This Day in Observe & Subject–April 27, by Walt Murphy Information and Outcomes Service, used with permission.
1900—Alvin Kraenzlein’s World (and Relays) Document of 24-3 ½ (7.40) within the Lengthy Bounce on the 1899 Relays didn’t final lengthy, with Syracuse’s Myer Prinstein profitable at Penn with a leap of 24-7 ¼ (7.50). Kraenzlein completed 2nd with a soar of 23-2 ½ (7.07). Prinstein would win the gold medal within the Triple Bounce on the Paris Olympics, whereas Kraenzlein would win 4 gold medals. Prinstein would win each horizontal jumps on the 1904 Olympics.
The NYAC’s Dick Sheldon received the Shot Put for the 2nd 12 months in a row and was the first winner of the Discus. He went on to win the gold medal within the Shot Put in Paris (and bronze within the Discus).
Princeton’s Alexander Coleman was the primary winner of the Pole Vault at Penn (10-10[3/30]).
Outcomes
Sheldon:
Prinstein:
Kraenzlein:
1929—The NY Occasions reported that 45,000 followers turned out on the second day of the Penn Relays to see the incomparable Paavo Nurmi, the “Flying Finn.” The winner of 9 Olympic gold medals on the final three Olympics didn’t disappoint, profitable the 3-mile in 14:29-1/5. He had received the 2-mile the day earlier than in 9:15.4, the quickest time ever run within the U.S.
George Simpson anchored Ohio State to victory within the 440-(42.2) and 880-(1:27.0) relays, which had been run round two turns for the primary time at Penn. Simpson additionally received the 2nd of his 3 Penn titles within the 100-yard sprint (9.6).
Phil Edwards anchored NYU to a win within the Dash Medley for the 2nd 12 months in a row. Representing Canada, he received 5 bronze medals at 3 Olympics–1924-1928-1932(See hyperlink).
Yale’s Frederick Sturdy set a Relay Document of 13-5 ½ (4.10+) within the Pole Vault, and Military’s C.E. Inexperienced received the Lengthy Bounce (23-5 7/8 [7.15+]) and Triple Bounce (47-2 3/8 [14.38+]). NYU’s David Myers set one other relay report, throwing the Javelin 196-3 ¾ (59.83+).
Outcomes
1934–Jack Torrance had bettered the World Document within the Shot Placed on two earlier events, however his toss of 55-1 ½ (16.80) on the Drake Relays was the primary to get official recognition from the IAAF.
WR Development:
1935— LSU, with Glenn “Slats” Hardin (1:53.6) on the anchor, obtained their first win at Penn within the 2-Mile Relay (7:49.0). It might be 44 years (1979) earlier than the Tigers would win once more on the Relays. Hardin additionally received the 400m-Hurdles (54.7) and received Olympic gold in Berlin in 1936.
Led by the “authentic” Ben Johnson, Columbia swept the 440y-(42.3) and 880y-(1:27.1) Relays. A World Indoor Document holder at 60-yards (with wins over Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe, the gold and silver medalists within the 100 Meters on the 1936 Olympics), Johnson missed out on an opportunity to compete in Berlin after struggling an harm earlier than the U.S. Trials.
Temple sophomore Eulace Peacock received the Lengthy Bounce with a leap of 25-1/4 (7.62+) and 100 meters in 10.6.
Outcomes
Johnson:
1940—Maryland grew to become the primary workforce to comb the three longest relays at Penn: the 2-mile (7:48.4), 4-mile (17:44.8), and Distance Medley (10:12.5) relays. Mason Chronister and Jim Kehoe ran on all three groups. After serving within the Military throughout World Warfare II, Kehoe grew to become Maryland’s observe coach and Athletic Director. He was inducted into the USTFCCCA Coaches Corridor of Fame in 1998.
Jimmy Herbert, who had set World Indoor Data within the 600y (1:10.8) and 600m (1:20.3) through the indoor season, anchored NYU to a win within the Mile Relay (3:16.1).
Georgetown’s Al Blozis received the Shot Put with a toss of 55-5 3/8 (16.89+), nearly 3 toes farther than the earlier Relays Document of 52-9 ¼ (16.08). Additionally the winner of the Discus (154-6 1/8 [47.11]), Blozis was inducted into the U.S. Corridor of Fame in 2015.
