Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
Used with permission.
This Day in Observe & Area–January 25
1936–Nearly pushed into the tape by Joe Mangan of the New York A.C., Glenn Cunningham raced to victory within the Ok. of C. mile on the Boston Backyard.
Some 10,000 spectators modified the Boston Backyard into one thing resembling a madhouse because the pair stormed throughout the road in as thrilling a mile race end as had ever been witnessed right here.
Cunningham was booed by some followers, who thought he had fouled Mangan, however he expressed shock when requested about it after returning to Iowa Metropolis, the place he was attending graduate faculty on the College of Iowa.
“The primary I heard about any foul was after I acquired again right here and other people started asking me questions”, stated Cunningham. “Mangan got here up unnoticed, and as I went out huge, Mangan’s head touched my shoulder. From then on to the end, it was nip and tuck.”(From AP)
1956–Australia’s Dave Stephens, operating within the stadium that will be the location of the Melbourne Olympics later within the yr, received the 6-mile in 27:54.0 to interrupt Emil Zátopek’s earlier World File of 27:59.2. http://tinyurl.com/DaveStephens-6m
1963—Dave Tork set a World Indoor File of 16-2 ¼ (4.93+) within the Pole Vault in Toronto
1968—Leaping earlier than a Madison Sq. Backyard crowd of greater than 14,000 followers on the Millrose Video games, Bob Seagren raised the World Indoor File within the pole vault to 17-4 ¼(5.29). Seagren, who would win gold on the Mexico Metropolis Olympics later within the yr, first fulfilled a promise to Millrose Director Fred Schmertz by giving the meet its first 17-foot vault (17-1/4/5.19)
Villanova sophomore Larry James received the 500y in a fast 56.1 and contributed a 47.8 3rd leg cut up on the Wildcats’ successful mile relay (3:18.0). Teammate Dave Patrick completed 2nd to Preston Davis in a tactical Wanamaker Mile (4:03.9-4:04.4).
In a battle of previous and future Olympic medalists, Australia’s Ralph Doubell beat Canada’s Invoice Crothers handily to win the ½-mile in 1:53.2. Doubell would win gold within the 800-meters in Mexico Metropolis later within the yr, whereas Crothers was the silver medalist in Tokyo in 1964.
Different winners included Martin McGrady (600y/1:10.1), John Thomas (Excessive Bounce/6-10), Byron Dyce (1000y/2:10.1), and George Younger (3-miles/13:31.8).
This was the primary of 5 main indoor meets held over the weekend (Oakland, Boston, Albuquerque, Portland) and could be the final Millrose Video games held on the “previous” Madison Sq. Backyard, which was situated in Manhattan at fiftieth Avenue and eighth Avenue.
(From T&F Information) Sports activities Illustrated: https://vault.si.com/vault/1968/02/05/track-has-a-high-old-weekend
(For subscribers): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/01/26/77166774.html?pageNumber=33
1969—A yr to the day after setting the earlier mark of 17-4 1.4 (5.29), Bob Seagren raised the World Indoor File within the Pole Vault to 17-5 ¾ (5.33) in Albuquerque, the location of two of his different World Information!
1968 Olympic gold medalist (800m) Ralph Doubell set a World Indoor File of 1:47.9 for 880-yards.
1969-Tennessee’s Hardee McAlhaney ran 1:08.1 for 600-yards, the quickest time ever run within the occasion, on the largest monitor ever used for an indoor meet (banked/5-laps to the mile!) at Houston’s Astrodome. Learn extra in SI’s protection:
https://vault.si.com/vault/1969/02/03/the-meet-of-the-future-is-now
1974–North Carolina’s Tony Waldrop made long-time Millrose director Fred Schmertz very glad by operating 3:59.7 to turn into the primary man to interrupt 4-minutes within the fabled Wanamaker Mile.
Marty Liquori seemed to be on the best way to his 15th straight win at Madison Sq. Backyard as he led going into the ultimate lap, however Waldrop, admittedly nonetheless studying tips on how to run the mile, raced into the lead on the backstretch and continued on for the win. Liquori (4:00.8) slipped to threerd behind Len Hilton (4:00.7), with Byron Dyce ending 4th (4:02.0).
Reflecting on the race years later, Waldrop stated, “Truly that race was one through which I’ve many fond recollections about. Not a lot as a result of I used to be the one who did it, however as a result of the meet promoter on the time was a person named Howard Schmertz if I keep in mind accurately, and his father (the earlier Millrose director) was fairly aged on the time. He was anxious that his father wouldn’t dwell lengthy sufficient to see a sub-4 minute Mile. I keep in mind Howard, the son, truly got here down on the monitor and ran with me for a little bit of it, for the victory lap, as a result of he was so excited for his father.”
