This Day in Observe & Discipline-January 21
1888—The Beginner Athletic Union (AAU) was fashioned
https://aausports.org/timeline.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Union
https://www.britannica.com/subject/Beginner-Athletic-Union-of-the-United-States
1925–After taking a effectively deserved three-day relaxation after his three races in three days odyssey in New York and Chicago, Paavo Nurmi resumed his U.S. tour on the St.Joseph’s A.C. meet on the 113th Infantry Regiment Armory in Newark, New Jersey.
Competing from scratch in a handicap race, Nurmi received his ninth and tenth World Information by setting new requirements for 2-1/4 (10:42.0) and 2-3/4 (13:03.0) miles, however his en-route time of 11:54.4 fell wanting the 2-1/2 mile customary of 11:53.4. One other Finnish nice, Hannes Kolehmainen, the 1912 Olympic Champion at 5000 and 10,000 meters (and the person x-country race), had set data in any respect three distances in a single race in 1913.
On the 1952 Olympic Video games in Helsinki, Kolehmainen was chosen to mild the Olympic Cauldron on the Opening Ceremony, after receiving the Olympic Flame from Nurmi, who carried it into the stadium
Nurmi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paavo_Nurmi
http://www.olympic.org/paavo-nurmi
Kolehmainen: http://www.olympic.org/hannes-kolehmainen
1956—Duke sophomore Dave Sime received a 3-race dash sequence on the Washington Star Video games in D.C. He received at 70-yards, tying the World Document of 7-flat, 80-yards in 8-flat, and 100-yards within the World Document time of 9.5. Andy Stanfield, the 1952 Olympic gold medalist at 200 meters, completed 2nd in all 3 races. (From Observe & Discipline Information)
1972—It was one other traditional Lee Evans-Martin McGrady duel within the 600-yards on the San Francisco Examiner Video games, with Evans coming from behind to nip his rival on the tape, with each clocking 1:10.3. It was solely the twond victory for Evans within the pair’s 9 conferences on the distance.
Different highlights:
Mile: 1.Kip Keino (Kenya) 4:01.2, 2.Tom Von Ruden 4:01.5
2-Mile: 1.Frank Shorter 8:52.6, 2.Don Kardong 8:53.2, 3.George Younger 8:53.4
60y-Hurdles: 1.Willie Davenport 7.1
“Senior” 60y: 1.Payton Jordan (54) 7.1
Wiki Bio(McGrady): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_McGrady
Outcomes: http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS//CTRN/ncrr27_1972-Jan.pdf
1977–Followers on the Philadelphia Traditional noticed loads of stars in motion, together with Dwight Stones, winner of the Excessive Bounce (7-5 ¼ [2/27m]), 2-mile winner Frank Shorter(8:40.2), Eamonn Coghlan, who beat fellow Villanova alum Marty Liquori within the mile (4:03.4-4:04.2), and Francie Larrieu (Smith), who ran a modest 2:48.0 to beat Jan Merrill (2:49.7), and 16-year outdated Lynn Jennings (2:51.3) within the 1000m. However the meet is extra notable for the truth that it was the primary main invitational to make the most of fully-automatic timing within the dash/hurdles races: Males’s 60y (Steve Riddick-6.17); males’s 60-hurdles (Willie Davenport 7.17); Ladies’s 60y (Freida Davy-6.94).
As typically occurred throughout his indoor profession, Stones was nonetheless leaping lengthy after the remainder of the occasions had been accomplished. After lending his metric tape to fulfill officers, Stones, who had received his 2nd Olympic bronze medal the earlier summer time in Montreal, had cleared 7-5 ¼ (2.27m) to set a meet document and a 1977 finest.
He then had the bar raised to 7-7 (2.31), ½” increased than his World Indoor Document of 7-6 ½ (2.30). Essentially the most track-knowledgeable athlete within the sport stated as he was preparing for one among his makes an attempt, “Do you understand if I clear this, all of the 7’7” jumps in historical past can have been made in Philadelphia?” (Stones had set Outside WRs of 7-7 (2.31) and 7-7 ¼ (2.32) at Franklin Discipline the earlier yr). Alas, it was to not be, however he nonetheless received a heat spherical of applause from the hearty followers who caught round to observe him soar.
There had been discuss a attainable World Document within the Ladies’s 1000, however Larrieu was extra involved about beating Merrill, who had turn out to be a critical challenger to her function because the #1 feminine middle-distance runner within the U.S.