Outcomes
Kehoe
Blozis:
James (Jim) Kehoe, USTFCCCA Coaches Corridor of Fame Class of 1998
Blozis:
1957—Simply 5 months after profitable gold medals on the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, a number of athletes additionally succeeded at this 12 months’s Penn Relays.
Charlie Jenkins (400,4×400) and Ron Delany (1500) ran on all three of Villanova’s profitable groups. For the third 12 months in a row, Jenkins anchored the Mile Relay (3:12.7) to victory, whereas Delany ran the second leg for the third 12 months in a row.
Jenkins ran the 440y and 880y lead-off legs within the Dash (3:24.3) and Distance (10:10.7) Medleys, with Delany anchoring each groups.
Indiana’s Greg Bell (Lengthy Bounce) received his specialty (26-1 ½[7.96]/Relays Document) and the 100-yard Sprint (9.7).
Additionally profitable their specialties at Penn was North Carolina Central’s Lee Calhoun (110-meter hurdles/13.7y), who would win a 2nd Olympic title in 1960.
Villanova’s Don Bragg (Pole Vault/14-6[4.42]) would win Olympic gold in 1960.
Nationwide Corridor of Fame members are Jenkins, Bell, Calhoun, and Bragg.
In different highlights, Bobby Whilden anchored Texas to wins within the 440y (41.1) and 880y (1:25.4) Relays, and Tom Murphy anchored Manhattan School to a win within the 2-mile Relay(7.39.0).
Whilden was 75 when he returned to the Relays as a Masters runner in 2011, profitable the 75+ 100-meters in 13.68. 13.74. He additionally received in 2012 (76/13.74), 2016 (80/14.47) and 2017(81/15.65).
Outcomes
Jenkins:
Bell:
Calhoun:
Bragg:
Delany:
1957—Utilizing an aluminum pole, Bob Gutowski jumped 15-8 ¼ (4.78) at Stanford to interrupt “Dutch” Warmerdam’s 15-year-old world report (15-7 3/4/4.77) within the pole vault.
WR Development:
1963—Washington’s Brian Sternberg Set a World Document of 16-5 (ratified as 5.00m) to win the pole vault on the Penn Relays. Sternberg would later soar 16-7 (5.05) and 16-8 (5.08) that spring, however his profession got here to a tragic finish when he suffered a spinal wire harm on July 2 whereas practising flips on a trampoline.
Tom Kenney had double responsibility on the anchor leg of Fordham’s profitable groups within the 2-Mile (7:33.4) and
4-mile (16:42.7) Relays. Working the 2nd leg for Fordham on the 4-Mile workforce, which smashed the earlier Relays Document of 17:11.3, was none apart from the late Norb Sander, the winner of the 1974 NY Metropolis Marathon and the person most accountable for the rebirth of NY’s Armory. Each of Fordham’s wins had been thought of upsets.
One other future luminary within the sport, Larry Rawson, anchored Boston School to a shock win within the Distance Medley (10:01.3 [4-26]). Rawson has loved a 4-decade profession as one of many sport’s main TV commentators.
Maryland State’s (now UMES) Charlie Mays received the Lengthy Bounce (24-1[7.34]) for the 2nd 12 months in a row.
Outcomes
Roommates:
Video Highlights:
Rawson shares his recollections of the DMR:
“The 880 leg went out slowly and have become a kicker’s race. Jim Owens fought exhausting and saved us near the lead. Jim handed it off to Bob Gilvey, who ran one other wonderful leg for the 440. Phil Jutras, nicknamed on the workforce “Joot the Jet,” ran a wonderful leg for us in 1320… I all the time thought his expertise was huge, however for years, he battled via many accidents, on a tender cinder observe on a wonderful blustery day. Phil outkicked Villanova’s nice Tom Sullivan on the final lap of the ¾-leg and introduced the baton in first to me on the handoff.
I used to be nervous about 2 issues. Frank Tomeo was anchoring for Fordham and had 1.47 880-yard velocity, and Pat Traynor, Villanova’s future Olympic Steeplechaser, was operating anchor and obtained the baton proper behind me. The prior Spring, he had outkicked me for 2nd on the IC4A’s ( 4.06. 9 to 4.07.1 ). They’d extra dash velocity than I did, and I didn’t need it to return right down to a kicker’s race.
