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This Day in Monitor & Area–Could 4
by Walt Murphy Information and End result Service (WMurphy25@gmail.com), used with permission.
1912–Canadian Hans Holmer received an indoor marathon in Berlin in 2:38:23, defeating 1908 Olympic Champion Johnny Hayes by eleven laps (a couple of mile).
https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandorapercent3A185601
All-Time Checklist(Via March 2017): https://arrs.run/AT_IndoorMarathon.htm
Latest (unofficial) Outcomes—Armory NYC Indoor Marathon
2018 https://www.docdroid.internet/TQCqIVA/armory-nyc-indoor-marathon-team-relay-awards-pdf
Males—Malcolm Richards 2:19:02 (World Report),
Girls-Lindsey Scherf 2:40:56 (World Report)
2019
Males—CJ Albertson 2:17:59.4 (World Report)
Girls—Stephanie Pezzullo 2:42:11.3
1912—Cornell senior T.S. “Inform” Berna set an American Report of 9:17.8 for two miles in a twin meet towards Penn in Ithaca,NY. It was his third Nationwide Report within the occasion and lasted 21 years.
Berna, a 2-time IC4A Champion at 2 miles (1910,1911), received gold within the 3000-meter crew race on the Stockholm Olympics later within the 12 months (fifth within the 5000).
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78107
https://cornellbigred.com/honors/hall-of-fame/tell-berna/318
1935—Future Corridor-of-Famer Helen Stephens, a 17-year-old scholar at Fulton H.S. in Missouri, ran 10.8 to set an American Report within the 100-yard sprint. She would run 10.8 twice later within the season and win the primary of her two U.S. titles within the 100. She received gold medals within the 100-meter and 4×100 relay on the 1936 Olympics (and was ninth within the Discus[!] in Berlin).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Stephens
1968—Jim Baker’s triple-duty day led Harvard to a slender 79-75 win over Yale on his residence (cinder) observe in Cambridge,MA. The Crimson senior received the Mile (4:11.8) and 2-mile (8:55.4) and completed a detailed second to teammate Royce Shaw within the 880 (1:48.5-1:48.6). Baker had run the third leg on the Harvard crew that received the 2-mile relay on the NCAA Indoor Championships in March.
1974—Maren Seidler set the primary of her 9 American Data within the Shot Put, reaching 54-10 ½ (16.72m) in San Jose. Earlene Brown had set the earlier mark of 54-9 (16.69) 14 years earlier in Moscow. The Brooklyn(NY) native was inducted into the U.S. Corridor of Fame in 2000.
https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/maren-seidler
1975—John Powell threw 226-8 (69.08m) in Lengthy Seaside(Ca) to set a World Report within the Discus
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_discus_world_record_progression
1984—An Athletics West quartet of Dan Aldridge (4:03.4), Doug Padilla (4:04.7), Tom Smith (4:01.9), and Chuck Aragon (3:58.5) set an American Report of 16:08.54 for the 4-mile relay in Eugene. An AW “B” crew, with Jim Spivey operating a 3:58.5 anchor, completed second in 16:11.57. Mary Decker ran a 2:01.2 anchor as an AW ladies’s crew received the 2-mile relay in 8:23.56. (From T&F Information).
All-Time Checklist(4xmile/pre-2024): http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_4xmileok.htm
Additions from the 2024 Penn Relays
15:51.91 Villanova
15:52.30 Virginia
15:52.56 Georgetown
16:07.39 Iona
16:08.65 Notre Dame
16:16.38 Michigan
16:18.64 Wisconsin
1985—UCLA’s Jackie Joyner-Kersee Lengthy-Jumped 22-11 ¼ (6.99) on her residence area in a dual-meet with crosstown rival USC, breaking the Collegiate Report of 21-10 ½ ( 6.97) set by Houston’s Carol Lewis in 1983 and 1984. Second to JJK was teammate Gail Devers, who jumped 20-8 ½ (6.31). JJK’s file stood for 36 years till Texas’ Tara Davis jumped 23-5 ¼ (7.14) on the 2021 Texas Relays.
1996—George Mason’s Julius Achon, a sophomore from Uganda, set a Collegiate Report of 1:44.55 on his residence observe in Fairfax,VA. That mark stood till Texas A&M’s Donavan Brazier ran 1:43.55 on the 2016 NCAA Championships. (UTEP’s Michael Saruni set the present CR of 1:43.25 in 2018).
1996—Tiffany Smith jumped 13-7 (4.14m) at UCLA to interrupt Stacy Dragila’s 2-week outdated American Report (13-6 ½
[4.13m])
2001—Meb Keflezighi completed 4th within the 10,000-meter race on the Cardinal Inv. at Stanford in 27:13.98, breaking Mark Nenow’s earlier American Report of 27:20.56 set in 1986.
2008–In her debut race at a distance, Shalane Flanagan ran 30:34.49 at Stanford to interrupt Deena Kastor’s American Report for 10,000 meters. She improved the file to 30:22.22 when she received the silver medal on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (Since damaged by Molly Huddle-30:13.17/2016).
Full Stanford Outcomes: http://www.sml1.com/recordtiming/stanford/pjc08/
T&F Information Cowl(June):
