Friday, February 7, 2025

This Day in Observe & Subject, February 4, James J. Connolly wins the primary Wanamaker Mile (1926), Joette Clark-Diggs wins her seventh Millrose win (2000), by Walt Murphy

This Day in Observe & Subject–February 4

 

1926–Operating earlier than 16,000 followers at Madison Sq. Backyard, James J. Connolly gained the primary Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games in NY (4:17.2). Within the ten earlier editions of the meet, the occasion was carried out at 1-1/2 miles.

The star of the present, although, was Norway’s Charles Hoff, who set the primary of his eleven World Indoor Data within the Pole Vault together with his clearance of 13-1 (3.99).

Hoff confirmed his versatility by additionally ending 3rd within the 600y, a star-studded race gained by Alan Helffrich in 1:12.7. Johnny Gibson was 2nd, Canada’s Allen Christie 4th, and Adriaan Paulen 5th.  Hoff was a 1924 Olympian, however solely competed within the 400 and 800 (8th) in Paris! He was additionally entered within the Pole Vault, Lengthy Leap, and Decathlon, however didn’t compete in these occasions.

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

Helffrich was a gold medalist within the 4×400 relay on the 1924 Olympics and was a 2-time NCAA ½-mile champion(1922-

   1923) whereas at Penn State. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Helffrich

    Gibson, a 1928 Olympian within the 400-meter hurdles(and world file holder within the occasion, went on to grow to be the

    coach at Seton Corridor for greater than 25 years, and, like Helfrrich, was a long-time official within the NY Metropolitan space.

          NY Instances Obituary: http://tinyurl.com/JohnGibsonObit

Paulen was a 3-time Dutch Olympian who went on to grow to be the president of the IAAF from 1976-1981.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Paulenhttp://www.iaaf.org/information/information/the-past-presidents-of-the-iaaf

Different winners included Loren Murchison within the Males’s 40y (4.6), 60y (6.3), and 300y (32.1), and Rosa Grosse within the Ladies’s 50y (6.4).  Murchison’s 3 wins gave him a file complete of 14 at Millrose,

Murchison’s Wins

1919—70y Inv., 70y-Handicap

1921—70y

1922—50y, 60y

1923—60y, 300y

1924—60y, 300y

1925—50y, 60y

1926—40y, 60y, 300y

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1926/02/05/101679096.html?pageNumber=15

1933–Kansas sophomore Glenn Cunningham (4:13.0) gained the first of his 6 Wanamaker Miles in entrance of a Madison Sq. Backyard file crowd of 17,000 followers. 8 yards again in 2nd was the earlier yr’s winner, Gene Venzke, the World Indoor Report holder.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/02/05/119089959.html?pageNumber=103

 

1939–Six years to the day after successful his 1st Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games, Glenn Cunningham fought off a problem from Chuck Fenske to increase his file win complete within the occasion to six. That may stay the usual till Eamonn Coghlan gained his seventh Wanamaker Mile in 1987. The meet drew one other massive crowd—16,000.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/02/05/91551092.html?pageNumber=116

Outcomeshttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/02/05/91551155.html?pageNumber=120

 

1956—They must wait 9 months, however 5 winners at this yr’s Millrose Video games would go on to win Olympic gold in Melbourne, Australia.

600y–Charlie Jenkins (1:11.2)…(gained gold within the 400 and 4×400)

880y—Tom Courtney (1:53.2)…(gained gold within the 800 and 4×400)

Wanamaker Mile—Eire’s Ron Delany (4:09.5) gained the 1st of his 4 Wanamaker Miles (1500)

60y-hurdles—Lee Calhoun (7.3)…(110m-hurdles)

Pole Vault—Bob Richards (15-4 [4.675])  gained for the tenth yr in a row. Would win as soon as extra in 1957…(PV)

(Attendance-14,000)

NY Instances Protection (For Subscribers)

 

1978–Administrators of the U.S. Olympic Inv. had beforehand been conducting their dash and hurdles occasions on the distance of 50-meters. They felt that was too brief a race, however 60-meters was a tad too lengthy for the confines of Madison Sq. Backyard. A compromise was reached and the 55-meter distance (5+-inches longer than 60-yards) was born. The primary winners on the new distance had been sprinter Harvey Look (6.2) and hurdlers Renaldo Nehemiah (7.2) and East Germany’s Johanna Klier (7.4), the 1976 Olympic Champion within the 100-meter hurdles.

