This Day in Track & Field History, July 7, Lon Myers breaks 800m WR (1884), Jim Thorpe wins Pentathlon (1912), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field–July 7 1884–Lon Myers, a charter member of the Hall of Fame, ...
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This Day in Track & Field, July 2, Lon Myers breaks his WR for 880 yards (1881), written and compiled by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–July 21881—Lon Myers, a Charter Member ...
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This Day in Track & Field, June 26, Lynn Jennings wins US Olympic Trials at 10,000m (1992), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–June 26 1909–John Flanagan broke his own ...
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This Day in Track & Field, June 21, John Landy breaks Roger Bannister’s World record at mile (1954) in Turku, Finland, by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–June 21 1947—Legends-to-be were all over the ...
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This Day in Track & Field, June 14, Morgan Taylor sets WR at 400m hurdles (1924), Asafa Powell breaks WR (1997), HJ showdown at adidas Track Classic (2014)! by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–June 14 1924–Morgan Taylor bettered the World ...
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This Day in Track & Field, May 22, Paavo Nurmi races in front of 35,000 fans at Harvard (1925), Don Quarrie ties 100m WR of 9.9 (1976), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–May 22 1925–35,000 fans packed Harvard Stadium, ...
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 19, Jan Merrill sets 5,000m AR (1979), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–May 191956–-Duke’s Dave Sime ran 9.3 ...
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This Day in Track & Field, May 15, Lillian Copeland sets AR in shot put and discus (1926), Pedro Pichardo battles Christian Taylor at Doha (2015), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field–May 151926-Lillian Copeland set American Records in the Shot Put (8-pounds/38-8 ¼ ) and ...
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This Day in Track & Field, May 14, Lehigh defeats Lafayette in first dual meet (1881) Bob Seagrens sets PV WR (1966), Jan Merrill breaks Mile AR (1977), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field–May 141881–Lehigh defeated Lafayette in their first dual meet.From Wikipedia: “The ...
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This Day in Track & Field, May 13, Ted Meredith added 880 yards to his 800m WR (1916), Sydney McLaughlin sets 400m hurdles in 52.75 WJR (2018), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field-May 13 1916—Penn’s Ted Meredith, already the World Record holder at 800-meters ...
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