This Day in Observe & Area—January 16, Ron Clarke breaks 7 12 months previous WR at 5,000m (1965), by Walt Murphy -

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This Day in Observe & Area—January 16

1925–Displaying no indicators of fatigue after his lengthy practice journey from New York, the wonderful Paavo Nurmi lowered his day-old World Document for 1-3/4 miles to 7:55.4 on the Illinois A.C. Handicap meet on the Chicago Coliseum. Ending a distant 2nd was Joie Ray, whose data at 1-1/4 and 1-1/2 miles survived Nurmi’s assault on this race. Nurmi may need gotten these further data, however meet officers had modified the configuration of the observe from 10-laps to the mile to 12-laps. Nurmi had deliberate his splits based mostly on the unique proposed format and was so upset after the race that he threatened to chop quick his U.S. your. Fortunately, he had a change of coronary heart.

After spending solely three hours within the Windy Metropolis, Nurmi hopped again on a practice for one more grueling journey again to NY Metropolis to run once more the next evening. (From the NY Occasions Archives)

Paavo Nurmi was an enormous proponent of cross nation, picture by Wikipedia

1937—Leslie MacMitchell (George Washington H.S.,NY) ran 4:28.6 on the Stuyvesant Video games at NY’s Armory to set a Nationwide U.S. Excessive Faculty Indoor Document within the Mile.

He would grow to be among the finest milers within the U.S. whereas attending NYU, profitable IC4A (1940-1942), NCAA (1941), and U.S. (1941/1500m) titles. He additionally gained the Wanamaker Mile on the 1942 Millrose Video games and equalled the World Indoor Document of 4:07.4 in 1941.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_MacMitchell

1954—Tom Murphy (my cousin-WM), a senior at St.Augustine (Brooklyn,NY), ran 1:14.1 on the Cardinal Hayes Video games to set a Nationwide flat-floor H.S. Document for 600-yards. He would decrease the file to 1:14.0 two weeks later on the NYU Interscholastic meet. (Each at NY’s Armory)

Murphy continued to compete on the Armory throughout his collegiate profession at Manhattan School and for 2 years as a member of the NYAC. He gained the 800-meters on the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials (semi-finalist in Rome) and was a member of a U.S. workforce that set a World Document within the 2-mile relay in 1960.

Your entire Murphy clan turned observe followers due to Tom’s success and he’s the rationale I’ve been concerned within the sport ever since!

1965–Ron Clarke obtained the primary of his 4 outside World Information at 5000-meters, operating 13:34.8 in Hobart, Australia, to interrupt the 7+-year previous mark of 13:35.0 that was set by the Soviet Union’s Vladimir Kuts in 1957.

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres

Starting of an Period: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/characteristic/running-world-records-clarke-keino-jazy-1965

The Feb 1964, Vol 17, #1 of Observe & Area Information, the Bible of the Sport, that includes Gerry Lindgren and Ron Clarke

1977— Two U.S. Excessive Faculty Indoor Information had been set on the St.Francis Prep Video games at NY’s Armory.

Lincoln H.S. (Jersey Metropolis,NJ), with a lineup of Linda Pickering, Judy Davis, Cheryl Morrison, and Ruth Ford), ran 1:49.0 within the 880-yard relay, and Muriel Piluso (North Rockland-Thiells,NY) and Kim Coakley (Christ the King-Queens,NY) each ran 11.4 within the 100-yard sprint.

1982–Carl Lewis turned the primary man to interrupt the 28’ barrier within the Lengthy Leap indoors when he reached out to a mark of 28-1 (8.56) on the Vitalis/Olympic Inv. (Lewis held the earlier World Document of 27-10 ¼ (8.49).

The meet, which had been held at NY’s Madison Sq. Backyard, returned after a 12 months’s hiatus and was held on the new facility on the Brendan Byrne Area within the Meadowlands Complicated in New Jersey.

One other file was provided by Billy Olson, whose profitable top of18-6 ½ (5.65) within the Pole Vault bettered Dan Ripley’s earlier American mark of 18-5 ¾ (5.63).

Working on the model new, 10-laps to the mile banked observe, Alberto Salazar, regardless of falling on the 2nd lap, ran away from Suleiman Nyambui to win the 5000-meters, 13:23.08-13:32.23. Salazar simply missed his AR of 13:22.6, which was set whereas ending 2nd to Nyambui’s World Document of 13:20.4 on the 1981 Millrose Video games.

Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/01/25/theyre-off-high-wide-and-handsome

1983–19-year previous Jerome Carter had created a little bit of a stir when he high-jumped a private better of 7-4 (2.235?) on the Towson Relays on January 2, however he actually obtained the game’s consideration when he cleared 7-7 (2.31) on today at George Mason College.

It was chilly contained in the Mason discipline home, so Carter was sporting two sweatsuits to maintain heat. He stored them on as he missed his first try at 6-8. Offended at himself for lacking such an “straightforward” top, he walked over to teach Alan Dean and mentioned, “That’s it. Don’t fear about it, the World Document goes to come back down tonight”! Courageous speak for somebody who had by no means cleared 7-feet earlier than the season started, however Carter would quickly present that he wasn’t making an idle boast.

The 6-1 (1.855?), 160, Carter handed 6-10 (2.085?), then cleared 7-0 (2.135?) and 7-2 (2.185?) on his first jumps whereas nonetheless sporting the 2 units of sweats! He obtained critical at 7-4 (2.235?), taking off two tops and one pair of pants and cleared the bar simply to match his PB. With the bar now at 7-7, Carter deigned to take off the second pair of pants and once more cleared simply on his first try. Observers mentioned on the time that Carter had a minimum of two inches to spare when he went over the bar. “Then”, Dean mentioned, “we determined, ‘What the heck, let’s go for the file’.” Carter needed to wait round for 1/2-hour whereas officers looked for a metal tape to make sure a correct measurement. One was discovered and the bar was set at 7-8 ¾ (2.36), 1/4-inch greater than Vladimir Yashchenko’s World Document.

Carter had been leaping with nice confidence up up to now, however with the bar truly set at a world file top, he admittedly tensed up and didn’t have a superb effort in his three makes an attempt. “He forgot to do the issues he was doing on the decrease heights”, mentioned Dean. “He is aware of he ought to have had it”. The information of Carter’s huge clearance unfold shortly over the observe and discipline grapevine, and inside just a few days it appeared that each meet director within the nation wished him to compete of their meet.

Carter went on to have a wonderful profession, however he would by no means enhance on his 7-7 indoor greatest. Nevertheless, he did clear 7-9 ¼ (2.37) in the course of the 1988 outside season, made the U.S. top-10 rankings yearly from 1983-1990 (reaching a excessive of #2 in 1987, when he was ranked #10 on the earth), and was a member of the 1987 U.S. World Championships workforce.

Carter’s rise to world-class stage was a swift one, nevertheless it was preceded by some laborious instances. As a junior at Harford Vocational H.S. in Maryland (coached by Dean), Carter cleared 6-8 (2.03) to win the 1980 Maryland Class “C” state title. He improved to 6-10 (2.085?) within the spring of 1981, however then broke his proper ankle. He was out of motion for 5 weeks, then returned to competitors in the summertime with a 6-11 (2.11) win on the East Coast Inv.

The damaged ankle had apparently scared off native faculties, so Dean known as Artwork Morgan, then the top coach at New Mexico State, who mentioned he’d like to have Carter on his workforce. In Carter’s first semester at NMS, and even earlier than Morgan had an opportunity to see his star recruit bounce, he felt some ache in his ankle whereas taking part in basketball. Docs decided that the sooner break had by no means correctly healed. Surgical procedure was required and Carter’s schoolwork suffered whereas he tried to work his method again to full energy. He returned to Maryland earlier than the varsity 12 months was over and finally enrolled at Harford Group School, the place Dean was now the top coach, within the fall of 1982. (From Japanese Observe)

Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/02/21/the-quickest-takeoff-ever

1984–Carol Lewis topped her personal American (21-7 ½ [6.59]) and Collegiate (21-6 1 [2/6.56]) Information within the Lengthy Leap together with her profitable mark of 21-10 ¾ (6.67m) in Osaka, Japan. Brother Carl didn’t fare as nicely, ending 2nd within the 60-meters to Australia’s Paul Narracott (6.62-6.69).

1987–Greg Foster topped an excellent discipline within the 60-meter hurdles on the Sunkist Inv. in Los Angeles, operating 7.36 to beat Tonie Campbell (7.54), Renaldo Nehemiah (7.59), and Roger Kingdom (7.64). Observe and Area Information reported on the time that Foster and the remainder of the sphere obtained away with a collective flyer, and thought for positive that Foster’s time wouldn’t be accepted as a World Document. Nevertheless it was, and stood because the American Document (later equaled by Allen Johnson and Terrence Trammell) till Grant Holloway ran 7.35 in 2019! It was the primary main indoor meet for Nehemiah since being reinstated as an novice in 1986 after his temporary profession within the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers.

