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This Day in Observe & Area/X-Nation-November 10
1883—Nice Britain’s Walter George ran 52:53 for 10 miles in a handicap race in London to interrupt his pre-IAAF World Report of 52:56.5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(athlete)
1924–Lake View(IL) prep Norma Zilk equaled Helen Filkey’s American Report of 11.6 for 100 yards at Soldier Area in Chicago.
Early Women Observe in Illinois: https://www.ihsa.org/archive/hstoric/track_girls_early.htm?NOCACHE=1:11:35percent20AM
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/letters-59/
1961–Steve Machooka’s particular person win led Cornell to the group title on the Heptagonal Championships at NY’s Van Cortlandt
Park. Machooka was the primary Kenyan to run for a U.S. faculty.
Machooka: http://www.ivy50.com/story.aspx?sid=10/19/2006
1973–This was the primary 12 months of the three-division setup within the NCAA, with each Div.II and Div.III staging their Championships on the identical day in Wheaton, Illinois.
Particular person winner Steve Foster led Ashland Faculty (now College) to the group title as they turned the primary Div.III Champions.
Gary Bentley’s particular person win sparked South Dakota State to the Div.II title.
Earlier than this 12 months, there was solely Div. I and the “Faculty” Division had been first held in 1958.
Div.II(from 1958 on): http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/meet-history?collection=3370
Div. III: https://sagehens.com/sports activities/2023/8/28/d3-cross-country-historians-report.aspx