Ethiopia’s Miruts Yifter, who would go on to win the 5000-10,000 double on the 1980 Olympics, ran his first race ever on a banked-board monitor and received the 2-mile race in 8:28.0.
Making her Millrose debut was 15-year previous Mary Decker (2:27.4), who fought off a problem by one other 15-year previous, Robin Campbell (2:29.5), to win the Ladies’s 1000-yards. Decker (later Slaney), who would turn into a fan favourite at Millrose, went on to win the 1500-meters in 1980 and the Mile in 1982, 1983, and 1985. She was Howard Schmertz’s all-time favourite Millrose athlete.
The primary boys highschool mile was held, with Mark Belger successful in 4:18.2. The story goes that one of many daughters of Howard Schmertz, who would succeed his dad as Meet Director the next yr, had a crush on Belger (they each attended Mepham H.S. on Lengthy Island) and recommended the addition of the race to her father as a way of attending to know him higher! Ending a detailed 2nd to Belger was Gene McCarthy (All Hollows,NY), who would go on to turn into one of many main govt within the operating shoe trade!
Among the many notable winners of the race through the years are Kevin Byrne (2-time winner set a meet report of 4:08.0 in 1978 that lasted till 2017, when Noah Affolder received in 4:07.24), Mike Stahr (1982,1983), George Kersh (1987), Bob Kennedy (1988), Seneca Lassiter (1995), Michael Stember (1996), Jonathon Riley (1997), Andy Powell (1998), Kyle Merber (2008), Robby Andrews (2009), Chad Noelle (2011), Josh Hoey (2018).
In a transfer welcomed by athletes (and others), followers at Madison Sq. Backyard have been requested (by PA Announcer Bob Hersh) to chorus from smoking in the course of the meet!
From Liquori: “Right here’s how I keep in mind it. On the Mama Leone ‘s Observe Writers luncheon earlier than the video games I used to be getting requested why there had not been a 4 minute mile within the Millrose Video games. I stated one of many causes was by 10 o’clock at evening, the place was stuffed with smoke. So Bob Hersh acquired up and stated, ’ I’ll announce for folks to not smoke and to go beneath the stands in the event that they should.’ Which he did. Once I got here out at 10 o’clock the place was clear as a mountain air-that’s one of many causes I felt that I needed to change my tactic and ensure we broke the 4 minute mile. As , that technique prompted me to lose the race. I had no concept who Tony Waldrop was, and to listen to him inform it in his post-race interview he had no concept who I used to be. So I think about this one among my best accomplishments within the sport! (This from a Corridor-of Famer!)
Sports activities Illustrated Vault (Waldrop function): https://vault.si.com/vault/1974/03/04/hed-prefer-a-good-book
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vodukVXjafw
A Household Album (The Schmertz’s) https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/22/sports activities/a-millrose-games-family-album.html
1985–It was one other memorable Millrose Video games, one witnessed by 18,328 followers at Madison Sq. Backyard. Eire’s Eamonn Coghlan received his sixth Wanamaker Mile to tie Glenn Cunningham because the occasion’s largest winner. Coghlan, at all times a Backyard favourite, ran 3:53.82 to beat Ray Flynn (3:54.70), John Walker (3:55.14), and Sydney Maree (3:55.15).
Coghlan’s alternative because the winner of the meet’s coveted Excellent Performer Award (Waterford Crystal) had as a lot to do with timing as along with his efficiency. Greater than an hour after the ultimate operating occasion was accomplished, Jimmy Howard cleared 7-8 (2.34) within the Excessive Bounce (earlier than 300 hardy followers) to interrupt the earlier American File of 7-7 ¾ (2.33), set by Jeff Woodard in 1981. Howard’s report truly occurred on the twenty sixth, because the occasion didn’t finish till after midnight!.
One other American File fell within the Ladies’s 400, as Diane Dixon ran down 1984 double Olympic gold medalist Valerie Brisco to win in 53.07. Different highlights included Mary Slaney’s win within the Ladies’s Mile (4:22.01), and Carl Lewis’s win within the Males’s Lengthy Bounce 27-10 ¾ (8.50).