Our coach by no means obtained the splits within the race, however my guess was 58 for the primary lap. I used to be attempting to get away, and on the again stretch of the second lap, the place Villanova had a big cheering part, it took so much longer earlier than I heard them yelling for Pat than it did on the primary lap. By the third lap, I listened to no yelling, although I used to be beginning to really feel the consequences of the tempo. Though I died on the final lap, the lead was large enough to offer us the victory. What a thrill!!!! The Penn Relays was the primary place I ever ran, a mile relay in H.S., and years later a DMR title!!! Penn is the Holy Grail of our sport.”
Fordham-Reliving Penn Glory (50 Years Later)
by Elliott Denman — posted on 4/28/2013 at Armorytrack.com
“All people has a distinct story,” jokes Dr. Norbert Sander. “We’re 4 guys, and there are 4 totally different variations of the way it occurred. “And I assume that’s logical. In any case, it’s been 50 years.”
The one factor not topic to debate is that ‘Doc’ Sander — and his three undersung Fordham College teammates, Matteo Cucciarra, Joe McGovern and Tom Kenney — scored one of many largest upsets within the 119-year historical past of the Penn Relays after they received the Championship of America faculty four-mile relay title in 16:42.7 on the then-still cinder-tracked Franklin Subject in 1963, demolishing the prior Penn report of 17:11.3 — set 4 years earlier by Penn State — by a whopping 28.6 seconds.
They had been saluted as Class of 2013 Penn Relays Wall of Fame honorees at a gala gathering at The Palestra Friday evening, they usually had been saluted another time — earlier than the huge Franklin Subject crowd — on a sun-splashed Saturday program on the traditional Penn carnival.
It was the Oregon Geese first within the 2013 four-mile relay, which honored the Fordham workforce — however their 16:17.57 was simply 25.13 quicker than these ’63 Rams — on a observe rated “not less than a second quicker per lap, perhaps greater than that, than Penn’s previous cinder observe,” by Cucciarra, and doubtless everybody else who was there.
“We had been operating in opposition to some nice groups, some actual powers,” stated Dr. Sander. “Groups like Michigan, Georgetown, Villanova, Seton Corridor, Notre Dame. “Fordham? No one gave us an opportunity.”
Besides maybe famed Rams’ coach Artie O’Connor and his 4 baton-bearers. O’Connor gave anchorman Kenney a jolt of pre-race detrimental psychology,
“Should you’re in it, stick with it,” he informed Kenney. “However in case you’re not in it, drop out and save your self for the gap medley.”
Kenney greater than “stayed in it.” He ran the quickest mile of his life — a 4:04.9, after a gap 58-second lap. Regardless of its immense status within the collegiate foot racing sport, over a protracted span of years heading into the 1963 Penn Relays, Fordham hadn’t received a Championship of America title since Olympic champion-to-be Tom Courtney, and teammates Invoice Persichetty, Terrence Foley and Frank Tarsney — an eventual world-record quartet — took the two-mile relay closing in 1954.
However after including the two-mile relay crown to its four-mile title in ’63 and one other two-mile title in 1967, Fordham hasn‘t received a “huge one” at Penn within the ensuing 45 years.
In order that epic ’63 win provides much more wonderful luster with each passing version of “The Penns.”
“Holy Moses, Villanova was in shock when it was over, ” stated Dr. Sander. “All people else, too, I assume.
“It simply was our day. Every of us most likely ran the race of our lives. We knew we had been in fine condition when Tom Kenney obtained the baton. He was our greatest man,, and we knew he was prepared—all of us had been, really.”
Certain sufficient, Kenney introduced it residence along with his lifetime finest,, and the deed was carried out. “I bear in mind warming up, there was Villanova; that they had these nice runners, Tom Sullivan, Pat Traynor,, and Vic Zwolak,” stated Cucciarra.
In order the warming-up Wildcats pranced by, Cucciarra pointed fingers and stated, “Jinx, jinx, jinx.”
The magic contact apparently labored.
“The tempo was sluggish originally, perhaps a 2:08 first half,” stated Cucciarra. “We had been simply schlepping alongside. Nobody needed to take it out, so I did, with 660 to go. “I used to be amazed when nobody glided by me. They had been most likely saying, ‘Who’re these guys?’ And so they didn’t appear to care, both.”
Effectively, Cucciarra ran 4:15.5, Sander 4:12.6, McGovern 4:09.7, and Kenney did the remainder(4:04.9). Fordham would add the two-mile title — Carmine DelGrosso, McGovern, Frank Tomeo and Kenney operating 7:33.4 — and the Rams’ meet of all meets was full. Learn the complete story at:
1963—Al Oerter threw 205-5 ½ (62.62) on the Mt.Sac Relays to higher his personal World Document within the Discus by 7 inches, and Arizona State ran 3:04.5 to set a WR within the Mile Relay. The Solar Devils ran with a lineup of Mike Barrick (48.0), Henry Carr (45.1), Ron Freeman(45.6), and Ulis Williams(45.8).
