This Day in Observe & Discipline, Might 29, Diane Leather-based turns into first ladies underneath 5 minutes for the mile (1954), by Walt Murphy

Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service  (wmurphy25@aol.com)

This Day in Observe & Discipline– Might 29

1908–Dartmouth’s Artwork Shaw set a pre-IAAF World File of 15.2 within the 120y-hurdles on the IC4A Championships in Philadelphia (additionally served as an Olympic choice meet). He went on to win the bronze medal within the 110-hurdles later within the 12 months on the London Olympics.

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79024

1920–Competing at Philadelphia’s Franklin Discipline, Dartmouth’s Earl “Tommy” Thomson received the 120y-hurdles within the World-File time of 14.4 on the IC4A Championships. Canadian Thomson went on to win the gold medal within the 110-meter hurdles on the Antwerp Olympics later within the 12 months.

In 1921, Thomson received his 2nd IC4A title, was a winner on the first NCAA Championships, and received the 2nd of his three U.S. titles(additionally received in 1918 and 1922). He went on to teach at West Virginia, Yale, and the Naval Academy, the place he stayed for 36 years earlier than retiring in 1963.

Thomson was born in Birch Hills, Saskatchewan, however moved along with his household to Southern California when he was 8 years previous. He attended Lengthy Seaside Poly H.S. earlier than beginning his collegiate profession with a quick keep at USC earlier than shifting on to Dartmouth. He has the distinctive distinction of being elected to each the U.S. Observe and Discipline and the Canadian Sports activities Halls of Fame.

Thomson turned deaf in his later years, however was in a position to proceed teaching after studying the way to lip-read what his athletes have been saying. After his stint on the Naval Academy was carried out, he coached the U.S. Marine Corps group at Camp Pendleton from 1964-1965. One of many Marines that he coached was Billy Mills, who, after all, received the gold medal within the 10,000-Meters on the 1964 Olympics.

One among his greatest rivals throughout his hurdling profession was his brother-in-law, Robert Simpson, who was a constitution member of the U.S. Corridor of Fame.(Due to Elliott Denman).

Thomson: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/earl-thomson

http://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=437&catID=all&lang=EN

Simpson: http://oldserver.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=156

1937–Invoice Sefton beat USC teammate Earle Meadows, the 1936 Olympic gold medalist, on misses to win the pole vault at 14-11(4.54m) on the Pacific Convention Championships, with each getting credit score for a World File. Often called “The Heavenly Twins”, the duo led Southern Cal to three NCAA group titles(1935-1937).  Sefton was 4^th on the 1936 Olympics,

Meadows Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/earle-meadows

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78776

Sefton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sefton; https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79015

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_pole_vault_world_record_progression

1953—Wes Santee edged nearer to the 4-minute barrier by reducing his American File from 4:02.4 to  4:01.3 in Kansas Metropolis, MO.

AR Development: http://bringbackthemile.com/historical past/progressions

1954—Simply 23 days after Roger Bannister turned the primary man to interrupt 4-minutes for the Mile, fellow Brit Diane Leather-based turned the primary  girl to interrupt 5-minutes for the space when she ran 4:59.6 on the Midland Championships in Birmingham.

Leather-based, who handed away in 2018 on the age of 85, had set breaking the 5-minute barrier as a objective quickly after taking on operating in 1952 (after watching ladies run on the 1952 Olympics). From the NY Occasions obituary—”Leather-based wasn’t the one one with that objective: The race for a girl to interrupt the five-minute mile was fierce, regardless of the dearth of official recognition. In September 1953, Anne Oliver of Britain completed in 5:08.0, a report. Later that month, Leather-based beat that point with 5:02.6. Two months later it was Edith Treybal, from Romania, with 5:00.3. On Might 26, 1954, Leather-based surpassed that mark by a hair, ending (simply over the barrier) at 5:00.2”.

Leather-based’s response after she was instructed her time on at the present time was a bit extra subdued than that of others- “Oh, good,” she stated matter-of-factly…”Ultimately.”

World Athletics Heritage Plaque:

 https://worldathletics.org/heritage/information/diane-leather-heritage-plaque-birmingham

https://worldathletics.org/heritage/plaque/record/diane-leather-charles

http://trackandfield.about.com/od/distanceevent1/p/Quickest-Mile-Occasions-The-Womens-Mile-World-Information.htm

Wanting Again:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/weblog/2014/might/25/diane-leather-world-record-sex-barrier-sixty-years-ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Leather

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/obituaries/diane-leather-dead.html

1965–These have been the glory days of California monitor meets, and this 12 months’s version of the California  Relays in Modesto did its half so as to add to that fame. Hal Connolly received the Hammer Throw in close by Ceres with a throw of 233-2(71.06m) to interrupt his 3-year previous World File of 231-10(70.67m) and Ralph Boston broke his personal World File within the Lengthy Bounce along with his successful leap of 27-5(8.35m). He set his earlier mark of 27-4  1/4(8.34m) on the 1964 Olympic Trials.