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: http://www.si.com/vault/1985/02/04/627674/he-threw-a-high-hard-one
1986–For the tenth time in his profession, Billy Olson raised the Indoor World File within the Pole Vault, leaping 19-3 ¾ (5.89) in Albuquerque. On the identical meet, Jim Howard, his teammate on the Pacific Coast Membership, raised his personal American File within the Excessive Bounce to 7-8 ¾ (2.36m). Olson and fellow pole vaulter Brad Pursley presently work as bail-bondsmen in Abilene,Texas.
http://www.billyolsonbailbond.com/
1986—Germany’s Heike Drechsler set a World Indoor File of 23-11 (7.29) within the Lengthy Bounce in Berlin
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Drechsler
1998–-Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie, competing on what would turn into one among his favourite tracks, ran 7:26.15 for 3000-meters in Karlsruhe, Germany, to interrupt his personal World Indoor File of seven:30.72, which was set in Stuttgart in 1996. 4 of the eight quickest occasions in historical past (on the time) have been run by Geb on the Karlsruhe monitor. He solely had 12 days to get pleasure from his newest report, since Daniel Komen ran 7:24.90 on February 6.
Present All-Time Indoor Checklist—Males’s 3000
(From T&F Information)
7:23.81 Lamecha Girma (Ethiopia) 2/15/23
7:24.68 Mohamed Katir (Spain) 2/15/23
7:24.90 Daniel Komen (Kenya) 2/06/98
7:24.98 Getnet Wale (Ethiopia) 2/09/21
7:25.82 Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) 2/06/24
7:26.10 ————Barega 2/09/21
7:26.15 Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 1/25/98
7:26.20 Berihu Aregawi (Ethiopia) 1/28/22
7:26.73 ————Wale 2/06/24
7:26.80 ————Gebrselassie 1/24/99
**10 performances by 7 performers**
7:27.80 Yenew Alamirew (Ethiopia) 2/05/11
7:28.00 Augustine Choge (Kenya) 2/05/11
7:28.23 Yared Nuguse (US) 1/27/23
2003—Junior Natasha Hastings (A.P.Randolph H.S.,NY) set a U.S. Excessive Faculty File of 1:11.84 for 500-meters on the New Stability Video games at NY’s Armory. (Since damaged, nonetheless #9 All-Time)
Hastings would turn into one among America’s finest 400-meter runners for greater than a decade (2006-2017)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Hastings
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/natasha-hastings-187649
2013—Penn State set the present Collegiate File of 1:24.70 within the Males’ 4×200 relay on their dwelling monitor.
Emunael Mpanduki’, Matt Gilmore, Brandon Bennett-Inexperienced, Aaron Nadolsky)
2014—Galen Rupp ran 8:07.41 for 2-miles on the Terrier Basic at Boston College to regain the American File
from Bernard Lagat, who had run 8:09.49 the yr earlier than.
Important Birthdays
Born On This Day*
Christian Olsson—Sweden 45 (1980) Gold medalist within the Triple Bounce on the 2003 World Championships and 2004
Olympics; 2-time World Indoor Champion (2003, 2004—equalled the World Indoor File of 58-6 [17.83]);
Silver medalist on the 2001 World Championships, 6th in 2011
2-time European Champion—2002, 2006
2002 European Indoor Champion
PB: 58-4 ½ (17.79/2004)
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Olsson
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/christian-olsson-14227931
https://www.fb.com/EuropeanAthletics/movies/642858080042444/
Gabe Jennings 46 (1979) 2000 NCAA Indoor (Mile) and Out of doors (1500/2nd-2001) Champion-Stanford;
2000 Olympian (1500m/semi-finalist); competed within the first spherical of the 1500 on the 2001 World
Championships
2000 U.S. Champion-1500 (Olympic Trials)
2-time NCAA Indoor Champion-Distance Medley-2000 (lead-off 1200), 2001 (anchor)
2-time winner of the Excessive Faculty 1500 on the Penn Relays (1997,1998); Graduated from Oregon Legislation
Faculty in 2012
One of many nice “Free Spirits” of the game.
Born into the hippie tradition. Some quotes from a pre-NCAA interview with CBS:
“My dad and mom have been my lecturers”
“I anticipate to run with integrity. Meaning listening to my inside self”
“God, you’ve hit the nail on the pinnacle” (after it was recommended he views racing as a celebration)
“I attempt to hear the rhythm of the wind, the ocean”
Compares the mile to jazz-“Acquired to bend notes generally”
Typically performed bongos within the stands with others whereas teammates have been competing in different occasions
In 2003, he launched into a four-month, 6,000-mile solo bike trek to Brazil, the place he
contracted hepatitis A and virtually starved to demise. Learn extra at:
https://vault.si.com/vault/2003/06/02/almost-his-last-mile
Inducted into the Stanford Corridor of Fame in 2018 (Interview)
PBs:1:46.83 (2001), 2:18.33 (2006), 3:35.21 (2000), 3:58.54i (2001), 7:58.40i (2001), 13:44.60 (2000
2000 Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChoWROC984c
2000 O.T. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-mKEyfI10
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: http://tinyurl.com/SIV-Jennings
The Efficiency Artist: http://tinyurl.com/zsry2ub
2012: http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/olympian-then-and-now-gabe-jennings
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Jennings
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89139
David Monti 65 (1960) Writer of Race Outcomes Weekly, THE publication for protection of distance operating within the U.S. and
world wide.