1983—Billy Olson grew to become the primary man to vault 19-feet indoors, clearing 19-1/4 (5.80) on his 3rd try on the Star-Maple Leaf Video games in Toronto.

            Olson was virtually denied an opportunity at historical past after bailing out on his first try and coming dangerously near lacking the touchdown pit. “I used to be scared to dying,” Olson mentioned later. “I figured, two damaged legs.”

            It was the 7th World Indoor Report in a yr for Olson, the primary of which came about on the identical quick runway in Toronto.

Sports activities Illustrated Vaulthttps://vault.si.com/vault/1983/02/14/one-flies-high-one-just-flies

WR Developmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_pole_vault_indoor_world_record_progression

 

1989–Russia’s Rodion Gataullin raised his personal World Indoor Report within the Pole Vault by 1/2-inch to 19-9 (6.02) in Gomel, Belarus. Sergey Bubka would bounce 19-9  ¼ (6.03) every week later and held the file (with a better of 20-2/ [6.15]) for 25 years till France’s Renaud Lavillenie cleared 20-2  ½ (6.16) in 2014

 

1994–Three Irishmen had been miling on the Millrose Video games, however just one was smiling on the conclusion of the meet. Marcus O’Sullivan was one stride away from successful the Wanamaker Mile for the 6th time, however was handed proper on the end by fellow Irishman Niall Bruton (3:58.71), a senior at Arkansas. 41-year previous Eamonn Coghlan, a 7-time winner of the Wanamaker Mile, gained the Masters Mile in his remaining race at Madison Sq. Backyard, however was dissatisfied together with his time of 4:04.55 (he hoped to interrupt 4-minutes, a objective he reached 2 weeks later when he ran 3:58.15 at Harvard).

“After I handed Marcus on the finish,” mentioned Bruton, “I used to be sort of embarrassed. I had grown up admiring Marcus and Eamonn and so many different Irish runners, and I sort of apologized to Marcus after the race.”

Stated Coghlan of his win, “It’s an honor, and I’m embarrassed, too. The group was improbable, particularly within the final quarter. I felt a bit dissatisfied I couldn’t run quicker in my remaining race within the Backyard. After the primary quarter, I felt good, however then my legs began feeling heavy and I felt actual flat. The monitor didn’t give me something again. It felt lifeless.”

40-year previous Dwight Stones, a 3-time winner of the Invitational Excessive Leap at Millrose, hoped to clear 7-feet, however needed to accept a Masters World Report of 6-8  ¼.

Not all was misplaced for the “previous guys”, as 35-year previous Greg Foster gained the Males’s hurdles for a file 10th-time, 14 years after his 1st win in 1980! It was a return to motion for Foster, who had acquired many presents, together with a rocking chair, throughout a “farewell tour” in 1993!

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/05/sports activities/track-field-coghlan-s-and-o-sullivan-s-eyes-don-t-quite-smile-in-the-millrose.html?searchResultPosition=1

Movies:  Wanamaker Mile  60-Hurdles  Masters Mile  Different Occasions

 

1996-Haile Gebrselassie  set a World Report of seven:30.72 for 3000-meters in Stuttgart.

2000–37-year previous Joetta Clark-Diggs (2:04.79) bid farewell to the Millrose Video games together with her 7th win within the Ladies’s 800-meters, 15 years after successful for the 1st time in 1985!  It was her 22nd look at Millrose, first competing when she was solely 14 years previous. 3rd in tonight’s race was her sister Hazel (2:04.92), who would grow to be a 3-time winner of the occasion (2003-2005).

One other oldie-but-goodie was 39-year previous Johnny Grey (1:49.88), winner of the Males’s 800 for the 4th time.

Maurice Greene set a Meet Report of 6.45 within the Males’s 60-Meters

Former Windfall star Mark Carroll continued the wealthy Irish custom within the Wanamaker Mile, successful in 3:58.19, and Regina Jacobs gained the Ladies’s Mile in 4:24.04, the quickest time at Millrose in 11 years.

NY Instances Protection

Outcomes(top-3)https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/millrose-games-results

Video(Males’s 60—contains an interview with Michael Johnson): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwxTM_u4n2g

 

2005-The newest monitor at Madison Sq. Backyard was not recognized for yielding quick occasions, however nobody informed Bernard Lagat. Assured that he would haven’t any bother successful his Third Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games, and with a watch on the attractive Waterford Crystal trophy that went to the meet’s Excellent Performer, Lagat set his sights on Eamonn Coghlan’s 24-year previous hand-timed meet file of three:53.0.