At all times maintaining a tally of her rival, Larrieu was content material to take a seat behind Merrill earlier than taking the lead with a lap to go and pulling away for an unexpectedly straightforward win.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1977/01/31/philly-is-dwights-delight
1977–Arkansas’ Niall O’Shaughnessy ran 2:05.5 in Columbia, Missouri, to interrupt Mike Boit’s Collegiate Document (2:06.0) within the 1000y.
1978–Previous, present, and future worldwide NCAA stars (their eventual NCAA wins would add as much as a complete of 28!) connected in an epic 2-mile duel on the Sunkist meet in Los Angeles.
Going to the road have been Nick Rose (Nice Britain), the previous Western Kentucky star who had received three NCAA titles (‘74 XC, ‘75-’76 Indoor 2-mile); Washington State sophomore Henry Rono (Kenya), who had already received three of his eventual six NCAA titles (‘76,’77,’79-XC, ‘77-Indoor 2-mile, ‘78, ‘79-Steepelchase); and Suleiman Nyambui (Tanzania), who had received two AAU Indoor 3-mile titles (he would win his third straight later within the ‘78 season), however hadn’t but began his outstanding collegiate profession at UTEP, the place he would win an unimaginable 15 NCAA titles (‘80-XC, ‘79-’82, Indoor Mile, ‘79,’80,’82-Indoor 2-mile, ‘80-’82, 5k, ‘79-’82, 10k).
Rose, impatient after a sluggish opening 1/4-mile, threw in a 59.2 cut up that left a shocked Rono some 40 yards behind the leaders. Rose saved pushing the tempo, adopted by Nyambui and Duncan Macdonald, the 1976 U.S. Olympian at 5,000 meters. In the meantime, Rono regularly moved as much as be a part of these three as they went via the mile in 4:09.2. Dropping contact was UTEP’s James Munyala (Kenya), an eventual 4-time NCAA Champion (‘75-’77, steeplechase, ‘78-indoor mile). Macdonald would additionally quickly drop off the tempo.
Rono made a daring transfer into the lead with 3-1/2 laps remaining, adopted by Nyambui and Rose. Veteran announcer Stan Eales had already stirred up the 12,000 followers by protecting them knowledgeable of the quick tempo, and now they have been on their toes as Nyambui handed Rono with a lap to go. As each maneuvered round lapped runners on that closing lap, Nyambui was capable of maintain off Rono by the barest of margins as they ran 8:18.0 and eight:18.3, on the time the 2nd and third quickest occasions in historical past (Belgium’s Emiel Puttemans set the world document of 8:13.2 in 1973). Rose hung in there to complete third in 8:20.3, good for #5 on the all-time listing. Rono’s time remains to be the Collegiate Document.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault
1983—Three World Information have been set on the Sunkist Inv. in Los Angeles. Billy Olson cleared 18-10 ¾ (5.76) within the Pole Vault to interrupt his personal week-old mark of 18-10 ¼ (5/75), Evelyn Ashford ran 5.77 for 50-yards, and Mary Slaney ran 9:31.7 for the rarely-contested 2-miles (Jan Merrill had run 9:31.7 in 1979 in a race that included males).
In different occasions, Houston McTear (5.28) received the Males’s 50y over Stanley Floyd (5.31) and Herschel Walker (5.35), whereas Ron Brown (6.11) received the 60y over Walker (6.20) and Floyd (6.22).
Eamonn Coghlan, bouncing again from an injury-plagued 1982 season, received the mile in 3:55.4.
2012—Strymar Livingston (Columbus,NY) set a U.S. Excessive College Indoor Document of 1:01.68 for 500 meters at NY’s Armory. The document stood for 10 years till Will Sumner (Woodstock,GA) ran 1:01.25 on January 15, 2022.
2017—Drew Hunter, who had turn out to be the twond prep to interrupt 4-minutes for the mile indoors a yr earlier (3:58.25, breaking Alan Webb’s HSR), returned to the New Steadiness Video games at NY’s Armory as an expert runner, profitable the mile in 3:58.92. D.J. Principe, a senior at LaSalle Academy,RI) nearly grew to become the threerd prep beneath 4-minutes indoors, ending 3rd in 4:00.97.
