Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Observe & Discipline–June 14
1924–Morgan Taylor bettered the World Document within the 400-Meter Hurdles on consecutive days on the U.S. Males’s Olympic Trials at Harvard. He ran 53.0 in his warmth (6-13), then, regardless of a driving rain, bettered that together with his successful time of 52.6 within the closing (6-14). Each marks have been accepted as American Data, however have been by no means ratified as World Data.
Corridor-of-Famer Taylor would once more higher the present World Document when he ran 52.6 to win Olympic gold later within the yr, however that mark was additionally rejected by the IAAF, since he knocked over a hurdle through the race (the rule in impact on the time).
Taylor gained two extra Olympic medals within the occasion–bronze in 1928 and 1932.
Outcomes/Notes: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1924.pdf
Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/frederick-morgan-taylor
1924 Olympic Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHySVa3LWzk
#1 Hurdler of the Twenties?: http://www.nuts.org.uk/trackstats/morgantaylor.htm
1952–Nice Britain’s Jim Peters set a World Document of two:20:42.2 to win the Polytechnic/AAA Marathon on the well-known Chiswick-Windsor course that led to West London.
The course was first utilized in 1909, a yr after the now-standard marathon distance of 26-miles, 385 yards, had been established on the London Olympics. 8 World Data have been set on the course from 1909-1965, together with two extra by Peters and one by American Buddy Edelen.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
BIO: http://www.stfinbarrsac.com/?p=1807 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytechnic_Marathon
1952—Numerous previous and future stars, lots of whom would get pleasure from success on the Helsinki Olympics later within the yr, have been in motion on the NCAA Championships in Berkeley, California (6-13,14).
USC’s Jack Davis (14.0) gained the 110-Meter Hurdles over Stanford’s Bob Mathias (14.2). It was the threerd win in a row for Davis, who gained the imperial model of the hurdles in ’50 and ’51. He would win the primary of his two Olympic silver medals in Helsinki later within the season. Mathias, the winner of the Decathlon on the 1948 Olympics, would win a 2nd gold in Helsinki.
USC Junior Parry O’Brien gained the primary of his two Shot Put titles with a Meet Document toss of 57-1/2 (17.38+). He completed 2nd (170-4) within the Discus to teammate Sim Iness (173-2 [52.78]). Each would win gold medals of their respective specialties in Helsinki and would grow to be World Document holders. (O’Brien would win a 2nd gold medal in 1956).
Morgan State’s George Rhoden (46.3) gained his 3rd straight 1-lap title, beating San Francisco’s Ollie Matson (46.6) within the 400-Meters (gained the 440y in ’50, ’51). 3rd was USC sophomore Jim Lea (47.3). Rhoden would win two gold medals in Helsinki—within the 400, and as a member of Jamaica’s successful 4×400 staff. Matson additionally gained two medals in Helsinki (400-bronze, 4×400-silver) earlier than embarking on a Corridor of Fame profession within the NFL. Lea would set a World Document (45.8) within the 440y in 1956.
Kansas sophomore Wes Santee, not but one of many world’s finest milers, gained the 5000-Meters in 14:36.3. He would win the NCAA Mile the next yr.
Columbia junior George Shaw set a Meet Document of 49-1 ¾ (14.98) within the Triple Bounce. Ending 8th was Wheaton’s Cleburne Worth, who would grow to be the long-time coach at Texas.
Staff champion USC nearly tripled the rating of runnerup San Jose State, 66-7/12 to 24-1/2
O’Brien, Davis, Mathias, Santee, Worth, and Matson are all members of the Nationwide Corridor of Fame.
Outcomes: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1952.pdf
Rhoden: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72324
Shaw(Columbia HOF): http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=1594743
1958–Villanova’s Ron Delany, the 1956 Olympic 1500-Meter champion, closed out his good collegiate profession by successful the Mile and 880y on the NCAA Championships in Berkeley, California. Up first was the mile, with Cal’s Don Bowden, the American Document holder, setting a quick tempo in an try and blunt Delany’s feared kick.
Delany, conscious that he nonetheless had the 1/2-Mile arising, was content material to remain close to the rear of the chase pack. Bowden couldn’t keep his fast tempo, permitting Delany to step by step transfer up, and the Irishman went on to win his third title in a row (1500 in 1956). Bowden (4:06.9) light to 4th, whereas Oregon’s Jim Grelle (4;04.8), a future American Document holder and the 1959 NCAA champion, completed 2nd to Delany for the 2nd yr in a row. Delany was at his thrilling finest within the 880y, coming from greater than a second again with a 1/2-lap to go to cross Manhattan’s Tom Murphy (1:49.4) to complete off his memorable double win. Delany’s successful occasions of 4:03.5 and 1:48.6 made it the quickest 1-day double in historical past.