A third World File was tied within the Mile Relay by a Southern College quartet of Robert Johnson(47.3), Anthony Gates(46.1), Everett Mason(46.0), and Theron Lewis(45.1). The time of three:04.5 was inferior to the report of three:00.7 for the 4×400 relay, however separate imperial and metric information have been stored on the time.

There was no report within the Mile, nevertheless it was nonetheless a memorable occasion as highschool senior Jim Ryun, already a veteran of the 1964 Olympics, received in 3:58.1 to interrupt his prep report by .2s.

WR Development(HT): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_hammer_throw_world_record_progression

WR Development(LJ): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_jump_world_record_progression

1976–On the USTFF (U.S. T&F Federation) meet in Wichita(KS), Corridor-of-Famer Earl Bell was trailing Terry Porter on misses via 18-1 (5.51), however got here via with a first-jump clearance at 18-7  1/4(5.6704) to not solely win the occasion however to additionally  set a World File. Dave Roberts held the earlier report of 18-6  1/2(5.65m).

HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/earl-bell

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_pole_vault_world_record_progression

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78097

1976–20-year previous  Steve Scott received the 1500 (3:46.4-MR) and positioned fifth within the 5000 to assist UC-Irvine win the group title on the NCAA Div.II Championships in Slippery Rock,Pa.

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79011

1976–After falling the day earlier than in his semi-final race on the NCAA Div.III Championships in Chicago, Morehouse senior Edwin Moses received a particular “comfort” race in 49.8.

2004—SMU’s Hannes Hopley, a junior from South Africa, set a Collegiate File of 222-0(67.66/since damaged) within the Discus on the NCAA Midwest Regional in School Station, Texas. The earlier File of 218-5(66.58) was set by Nevada’s Kamy Keshmiri in 1991.

Hopley went on to win his 2^nd straight NCAA title in June, however missed out on an opportunity to win a 3^rd title when SMU dropped males’s monitor after the 2004 season.

2021—It was a day of Information across the U.S.

Maggie Malone, the 2016 NCAA Champion whereas at Texas A&M, threw the Javelin 219-3 (66.82) on the Chula Vista Discipline Pageant, breaking Kara Winger’s 11-year previous American File of 218-8 (66.67).

It was “solely” a Private File, however Vashti Cunningham cleared 6-7  ½(2.02) within the Excessive Bounce to maneuver to #4 on the All-Time U.S. performers’ record.

https://outcomes.usatf.org/2021fieldfestival/

USATF Report: https://www.usatf.org/information/2021/maggie-malone-breaks-javelin-american-record-at-us

Operating on her residence monitor in School Station,TX, Texas A&M frosh Athing Mu ran 49.68 within the 400-Meters on the NCAA West Regional/Preliminary to interrupt the Collegiate File of 49.71 that was set by Texas’ Courtney Okolo in 2016. Mu additionally bettered her personal American Junior File of 49.84.

Outcomes: https://dt8v5llb2dwhs.cloudfront.internet/OutdoorRegionals/2021/West/index.htm

https://www.runnersworld.com/information/a36577687/athing-mu-breaks-ncaa-record-400-meters/

Ending fifth within the 1500-Meters on the Portland(OR) Observe Pageant, Hobbs Kessler(Skyline,MI) ran 3:34.36 to smash Alan Webb’s 20-year previous Excessive Faculty File of three:38.26.  The race was received by Craig Engels in 3:33.64. Kessler, who generally educated with veteran Nick Willis on the time, had beforehand set a U.S. Excessive Faculty Indoor File of three:57.66 for the Mile in February.

Kessler not solely set a H.S. File, he additionally broke Jim Ryun’s 55-year previous American Junior File of three:36.1(1966), and met the qualifying requirements for the U.S. Olympic Trials AND the Tokyo Olympics!

https://www.letsrun.com/information/2021/05/hobbs-kessler-breaks-alan-webbs-legendary-high-school-1500m-record/

Outcomes: https://stay.athletictiming.internet/meets/10078

2021—Damian Warner simply missed becoming a member of the 9000-point membership within the Decathlon when he set a Canadian File of

8995 factors on the Hypo Assembly in Götzis, Austria. It was Warner’s 6^th win within the annual occasion.