Outcomes: https://www.armorytrack.com/gprofile.php?do=view_event&event_id=1066&mgroup_id=45586&yr=2017
https://www.runnerspace.com/information.php?news_id=454509
https://www.milesplit.com/articles/200862/dj-principe-runs-40097-mile-no-3-all-time
All-Time H.S. Indoor Record (From T&F Information)
https://trackandfieldnews.com/high-school-all-time-indoor-top-10s-boys/
3:57.66 Hobbs Kessler (Skyline, Ann Arbor, Michigan) 2021
3:57.81 Drew Hunter (Loudoun Valley, Purcellville, Virginia) 2016
3:58.25 ————Hunter 2016
3:58.81 Colin Sahlman (Newbury Park, California) 2022
3:59.11 Connor Burns (Southern Boone, Ashland, Missouri) 2023
3:59.86 Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Virginia) 2001
3:59.87 JoJo Jourdon (Olympus, Holladay, Utah) 2024
4:00.05 Brodey Hasty (Brentwood, Tennessee) 2018
4:00.47 Clay Shively (Trinity, Wichita, Kansas) 2024
4:00.70 ————Shively 2024
**10 performances by 8 performers**
4:00.84 Rocky Hansen (Christ, Arden, North Carolina) 2023
4:00.97 DJ Principe (La Salle, Windfall, Rhode Island) 2017
Outsized observe:
4:00.10 Cruz Culpepper (Niwot, Colorado) 2020
Important Birthdays
Born On This Day*
Ashton Eaton 37 (1988) 2-time Olympic gold medalist-Decathlon (2012,2016)
2-time World Champion (2013,2015/2011-silver medalist);
Set 2 World Information-9039 (2012), 9045 (2015/damaged by France’s Kevin Mayer in 2018—9126);
3-time World Indoor Champion-Heptathlon (2012, 2014, 2016);
Set 3 World Information within the Heptathlon-6499 (2010), 6568 (2011), 6645 (2012/present)
4-time U.S. Champion-Decathlon (2011-2013,2016);
3-time NCAA Champion-Decathlon (Oregon/2008-2010); 2-time NCAA Indoor Champion-Heptathlon (2009,2010)
Ranked #6 on the planet within the 400-meter hurdles in 2014! (better of 48.69)
PBs:10.21 (’12), 45.00 (’15), 13.35 (’11), 48.69 (’14), 17-8 ½ (5.40/’15), 27-0 (8.23/’12), 6645(’12/WR/additionally
has scores of 6632 [2014/#3], 6568 [2011/#4], and 6499 [2010/#6])
9045 (’15/#2 All-Time/also-9039 [2012], #3 efficiency)
School PBs: 6499 (2010/#3 All-Time), 8457(2010/#9 All-Time)
Married to Canadian Brianne Theisen, the silver medalist within the Heptathlon on the 2015 World
Championships and the bronze medalist on the 2016 Olympics (couple retired after the 2016 season).
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton_Eaton
Oregon Love Story: https://www.uoalumni.com/s/1540/21/inside.aspx?sid=1540&gid=3&pgid=1148
https://goducks.com/honors/hall-of-fame/ashton-eaton/1234
All-Time Lists: https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-lists/
Movies
2012 O.T.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_3rsDoV72Y
2015 WC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keDJpTVstHc
2012 O.G.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERFliJxK1XE
2016 O.G.(final 2 occasions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrApamjU7a0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4Lm3M2RJI
Concession stand on the new Hayward Discipline
(image included within the hooked up Phrase file)
Amy Hastings-Cragg 41 (1984) Bronze medalist within the marathon on the 2017 World Championships
2006 NCAA Indoor Champion—5000m (Arizona St.); 2012 Olympian-10,000 (eleventh);
4th within the marathon on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials
Winner on the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials—ninth in Rio
Citing sickness (Epstein-Barr virus), she withdrew from the 2020 Trials
Winner of the 2020 New Orleans Half-Marathon (1:16:53) (final time she competed)
Ran a private finest of two:21:42 on the 2018 Tokyo Marathon (completed 3rd)
PBs-5000-15:09.59(’13), 10,000-31:10.69 (’12), Marathon-2:21:42 (’18)
Married in 2014 to Irish Olympian Alistair Cragg, who received seven NCAA titles whereas at Arkansas
Couple coach the Puma coaching group in Chapel Hill, NC
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Hastings
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/amy-cragg-14312171
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/02/20/amy-cragg-withdraws-marathon-olympic-trials/
Subsequent Step: https://www.womensrunning.com/tradition/individuals/amy-cragg-next-step/