Delany wasn’t the one 1956 Olympic star in motion. Ohio State’s Glenn Davis who gained the gold medal within the 400-Meter Hurdles in Melbourne, gained the 440y out of lane 8 in 45.7 to interrupt his personal World Document by .1s. Kansas senior Al Oerter, who gained the primary of his 4 Olympic gold medals in Melbourne, gained the Discus for the 2nd yr in a row, however needed to share the title with USC’s Rink Babka, with each throwing 186-2 (56.74?/no tie-breaker in impact on the time). Babka and Oerter went on to grow to be lifelong associates.
Because of a mutual acquaintance, outdated associates and rivals Delany and Murphy have been reconnected not too long ago after a 40-year hole. Mentioned my cousin Tom, “Obtained a name right now from Dublin, it was Ronnie Delany. He obtained my telephone quantity and we had a superb half hour chat in regards to the good outdated days. I advised him each time I hear his identify talked about, my first phrases are, ” I ought to have kicked sooner”. I misplaced to him 3 occasions by a complete of 1 foot. He has 6 youngsters and 17 grandchildren, all of them reside inside a 1/2 mile of one another”.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1958/06/23/the-moment-of-record
Outcomes: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1958.pdf
1959—Poland’s Edmund Piatkowski threw the Discus 196-6 (59.91) in Warsaw to interrupt Fortune Gordien’s 6-year outdated World Document of 194-6 (59.28).
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_discus_world_record_progression
1969—Senior Casey Carrigan (Orting,WA), who made the 1968 U.S. Olympic staff as a junior, set a Nationwide Excessive College Document of 17-4 ¾ (5.305) within the Pole Vault on the Golden West Invitational in Sacramento,CA. With the remainder of the meet accomplished, followers surrounded the PV pit as Carrigan made 3 unsuccessful makes an attempt at 17-10 ¼ (5.44), which might have been a World Document! 2nd was Steve Smith (South-Torrance,CA/16-8 ¾ [5.10]) and threerd was Dave Roberts (Conroe,TX (15-4 [4.675]). Smith would set a number of World Indoor Data and Roberts would win the bronze medal on the 1976 Olympics (and set 2 World Outside Data).
Willie McGee (Rowan,MS) gained the 100-Yard sprint in 9.3 to equal the Nationwide H.S. Document.
Steve Prefontaine (Marshfield-Coos Bay,OR), who had set a Nationwide H.S. Document of 8:41.6 for 2-Miles earlier within the season, hoped to get beneath 4-minutes within the Mile, however windy situations held him to a successful time of 4:06.0. 2nd in 4:09.3 was Ken Popejoy (Glenbard East,IL).
http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/1969/gwi_hist.pdf
1991—The U.S. Championships returned to Downing Stadium on NY’s Randall’s Island after an extended hiatus and native followers have been handled to a World Document of 9.90 by Leroy Burrell within the Males’s 100-Meters. Ending 2nd was Burrell’s coaching companion, Carl Lewis (9.93), the earlier file holder at 9.92.
“I’m so overwhelmed by the entire thing,” mentioned Burrell. “Once you dream about setting a world file, you think about feeling very glad, however that’s not precisely what it’s. There are such a lot of feelings flowing by way of me proper now that I simply can’t describe the sensation. I by no means thought it will really feel this fashion; it’s very humbling.”
Burrell, the pinnacle coach at Houston on the time, was busy on the NCAA West Regional in Austin, however his spouse, Michelle Finn, one other sprinter of be aware, was current to observe son Cameron, the #1 highschool sprinter within the U.S. (2013), win the “Dream 100” (10.40) on the 2013 adidas Grand Prix, which was held within the new stadium on Randall’s Island. The youthful Burrell gained the 100-meters on the 2018 NCAA Championships. Sadly, he handed away in 2021 on the age of 26.