            A fast 55.8 first-quarter cut up by pacer Elkanah Angwenyi left Lagat properly forward of Laban Rotich, who had overwhelmed Lagat the earlier week in Boston, and Alan Webb, who was making his long-anticipated Millrose debut. Lagat adopted Angwenyi carefully by means of the 1/2-way level (1:54.3-1:54.5) and was on their own as he went by means of the three/4-split in 2:52.8.

            Needing a 60.1 remaining 1/4 to interrupt Coghlan’s file, Lagat did simply that to shut out his 3:52.87 successful efficiency. He additionally took down Noureddine Morceli’s Madison Sq. Backyard Report of three:52.99, set on the U.S. Indoor Nationals in 1991. Rotich completed a distant 2nd in 4:00.33, with Webb in Third at 4:00.91.

NY Instanceshttp://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/05/sports activities/othersports/05millrose.html?fta=y&_r=0

Outcomeshttp://www.flashresults.com/2005_Meets/indoor/millrose/index.htm

 

Wanamaker Mile Winnershttp://www.runningpast.com/wanamaker_mile.htm

2006–Sweden’s Kajsa Bergqvist cleared 6-9  ¾ (2.08) within the Excessive Leap in Arnstadt, Germany, to interrupt the 14-year previous World Indoor Report of 6-9  ½ (2.07), which was set by Germany’s Heike Henkel in 1992. Henkel was there to congratulate Bergqvist in individual!

            Bergqvist,  who  gained two NCAA titles whereas attending Southern Methodist College, was locked in a duel at decrease heights with Croatia’s Blanka Vlašić (6-7 [2.01]). She secured the win when she matched her private better of 6-8 (2.03) on her first try. She then jumped 6-8  ¾ (2.05) on her 2nd try earlier than setting the file on her first attempt.

Movieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4fRDbevHTI

             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZJqgHCX7MQ

IAAF Reporthttps://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/208-world-record-for-bergqvist-in-arnstadt

2012Per week after no-heighting on the U.S. Open at Madison Sq. Backyard, Jenn Suhr raised her American Report within the Pole Vault by clearing 16-feet even (4.88) on the New Steadiness Indoor Video games on the Reggie Lewis Heart in Roxbury,MA.

Meet Outcomeshttps://www.nbindoorgrandprix.com/meet-info/historical past/history-2012/

2012Strymar Livingston (Columbus,NY) ran 1:17.58 for 600-meters at NY’s Armory to raised his personal year-old Nationwide H.S. Report of 1:17.64.  He held the file for 10 years till Will Sumner (Woodstock,GA) ran 1:15.58 in 2022.

2017—Two Nationwide H.S. Data had been set on the Armory Observe Invitational in NY.

     Ending 3rd in a race gained by Ajee’ Wilson (1:24.48), senior Sammy Watson (Rush-Henrietta,NY) ran 1:27.13 to interrupt her personal mark of 1:28.67, which had been set earlier within the season.

The 2nd mark fell to Tyrese Cooper (Norland,FL), who completed 2nd to Lalonde Gordon (32.37) within the 300-meters with a time of 32.87, topping his personal file of 33.03 that had been set 3 weeks earlier. Cooper’s time was additionally a World Junior Report.

Outcomeshttps://www.armorytrack.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45586&do=information&news_id=456524

 

2017—Junior Armand “Mondo” Duplantis raised his Nationwide H.S. Report within the Pole Vault to 18-9  ¼ (5.72) in Baton Rouge. He additionally set new World and American Junior information together with his clearance. (Regardless that he represents Sweden in worldwide competitors, he was eligible on the time to determine American Data, because the Louisiana native had dual-citizenship. The rule was modified in December, 2018—now, solely athletes eligible to symbolize the U.S. internationally can set American Data).

2022—Chris Nilsen, the silver medalist on the Tokyo Olympics, cleared 19-9 (6.02) on the vault-only competitors in Tourcoing, France, to interrupt the American Report of 19-8  ½ (6.01) that was set by Sam Kendricks in 2020. He would elevate the file to 19-10  ¼ (6.05) a month later.