David and I (and his spouse Jane) labored collectively on many Olympics and World Championships as a part of NBC’s
assist crew.
He explains how he acquired began within the sport on this 2023 interview with Anna Lagnani, the previous Deputy Director
of Communications for World Athletics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KZ_LVPM-28
http://www.raceresultsweekly.com
Robin Campbell-Bennett 66 (1959) 2-time Olympian-800m (1980/boycott, 1984/semi-finalist); 5th within the 800 on the
inaugural World Championships in Helsinki (1983); PB: 1:59.00 (1983)
Coached by Brooks Johnson, she was a teenage prodigy…received the Mile (4:50.7) on the 1974 U.S.
Indoor Championships on the age of 15, received the 440y(!) title the next yr. Ran 2:02.40 for
800-meters in 1974. Additionally ran 2:06.7 indoors that yr.
Nat’l Information
440 54.2 2-23-75
600y 1:19.3 2-15-74 (nonetheless stands) Toronto. Had simply turned 15.
600m 1:30.1 3-2-74 for 1st place in Soviet twin meet, Moscow, WR, lasted 27 years as HSR
1000y 2:30.7 Scholar at Hines JHS, age 14, 2nd on the Maple Leaf Video games 2-2-73
1500 4:26.4 fifth on the Olympic Inv on the Backyard, 2-8-74
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Campbell_(athlete)
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77783
Podcast (2022): https://www.startingline1928.com/pioneerstories/robin-campbell-bennett
Jürgen Hingsen—Germany 67 (1958) Silver medalist within the Decathlon on the 1983 World Championships and 1984
Olympics (2nd to Nice Britain’s Daley Thompson on each events); 6’-6 ¾” (2.00), 225 (102kg)
Traded World Information with Thompson:
(with adjusted factors)
8704 (8732)- Thompson-Could 23, 1982
8723 (8741)- Hingsen-August 15, 1982
8743 (8774)- Thompson-September 8, 1982
8779 (8825)- Hingsen-June 5, 1983
8798 (8823)- Hingsen-Could 9, 1984
8847 (new tables)-Thompson August 9, 1984
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jürgen_Hingsen
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decathlon_world_record_progression
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70290
World Rankings: https://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/rankings
Rivals Reunited(2012):
Deceased
Steve “Pre” Prefontaine 24 (1951-Could 30, 1975) The Legend
4-time NCAA Champion on the monitor: Oregon/3-miles (5k in ’72) 1971-1974
3-time NCAA X-Nation Champion (1970,1971,1973)
2-time U.S. Champion-3 miles (1971, 1973)
Set American Information at distances from 2000-meters to 10,000-meters
Earlier H.S. File holder at 3000-meters and 2-miles (outdoor) (Marshfield H.S.-Coos Bay,OR)
4th within the 5000-meters on the 1972 Olympics.
Advocate for athletes’ rights
PBs: 3:38.1h (1973), 3:54.6 (‘73), 5:01.4h/2k (‘75), 7:42.6h (‘74), 8:18.29 (‘74), 13:21.87 (‘74), 27:43.6h
(’74)
https://bringbackthemile.com/information/element/40_years_of_prefontaine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Prefontaine
Runner’s World Articles: https://www.runnersworld.com/steve-prefontaine
http://grantland.com/options/steve-prefontaine-death/
https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Americas-Best-Operating-Prefontaine/dp/0875964575
SI Vault/Kenny Moore(2004): http://tinyurl.com/SI-PreClassic
Tribute Website:
http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Prefontaine_Fredricksberg_Academy_03
“With out Limits”-Behind the Scenes:
http://without-limits.warnerbros.com/cmp/realaudio/most important.html
Movies:
1972 OG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iKt8_pkHgY
Characteristic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xesXzetlrE
“Fireplace on the Observe”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7O5tGsBZrA
What It Takes To Be Nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58JSUuE_-MA
1973 L.A. Occasions Mile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA3nFaaptKo
Google Steve Prefontaine for way more