(Full recap tomorrow—June 15)
Outcomes(High 3): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_USA_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_100_metres_world_record_progression
2000—Jeff Hartwig raised his American Document within the Pole Vault from 19-9 (6.02) to 19-9 ¼ (6.03) in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
2003—4 Collegiate Data have been set, all by girls, on the NCAA Championships in Sacramento (June 11-14):
- 1500–Mississippi State sophomore Tiffany McWilliams gained the primary of her two NCAA titles in 4:06.75
- 400-Hurdles (6-13)—UCLA Junior Sheena Johnson additionally gained the primary of her two NCAA titles in 54.24…she would the
silver medal on the 2008 Olympics
- Hammer—Florida sophomore Candice Scottwon with a throw of 229-0 (69.80?)
ªJavelin—Indiana senior Irina Kharun threw 202-10 (61.82?).
In different motion, Texas frosh Sanya Richards gained the 400 in 50.58, setting an American Junior Document, and anchored the Longhorns to a win within the 4×400 (3:26.76)
South Carolina senior Aileen Bailey gained the 100 (6-13/11.18) and 200 (22.65), with LSU’s Muna Lee ending 2nd in each (11.22,22.76). LSU gained the staff title over Texas, 64-50.
Getting double responsibility from Daniel Lincoln and Alistair Cragg, Arkansas gained the Males’s staff title over Auburn, 59-50.
Lincoln gained the ten,000 (6-12/28:20.20) and his 2nd title within the Steeplechase (6-13/8:26.65), whereas Cragg gained the 5000 (13:47.87) and completed an in depth 2nd to his teammate within the 10,000 (28:20.29).
Arkansas’ win marked a return to the victory stand for coach John McDonnell, whose groups had gained 8 straight titles from 1992-1999.
The College of Pennsylvania had two winners—Sam Burley within the 800 (1:46.50) and Brian Chaput within the Javelin (258-2 [78.69]).
Outcomes: http://flashresults.com/2003_Meets/outside/ncaa1/index.htm
Males: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2003.pdf
Girls: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2003w.pdf
Sanya Richards-Ross:
http://www.ustfccca.org/ncaa-100/sanya-richards-texas-400-meters-4×400-relay-2003-ncaa-championships
2005–Jamaica’s Asafa Powell ran 9.77 in Athens, Greece, to interrupt Maurice Greene’s 6-year outdated World Document within the 100 Meters, which had been set in the identical stadium in 1999. Powell went on to tie his personal file twice in 2006 and lowered it to 9.74 in 2007.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_100_metres_world_record_progression
2008—Oregon sophomore Ashton Eaton (8055), destined to grow to be one of many biggest decathletes in historical past, gained the primary of his three collegiate titles in his specialty (6-11,12) on the NCAA Championships in Des Moines,Iowa (June 11-14). He would win Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016 and set a World Document of 9045 factors in 2015 (since damaged).
Different winners with vibrant futures forward of them included Colorado junior Jenny Barringer(now Simpson), who gained the twond of her 3 titles within the Steeplechase (6-13/9:29.20-Collegiate Document), Ole Miss junior Brittney Reese, winner of the Lengthy Bounce (22-9[6.93]), and Texas Tech senior Sally Kipyego, who gained the 5000-Meters (6-13/15:15.08), giving her a record-tying complete of 9 NCAA titles (Wisconsin’s Suzy Favor additionally gained 9). Regardless of working a private better of 4:06.67, she was denied a file 10th title within the 1500 the following day, ending 2nd to Florida State’s Hannah England, a sophomore from Nice Britain, who set a Collegiate Document of 4:06.19! Ending 3rd on this biggest of NCAA 1500s was Tennessee junior Sarah Bowman, who ran 4:07.50!
Barringer-Simpson would end 8th within the Steeplechase on the Beijing Olympics later within the yr, however would quickly grow to be the most effective on this planet at 1500-Meters, successful the World Championship title in 2011, the bronze medal on the 2016 Olympics, and silver medals on the 2013 and 2017 World Championships.
Reese would win gold within the Lengthy Bounce on the 2012 Olympics (silver in 2021) and has gained six World titles (3-indoors, 3-outdoors), whereas Kipyego gained the silver medal within the 10,000 on the 2012 Olympics.
On the boys’s aspect, winners who went on to have future success included LSU senior Richard Thompson (100-10.12/6-13), who would win gold within the 4×100 and silver within the 100 in Beijing (and relay silver in 2012), Florida State senior Walter Dix (200-20.40), who would win bronze within the 100 and 200 in Beijing, Texas senior Leo Manzano, who gained his 2nd NCAA title within the 1500 (3:41.25) and went on to win the silver medal on the 2012 Olympics, and South Carolina junior Jason Richardson (110h-13.40), who gained his specialty on the 2011 World Championships(and silver on the 2012 Olympics).
