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This Day in Monitor & Discipline/X-Nation–March 18
1939—Bob Peoples set an American Document of 234-1 7/8 (71.37) within the Javelin in Lengthy Seaside,CA. Peoples, 18 on the time, completed 4th on the 1936 U.S. Olympic Trials shortly after finishing his junior 12 months at Classen H.S. in Oklahoma Metropolis,OK
Peoples, who set a U.S. Excessive Faculty Document of 220-1 (67.08?) in 1937 (that stood for 20 years), was inducted into the Nationwide H.S. T&F Corridor of Fame in 2020.
http://tinyurl.com/Bob-PeoplesJav
https://nationalscholastic.org/article/2472
1955-Sporting a brand new pair of footwear despatched to him by George Eastment, his former coach at Manhattan Faculty, Lou Jones set a World Document of 45.4 (45.68) to win the gold medal within the 400-meters on the Pan-American Video games in Mexico Metropolis. U.S. teammate Jim Lea, 2nd in 45.6, was additionally beneath the earlier mark of 45.8, which was set by Jamaica’s George Rhoden in 1950.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_400_metres_world_record_progression
NY Occasions Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/sports activities/othersports/lou-jones-74-sprinting-star-dies.html
1962–New Zealand’s Peter Snell ran 1:49.9 in Tokyo to interrupt his personal World Indoor Document for 880-yards.
1967–American Doris Brown (Heritage) received the primary of her 5 consecutive “World” X-Nation titles on a “shoe-sucking” muddy course in Barry, Wales. (Previous to the IAAF’s involvement in 1973, the meet was referred to as the “Worldwide
X-Nation Championships”). Brown-Heritage served as the pinnacle coach at Seattle Pacific earlier than asserting her retirement previous to the 2008 x-country season.
Accompanying Brown on what appeared like a endless journey from Seattle to Barry was her coach, Ken Foreman, who had guided her in her ascension to working royalty and who would stay her coach all through her profession. Each are members of the Nationwide Corridor of Fame.
https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/doris-brown-heritage
(Subscription required?): http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/a-commitment-to-excellence
https://spufalcons.com/honors/hall-of-fame/doris-brown-heritage/20
https://spu.edu/depts/uc/response/autumn2k7/athletics/athletics-exclusive.asp
Foreman: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/ken-foreman
http://www.ustfccca.org/awards/ken-foreman-ustfccca-class-of-2011
2000–Regardless of struggling a bee-sting in the back of her mouth early within the race, Deena Drossin (Kastor) recovered sufficient to complete twelfth within the Girls’s “Lengthy” race (8,080m) on the World X-Nation Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal, and led the U.S. group to the bronze medals. The remainder of the American squad: Jen Rhines(13), Rachel Sauder (36), Kim Fitchen (37), Donna Garcia (55).
Derartu Tulu, the 1992 Olympic Champion at 10,000 meters, and the winner of this occasion in 1997, waged an exhilarating battle with fellow Ethiopian Gete Wami, the defending champion, earlier than pulling away for her 2nd victory (25:42-25:48).
Nice Britain’s Paula Radcliffe had completed 2nd, 2nd, and third within the three earlier years, however needed to accept fifth place this time. Stated Radcliffe of the torrid tempo, “It was simply the toughest World Cross I’ve run in.” Ending seventh was Eire’s Sonia O’Sullivan, who had given delivery to daughter Ciara simply 8 months earlier.
Radcliffe would end 4th the subsequent day within the “Brief” race, which was received by Ethiopia’s Dulecha Kutre, as just one second separated the highest 4 finishers.
Additionally on the 2nd day (3-19), Paul Tergat’s 5-year reign because the Males’s Lengthy course champion got here to an finish as the nice Kenyan completed 3rd (35:02) behind Belgium’s Mohammed Mourhit (35:00) and Ethiopia’s Assefa Mezgebu (35:01). Meb Keflezighi (twenty sixth) was the highest American finisher.
Winner of the Junior Girls’s race on the primary day of competitors was Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot, who would change into top-of-the-line feminine distance runners on the planet. The highest two finishers for the U.S. had been Lauren Fleshman (26) and Shalane Flanagan (27).
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-GUgEcz6sA
(Subscription Required?): http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/vivian-cheruiyot?web page=single
2016—Canada’s Brianne Theisen-Eaton, the silver medalist in 2014, received gold within the Pentathlon on the twond day of competitors on the World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon (March 17-20), with a rating of 4881 factors. Ukraine’s Alina Fodorova was 2nd (4770) and American Barbara Nwaba was 3rd (4661).
Oregon-grad Theisen-Eaton, the gang favourite, was 150 factors out of first place getting into the ultimate occasion, however got here by with an indoor finest of two:09.99 within the 800-meters, unsure that was sufficient. “As public deal with announcer Garry Hill learn the numbers the gang roared. (Husband Ashton), competing within the heptathlon excessive bounce, pushed onto the observe and locked his spouse in an embrace.” Hubby would win his 3rd straight World Indoor title within the Heptathlon the next day!
Brittney Reese received her 3rd World Indoor title (2010,2012) within the Girls’s Lengthy Bounce together with her final-round leap of 23-8 ¼ (7.22). She overtook Serbia’s Ivana Španović (23-2 ½ [7.07]), who wound up in 2nd place.
New Zealand’s Tom Walsh (71-5 ½ [21.78]) received the primary of his two titles within the Males’s Shot Put (would win once more in 2018).
American Trayvon Bromell (6.47) beat Jamaica’s Asafa Powell (6.50) to win the Males’s 60, and Nia Ali (7.81) edged U.S. teammate Brianna McNeal (7.82) to win the Girls’s 60-meter hurdles.
https://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/2016/03/brianne_theisen-eaton_wins_a_c.html
