Litvinov–Russia 60 (1958-February 19, 2018)  Gold medalist 1988 Olympics (Hammer), 1983 and 1987 World

Championships

Set three World Information within the early Nineteen Eighties; PB: 282-3 (86.04/1986), #2-Performer All-Time

Coached, amongst others, his son (additionally named Sergey), who was 5^th within the hammer on the 2015 World

Championships in Beijing and has a better of 265-8(80.98).

https://www.worldathletics.org/information/iaaf-news/sergey-litvinov-hammer-throw-obituary

       Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Litvinov_(athlete,_born_1958)

WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_hammer_throw_world_record_progression

All-Time Lists:

High-10: http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=9&sex_id=M&yyear=2008

Deeper(metric): http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mhammok.htm

Olympic Stats: http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77543