Lastly, Oral Roberts senior Andretti Bain (winner of the 400-44.62), named after the legendary race-car driver Mario Andretti, gained a silver medal in Beijing as a member of the Bahamas’ 4×400 relay.
Staff titles went to Florida State(M) and LSU(W).
Outcomes: http://flashresults.com/2008_Meets/outside/DivisionI/index.htm
Males: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2008.pdf
Girls: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2008w.pdf
2014—Followers on the 10th annual adidas Grand Prix, held in Icahn Stadium on New York’s Randall’s Island, have been handled to the best excessive leap competitors in historical past, with Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko and Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim each clearing 7-11 ¼ (2.42), Bondarenko getting the win on fewer misses.
Each males got here into the meet with bests of 7-10 ¾ (2.41) and every had gained a World title, Bondarenko outdoor in 2013 and Barshim indoors in 2014. They, together with just a few others, had been instrumental in making their occasion one of many hottest within the sport.
Barshim had been clear by way of 7-7 ¼ (2.32), a peak additionally cleared by American Erik Kynard and Ukraine’s Andriy Protsenko, whereas Bondarenko had calmly handed after clearing 7-4 ½ (2.25) in his solely effort up up to now.
Bondarenko went into the lead together with his first-jump clearance of 7-8 ½ (2.35), whereas Barshim and Protsenko wanted 3 makes an attempt to remain within the competitors. Kynard went out at this peak. Barshim cleared 7-9 ¾ (2.38) on his first try and take the lead, whereas Bondarenko handed once more and Protsenko missed his lone effort at this peak (he would exit on the subsequent peak after lacking on his two remaining jumps).
The group was actually entering into it now, following each try carefully. The B&B boys rewarded the followers’ consideration by clearing 7-10 ½ (2.40) on their second makes an attempt, the primary time in historical past that two males jumped that top in the identical competitors. And so they weren’t executed but, as every cleared an incredible 7-11 ¼ (2.42) on their first jumps! Barshim was trailing Bondarenko due to his early misses and missed on his one try at 8-feet even (2.44), together with his rival once more passing.
They then took goal on the World Document of 8-1/2 (2.45), which was set by Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor in 1993. Neither was profitable at 8-3/4 (2.46), though Barshim was tantalizingly shut on certainly one of his two makes an attempt. Whereas the occasion ended with failures, nobody was upset after witnessing one of many biggest head-to-head battles the game had ever seen.
“The group was incredible,” mentioned Barshim. “To come back down and have the entire stadium on its toes clapping, as a excessive jumper that’s wonderful.”
The previous and the longer term met within the Males’s 400, with LaShawn Merritt (44.19) beating unheralded Wayde van Niekirk (44.38) of South Africa. Merritt was a winner on the 2008 Olympics and the 2009 & 2013 World Championships, whereas van Niekirk gained gold on the 2016 Olympics (setting a World Document of 43.03!) and the 2015 and 2017 Worlds.
Different winners/highlights at this high-quality meet:
Males’s 800-Kenya’s David Rudisha (1:44.63)
Males’s Lengthy Bounce-Jeff Henderson (27-4 [8.33]), 2.Christian Taylor (26-5 1/2w [8.06])
Males’s Discus: 1.Robert Harting (Germany/223-11 [68.24])
Girls’s 1500: 1.Abeba Aregawi (Sweden/4:00.13, 2.Dawit Seyaum (Ethiopia/4:00.66), 3.Jenny Simpson (4:02.54), 4.Shannon
Rowbury (4:03.38)
Girls’s 100m-Hurdles:1.Queen Harrison (12.62), 2,Daybreak Harper-Nelson (12.63), 3.Lolo Jones (12.77)
Girls’s Pole Vault: 1.Fabiana Murer (Brazil/15-9 [4.80]), 2.Jenn Suhr (15-5 [4.70])
Girls’s Shot Put: 1.Valerie Adams (New Zealand (64-6 ¾ [19./68]), 2.Michelle Carter (64-1/4 [19.51])
Junior Grant Fisher (Grand Blanc,MI) gained the Excessive College Dream Mile in 4:02.02.
