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This Day in Observe & Area-December 26
2002—A automobile pushed by Michelle Freeman, the 1997 World Indoor Champion within the 60-meter hurdles, overtuned on a street
in Florida, ensuing within the dying of Freeman’s mom and Ilrey Oliver-Sparks, a former College of Tennessee
runner who was an instructional counselor for the Longhorns. Critically injured was Texas ladies’s coach Bev
Kearney, who was confined to a wheelchair for just a few years after the accident (see hyperlink). She reached a
settlement with the College of Texas in June, 2018, over an unrelated discrimination lawsuit.
https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/michelle-freeman-devastation-and-tragedy-bu
Restoration(Kearney): https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/you-learn-that-the-impossible-is-possible-say
Vital Birthdays
Born On This Day
Yohan Blake-Jamaica 35 (1989) 2011 World Champion—100m (After coaching associate Usain Bolt false-started), 4×100
2-time Olympic gold medalist–4×100 (2012, 2016)
2-time Olympic silver medalist—100,200 (2012)
4th within the 200 on the 2016 Olympics and 2017 World Championships
5th within the 100 on the 2019 World Championships
Anchored the Jamaican 4×200 staff that set a World File of 1:18.63 in 2014
(Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Blake)
Held again by accidents from 2013-2015
Ran 10.11 for 100-meters in 2007 on the age of 17
Performed a key position in one of many best races in Penn Relays historical past in 2007. After anchoring St.Jago to a win in
the H.S. Boys 4×100, he fell simply wanting catching Lengthy Seaside Poly(CA)’s Bryshon Nellum on the thrilling
anchor leg of the 4×400 (45.4 cut up for each).
PBs: 6.45i (2023), 9.69 (2012/=#2 All-Time), 19.26 (2011/#2 All-Time), 46.32 (2013); 2024 SB:10.16
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohan_Blake
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/yohan-blake-14201842
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/120717
2007 Penn 4×400(MUST WATCH): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwPLQt6urE
All-Time Lists: http://www.alltime-athletics.com/males.htm
Cheri (Goddard) Kenah 54 (1970) All-American at Villanova (2nd within the NCAA 3000(i) in 1999, 4th in 2000)
3-time winner of the Olympic Improvement Mile on the Penn Relays (1998-2000)
Member of two profitable relays at Penn:
1990-4×1500 17:18.10 (CR-Nnenna Lynch 4:25.8, Sonia O’Sullivan 4:13.5, Goddard 4:21.6, Kathy Franey 4:17.2); 1991-DMR
PBs: 4:09.16 (2002), 4:30.75 (1997), 8:42.68 (1998), 15:10.50 (2000), 32:24.06 (2000)
Married to Wealthy Kenah, the bronze medalist within the 800 on the 1997 World Indoor and Out of doors Championships and
at present the Government Director of the Atlanta Observe Membership.
Ted Castaneda 73 (1951) Coached at Colorado Faculty from 1981 till he retired on December 15, 2020
All-American at Colorado—2nd to Steve Prefontaine within the 3-mile on the 1973 NCAA Championships in Baton
Rouge; 2nd at 6-miles on the 1974 NCAA Championships (2nd Indoors at 2-miles);
5th within the 5000, 6th within the 10,000, on the 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials;
PBs: 3:58.3 (1974), 13:10.64/3-miles (#2 All-Time Faculty on the time), 28:30.60 (1973), 2:15:10 (1979);
https://cctigers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=908&path=mtf
Colorado Working Corridor of Fame: https://corunninghalloffame.com/2013/01/31/ted-castaneda/
Retirement: https://www.scacsports.com/sports activities/mxc/2020-21/releases/Castaneda_Retirement
Pat Matzdorf 75 (1949) 1970 NCAA Champion—Excessive Soar (1971-5th/Wisconsin)
Straddler broke Valeriy Brumel’s World File (7-5 ¾ [2.28]) within the Excessive Soar together with his clearance of 7-6 ¼
[2.2924]/1971) in Berkeley at a meet involving the U.S., the Soviet Union, and the “World All-Stars”. Greatest prior
to the meet was solely 7’-3” (2.21). (Ukraine’s Vladimir Yashchenko was the final straddler to carry the WR within the
occasion—jumped 7-7 3/4 [2.33] in 1977, 7-8 [2.34] in 1978)
Hampered by accidents after his WR efficiency
Appeared as a thriller visitor on the previous TV recreation present, What’s My Line?, the place celebrities needed to guess who you
have been or what you probably did (it took them awhile to determine what Matzdorf did!)
Sports activities Illustrated: https://vault.si.com/vault/1972/01/31/getting-up-in-the-world
T&F Information Cowl (July 1): https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-covers-1971/
https://uwbadgers.com/honors/university-of-wisconsin-athletic-hall-of-fame/pat-matzdorf/144
50th Anniversary:
https://trackandfieldnews.com/pat-matzdorfs-surprise-world-record-turns-50/
Deceased
George Frenn 64 (1941-June 26, 2006) 2-time U.S. Champion-Hammer (1970,1971)
6-time U.S. Indoor Champion-35lb Weight Throw (197-1973, 1975, 1977)
1972 U.S. Olympian (Qual.)
PBs: 73-3 ½ (22.34/1969/ World File on the time), 232-7 (70.89/1970)
https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/03/09/he-knows-how-to-throw-his-weight-around
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frenn
SI Cowl:
Ralph Hill 85 (1908-Oct.17, 1994) 1932 Olympic silver medalist—5000m
Former American File holder within the Mile—4:12.4(1930)
All-American within the Mile at Oregon—NCAA (1929-4th, 1930-6th, 1931-2nd)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78553
https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2020/11/v-10-n-74-potpourri-of-stories-and.html
http://www.racingpast.ca/bob-phillips.php?id=31
Barbara Jacket 87 (1934-January 6, 2022) Former coach at Prairie View A&M (1965-1991)
Head Ladies’s Coach of the U.S. staff on the 1992 Olympics.
Inducted into the USTFCCCA Coaches Halls of Fame in 2001
https://www.usatf.org/information/2022/women-s-track-field-pioneer-barbara-jacket-dies
https://www.ustfccca.org/awards/barbara-jacket-ustfccca-class-of-2001
Additionally a member of the Worldwide Ladies’s Sports activities Corridor of Fame
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jacket