Report & Video

 

2023—The Netherlands’ Femke Bol, one of many world’s greatest 400-meter hurdlers, received the New Steadiness Indoor Grand Prix in Brighton (MA) off to a rousing begin by setting a World Indoor Report of 1:05.63 for 500-meters. It was the primary main meet to be held at “The TRACK at New Steadiness”. The earlier file of 1:06.31 was set by Russia’s Olesya Forsheva in 2006. (The 500m is just not an official WR occasion).

Race/Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5psU3KfVk

https://outcomes.nbindoorgrandprix.com/2023/

https://thetrackatnewbalance.com

 

Important Birthdays

 

Born On This Day*

 

Ekateríni (Katerina) Stefanídi—Greece  35 (1990) Gold medalist within the Pole Vault on the 2016 Olympics and 2017 World

                   Championships (bronze in 2019); 4th on the 2021 Olympics, 5th on the 2022 World Championships;

                   no-heighted within the qualifying spherical on the 2023 World Championships, 9th on the 2024 Olympics

               2012 NCAA Champion (Stanford/2010-4th, 2011-Third); bronze medalist on the 2016 and 2018

                    World Indoor Championships; 2-time European Champion (2016, 2018)

               2005 World Youth Champion;

               PB: 16-1  ¼ (4.91/2017), 16-3/4i (4.90/2016); 2024 SB: 15-6  ¼ (4.73);

               Wiki Biohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterini_Stefanidi

               2016 OGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPaUgaBor2I

               2017 WChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84LrxcvsCic

Paul Gompers  61 (1964)  4th—1988 U.S. Olympic Trials-Marathon;

           Set a World Junior Report of two:15:28 in 1983 (debut on the distance); PB: 2:11:38 (1987)

               Presently a professor at Harvard Enterprise Faculty

               https://www.hbs.edu/school/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6463

               (1986)http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1986/11/7/streaking-toward-excellence-pthree-years-ago/

Robert Weir—Nice Britain  64 (1961)  1983 NCAA Champion—Hammer (SMU/2nd-1981, 1982); 7th within the Discus in 1984

               2-time NCAA Champion—Weight Throw (1981,1983)

               1984 Olympic finalist—Discus (10th), Hammer (8th); competed within the qualifying spherical of the Discus on the 1996

                   and 2000 Olympics

               1998 Commonwealth Video games Champion-Discus

               Competed within the Discus at 5 World Championships (’93-qual., ’95-9th, ’97-8th, ’99-qual., ’01-qual.)

               PBs: 77-6  ¾ (23.64 [1983]), 213-06 (65.08 [2003]), 246-04 (75.08 [2002])

               Presently an assistant coach at Missouri…beforehand coached at Weber State, Clemson, Hawaii, Oregon

               https://mutigers.com/sports activities/mens-track-and-field/roster/coaches/robert-weir/2037

               https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69576

 Julie Brown  70 (1955)  1975 World X-Nation Champion; 1984 Olympian-Marathon (36th)

               Former American Report holder within the Marathon–2:36:23 (1978)

               6-time U.S. Champion: 1500 (1975), 3000 (1980), X-Nation (1978,1981), Marathon (1976,1983)

               4-time AIAW (pre-NCAA) Champion: 1975-UCLA (Mile, 2-mile), 1977-CS-Northridge (800, 2-mile)

               PBs:2:00.8h (1977), 4:06.4h (1979), 8:58.3h/3k (1979), 15:42.72 (1984), 2:26:26 (1983)

               ’84 Trialshttp://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/finally-one-for-the-girls

               http://www.rrca.org/about/historical past/hall-of-fame/1990/

               Wiki Biohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Brown_(athlete)

Casey Carrigan  74 (1951)   Made the 1968 U.S. Olympic staff as a 17-year previous H.S. junior (Pole Vault/didn’t make

                   the ultimate in Mexico Metropolis)

               Held the U.S. Excessive Faculty Report of 17-4  ¾ (5.30+) from 1969 to 1980

               Impressed by his brothers, he began vaulting on the age of seven within the household’s yard pit

               Inducted into the Nationwide H.S. T&F Corridor of Fame in 2019

               (2004) http://www.seattlepi.com/information/article/The place-Are-They-Now-Casey-Carrigan-1143362.php

               https://vault.si.com/vault/1969/06/23/rightway-carrigan-flies-to-a-record

               http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78206

               H.S. HOF

               http://nationalhighschooltrackandfieldhof.org/casey-carrigan/

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXXOkTS5xsk

               https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=13078&do=movies&video_id=270026

 

 

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