Sports activities Illustrated Vault

1987–Ken Lowery set a World and American Document of 1:00.17 for 500-meters in Indianapolis. Michael Franks (1:00.45) was additionally below the earlier mark of 1:00.86, which was set the 12 months earlier than by Clarence Daniel.

1987–Competing in Simmerath, Germany, Carlo Thränhardt set a World Indoor Document of 7-10 ½ (2.40m) within the Excessive Leap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Thränhardt

https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/carlo-thranhardt-2896

WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_high_jump_indoor_world_record_progression

2005–Janine Davis-Hunter (Queen of Peace,NJ) set a U.S. Excessive Faculty Document of 1:29.27 for 600-meters at NY’s Armory (since damaged).

2010–Penn State freshman Casimir Loxsom set an American Junior Indoor Document of 1:16.92 for 600-meters (since damaged) on his residence observe.

http://therealtrain.blogspot.com/2015/01/cas-loxsom-and-600m-sweet-spot.html

2011—Former Duke star Sally Meyerhoff gained the Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon in 2:37:56. Sadly, she was killed lower than two months later after being struck by a pickup truck whereas biking as a part of her cross-training.

Meyerhoff gained 3 ECAC titles on the observe whereas at Duke earlier than turning her consideration to highway racing (2004-5000, 2005-3000i, 2007-5000i). She was 20^th on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.

Kate Van Buskirk honored her former Duke teammate by getting a tattoo on her stomach—“Be Relentlessly Constructive”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/sports activities/17meyerhoff.html

Remembering:

https://www.runnersworld.com/superior/a20824608/in-memoriam-sally-meyerhoff/

2014—Cheered on by coach Alberto Salazar, Galen Rupp ran 13:01.26 for 5000-meters at Boston College to smash Lopez Lomong’s American Document of 13:07.00. Sam Chelanga, who stayed with Rupp for a lot of the race, completed 2^nd in 13:04.35.

Mary Cain gained the 1000-meters in 2:39.25 to interrupt Diana Richburg’s 32-year previous World and American Junior Document of two:40.2. She would decrease the mark to 2:35.80 the next month. Cain, a senior at Bronxville(NY) H.S., additionally bettered the Nationwide H.S. Document of two:43.40, however had turned professional and was not eligible to set prep data.

FloTrack Video(5k-full race): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG6RLh5hdb4

https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20826769/galen-rupp-sets-u-s-indoor-5000-meter-record-of-13-01-26/

https://www.letsrun.com/information/2014/01/galen-rupp-breaks-american-indoor-5000-record-runs-1301-26-boston/

Galen Rupp, 10,000 meters, picture by Mike Deering for The Shoe Addicts

2016—Penn State senior Brannon Kidder set a Collegiate Document of two:18.26 for 1000-meters on his residence observe. The earlier mark of two:18.55 was set by Boston College’s Wealthy Peters in 2014. Kidder went on to complete 7^th within the 800 on the NCAA Indoor Championships, and 4^th within the 1500 Outdoor. His file lasted till Texas senior Yusuf Bizimana ran 2:18:10 in 2024)

https://tfrrs.org/athletes/4066179/Penn_State/Brannon_Kidder.html

2016—Texas A&M freshman Donavan Brazier ran 1:45.93 on his residence observe in School Station, Texas, to set the American Junior Indoor Document for 800-meters. The earlier mark of 1:47.84 was set by Villanova’s John Marshall again in 1982.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuxK6LFLp0

2022—American Information had been set in Houston by 37-year previous Keira D’Amato, who gained the Marathon in 2:19:12, and 38-year previous Sara Corridor, who ran 67:15 whereas ending 2^nd to Kenya’s Vicoty Chepngeno (65:03) within the Half-Marathon. The earlier ARs had been held by Deena Kastor (2:19:36/2006) and Molly Huddle (67:25/2018).

https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/houston-marathon-american-record-for-keira-damato/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv0m6jTFFQ0

D’Amato Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__h1FsqydTs

https://abc13.com/2022-chevron-houston-marathon-womens-winner-keira-damato-mom/11476072/

https://www.runnersworld.com/girls/a40221547/keira-damato-is-chasing-happiness/

Sigbificant Birthdays

Born on This Day*

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie—Bahamas 48 (1976) One of many “Golden Women” from the Bahamas. Gold medalist within the

4×100 on the 1999 World Championships and 2000 Olympics;

2001 World Champion-200m (bronze-2009); 2004 Olympic bronze medalist—200m;

5-time Olympian; 1998 NCAA Champion 100m&200m (Georgia);

PBs:10.91 (2002), 22.19 (1999),