Calling the race for the ASU radio station was Al Michaels, who would grow to be one of many premier TV sports activities announcers within the enterprise!
Stated Michaels years later, whereas making ready to name one other Tremendous Bowl, “…some of the wonderful issues that by no means will get sufficient publicity is when the Arizona State mile relay workforce set the world report on the Mt. San Antonio (School) Relays”.
Whereas working with NBC at a current Olympics, Michaels, an avid observe fan, challenged Tom Jennings and me to call the 4 runners on the Arizona State workforce. The strain was on since we had been employed as NBC’s T&F “specialists,” however this was a comparatively simple trivia query for 2 lifelong observe followers, and we shortly rattled off the 4 names!
WR Development(Discus):
Michaels:
1968—Villanova grew to become the primary faculty in Penn Relays historical past to win 5 relays. 12 Wildcats earned Relay watches this weekend, with one offering a second that can dwell without end in Penn historical past.
Working within the Mile Relay, the ultimate occasion of the weekend, Larry James caught Rice’s Dale Bernauer earlier than the ½-way level of the anchor leg and by no means let up, ending off Villanova’s Relays Document of three:06.1 with an exceptional 43.9y break up, the quickest time ever run for 1 lap! (The world data on the time had been 44.5m/44.8y).
Dubbed “The Mighty Burner” by a teammate, James, thought of a promising 400-meter hurdler when the season began (he completed 4th within the 440y model on Friday-52.0), would win a silver medal within the 400-meters and gold within the 4×400 relay on the Mexico Metropolis Olympics later within the 12 months.
Dave Patrick anchored 3 of Villanova’s profitable groups, however neither he nor James was named the meet’s Excellent Performer. That honor went to teammate Frank Murphy, who ran splits of 1:49.1, 4:04.1, and a fantastic 2:53.0 on the ¾-leg on the DMR.
Mile Relay—3:06.1 (Relays Document) Hardge Davis (47.6), Hal Nichter (47.2), Ken Prince (47.4), Larry James (43.9)
2-Mile Relay—7:21.8 Craig Nation (1:50.5), Charlie Messenger (1:52.1), Frank Murphy (1:49.1), Dave Patrick (1:50.1)
4-Mile Relay—16:27.4 (Relays Document) Ian Hamilton (4:12.2), Tom Donnelly (4:04.2), Charlie Messenger (4:06.9), Frank
Murphy (4:04.1)
Dash Medley—3:18.1 Larry James (46.2), Bob Whitehead, Erv Corridor, Dave Patrick (1:49.9)
Distance Medley(4-26)—9:37.9 Ian Hamilton (1:50.9), Bob Whitehead (48.9), Frank Murphy (2:53.0), Dave Patrick
(4:05.3)
Florida A&M, utilizing the identical lineup of Nat James, Main Hazleton, Gene Milon, and Jim Ashcroft that they used the earlier two years, received the 4×100 (40.4) for the third 12 months in a row and tossed oranges (from Florida, in fact) into the stands throughout their victory lap! The quartet was added to the Relays Wall of Fame in 2022.
Toledo’s Aaron Hopkins set a Collegiate Document of 53-5 ¼ (16.28+) within the Triple Bounce.
Boston College’s David Hemery received the 440y-Hurdles in 50.7, a Relays Document, and he went on to win the gold medal (and set a World Document of 48.1) within the 400-meter Hurdles in Mexico Metropolis.
Tennessee’s Richmond Flowers edged Villanova’s Erv Corridor within the 120y-Hurdles, with each timed in 13.5. Corridor would win the silver medal on the Mexico Metropolis Olympics.
In Olympic Improvement races, Charlie Greene (9.4) beat Invoice Gaines (9.5) within the 100-Yard Sprint,, and Leon Coleman received the 120- (13.6) and 440- (50.8) Hurdles. Greene would win silver (100m) and gold (4×100) in Mexico Metropolis, whereas Coleman would end fourth within the 110-meter hurdles.
Al Oerter received the O.D. Discus with a throw of 196-4 (59.84?) and would go on to win an unprecedented 4th Olympic gold medal in Mexico Metropolis later within the 12 months.
Outcomes
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