Outcomes: https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=89&do=information&news_id=268193]
IAAF Report: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/report/bondarenko-barshim-new-york-iaaf-diamond-leag
WR Try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1tPFhJ1chI
LetsRun Protection: https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2014-adidas-grand-prix/
2014—The NCAA Championships in Eugene (June 11-14) got here to an in depth, with Oregon’s males and Texas A&M’s girls claiming the staff titles. Oregon’s 88 factors was the best successful complete for the reason that present scoring system was put into place in 1985 (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1).
Freshman Edward Cheserek helped Oregon’s trigger by successful the ten,000 (6-11) in 28:30.18 and ending 2nd (13:18.71) within the 5000 (6-13) behind Arizona senior Lawi Lalang (13:18.36). Lalang would end 2nd (3:39.13) within the 1500 on the ultimate day to Oregon’s Mac Fleet, who defended his title with a time of three:39.09.
One other profitable defender was Texas junior Ryan Crouser, who gained his 2nd Shot Put title with a toss of 69-3 ½ (21.12). His cousin, Oregon junior Sam Crouser, gained the Javelin with a throw of 252-7 (76.98).
Freshman Devon Allen gave Oregon its different particular person title, successful the 110-Hurdles over USC senior Aleec Harris (13.16-13.18).
Different notable winners included Florida junior Marquis Dendy (LJ/26-3[8.03]/6-12); TJ/55-11 1/4w[17.05]) and Ole Miss junior Sam Kendricks, who gained his 2nd straight title within the Pole Vault (18-8 ¼[5.70]).
As famous yesterday, Baylor Freshman Trayvon Brommell gained the 100-meters in 9.97, a brand new World Junior Document.
Texas A&M obtained particular person wins from junior Kamaria Brown within the 200 (22.63w), sophomore Shelbi Vaughan within the Discus
(6-12/196-11[60.02]), and freshman Shamier Little, who gained the primary of her 3 titles within the 400-Hurdles (6-13/55.07). The Aggies additionally gained the 4×100(42.80).
Sophomore Courtney Okolo gained the 400 (6-13/50.23) and anchored (49.6) Texas to a win within the 4×400 (3:24.21/Meet Document).
Different winners included Oregon senior Laura Roesler within the 800 (6-13/2:01.22), Arizona State junior Shelby Houlihan within the 1500(4:18.10), and Arkansas State’s Sharika Nelvis within the 100-meter Hurdles(12.52w).
Outcomes
Finals
Males: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2014.pdf
Girls: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2014w.pdf
Full: https://www.flashresults.com/2014_Meets/outside/06-09-NCAA/
NCAA Historical past
USTFCCCA: http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/meet-history?collection=3369
T&F Information; https://trackandfieldnews.com/history-of-the-ncaa-championships/
2014—The Hammond (IN) H.S. trio of Carey Pinkowski, Rudy Chapa, and Tim Keogh are legendary in highschool circles for having run beneath 9 minutes for 2-miles through the 1975 season. However Northport(NY)’s Mikey Brannigan (1st-8:53.59) and twins Tim (3rd-8:56.60) and Jack McGowan (4th-8:57.57) topped that achievement by doing it in the identical race on the New Stability Outside Nationals in Greensboro,NC.
Learn in regards to the position that Craig Virgin performed for each groups at:
http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/magic-redux
Outcomes: https://www.flashresults.com/2014_Meets/outside/6-13-NBON/
Born On This Day*
Kendell Williams 30 (1995) 7-time NCAA Champion (Georgia)–Pentathlon: 2014-2017, Heptathlon-2014,2016,2017
Former Collegiate Document holder within the Pentathlon (4703/2016)
Bronze medalist within the Pentathlon on the 2022 World Indoor Championships
2-time U.S. Olympian-2021 (5th), 2016 (17th); 5th on the 2019 World Championships…DNF-2022
2017 U.S. Champion—Heptathlon; 12th on the 2017 World Championships; 9th within the Pentathlon on the 2018
World Indoor Championships
2019 U.S. Indoor Champion-Pentathlon
2013 U.S. Junior Champion—Heptathlon; 2014 World Junior Champion—100m-Hurdles;
Former U.S. Excessive College Document holder within the Pentathlon (4068/’13/Now #3) and Heptathlon (5578/’12/Now #2)
PBs:4703 (2016/#6 All-Time U.S./#2 All-Time Faculty), 6683 (2021/#7 All-Time U.S./Faculty best- 6354/#7
Collegian);
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