He would go on to win the gold medal on the Tokyo Olympics, the place he scored 9018 factors to lastly be a part of France’s

Kevin Mayer (9126), American Ashton Eaton (9045, 9039), and the Czech Republic’s Roman Šebrle (9026) because the

solely males to attain greater than 9000 factors.

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/information/hypo-meeting-gotzis-2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuCvYI0hmso

Born On This Day*

Cory McGee  33 (1992)  2021 Olympic finalist-1500 Meters (12^th); 10^th on the 2022 & 2023 World Championships

Was superior to the Olympic remaining after tripping over a fallen runner in her semi-final (had completed 11^th)

2^nd on the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, 5^th in 2024

2011 U.S. Junior Champion—1500m

        Set an American File of 5:28.78 for 2000 meters in 2024

All-American at Florida—twice the runnerup within the NCAA 1500 (2013,2014)…4^th within the indoor mile in

2014

Received 22 state titles at Go Christian Excessive Faculty in Mississippi…

Lived in Athens, Greece for awhile when her father, an FBI agent at  the time, was assigned there as

a part of the safety group for the 2004 Olympics…that’s the place she acquired her first  style of

competitors as a teen

PBs: 1:59.17(’21), 3:57.44 (‘24), 4:26.79i (‘19), 4:18.11 (’23), 9:10.48 (’14), 16:03.06 (’14);

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

Publish Trials Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEPZeoMQJ6o

https://bringbackthemile.com/athletes/element/cory_mcgee

OG Semi-Remaining Fall

Christina Manning-Clemons  35 (1990) 2012 NCAA Indoor(60m) and Outside(100m) hurdles champion(Ohio St.)

Silver medalist within the 60-meter hurdles on the 2018 World Indoor Championships; 2024-SF, 2025-Seventh

2021 Olympic semi-finalist…3^rd on the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, 7^th in 2024

Was fifth within the 100-meter hurdles on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2017 U.S. Championships

PB:7.73i (2018), 12.51(2021); 2025 SB: 7.81i, 12.56

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

https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/christina-manning-14363368

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/christina-manning-clemons-is-a-u-s-olympian/

Nataliya Dobrynska—Ukraine  43 (1982) 2008 Olympic gold medalist—Heptathlon (2004-8^th)

2012 World Indoor Champion—Pentathlon (Silver—2004,2010)

World Championships—2005(9^th), 2007(8^th), 2009(4^th), 2011(4^th)

PBs:5013 (2012/Present World File), 6778(2010)

https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/nataliya-dobrynska-olympic-heptathlon-champ

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/104880

https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ukraine/natallia-dobrynska-14303542

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

Retirement: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/2008-olympic-heptathlon-champion-dobrynska-an

2012 OG Report: https://www.olympedia.org/outcomes/257822

2012 WIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GELBObk839M

Vicki Huber-Rudawsky  58 (1967) 4-time NCAA Indoor Champion(Villanova)–1988-1500i, 3000i(1987-1989)

2-time U.S. Olympian—1988(3000-6^th), 1996-1500/1^st spherical)

PBs:4:07.99(’96), 4:28.31i(’88), 8:37.25(’88), 15:34.94(’96)

Received six Penn Relays watches-‘87(DMR), ‘88(4×800,DMR), ‘89-4×800,4×1500,DMR); Now an official on the Relays

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

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77866

Sports activities Illustrated Function(1989): The Girl in Ready

Zhu Jianhua-China 62 (1963) 1984 Olympic bronze medalist—Excessive Bounce

Additionally the bronze medalist on the 1983 World Championships

Set 3 World Information: 7-09  ¼ (2.37) 1983; 7-09  ½ (2.38) 1983, 7-10(2.39) 1984

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

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66558

Tribute Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nReN9Lc9Ixk

Deceased

Ralph Metcalfe  68 (1910-Oct.10,1978)

        4-time Olympic medalist—1932-silver(100), bronze(200), 1936-gold(4×100), silver(100)

3-time U.S. Champion-100(1932-1934); 5-time U.S. Champion-200(1932-1936)

6-time NCAA Champion(Marquette, 1932-100m,200m; 1933-1934/100y,220y)

Inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 1975

Turned a U.S. Congressman

HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/ralph-metcalfe

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

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78787

http://archive.jsonline.com/greensheet/ralph-metcalfe-beats-jesse-owens-at-marquette–in-1934-b99669717z1-369048961.html