Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Observe & Area/X-Nation–March 28
1903–The primary-ever Worldwide X-C Championships had been held in Hamilton, Scotland, and concerned just one race (males–12.9k) among the many 4 British “house” international locations–England, Scotland, Eire, and Wales. England’s Alf Shrubb gained the primary of his two consecutive titles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903_International_Cross_Country_Championships
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Shrubb
1914—Elliot Ballistier, a junior at Morris H.S. within the Bronx, gained the 880y on the Clinton Video games in 2:04.8 to set the primary of what would grow to be a mess of Nationwide Excessive College Information at NY’s Armory over the following 100+ years.
The following time you go to the Armory, take the time to note the small plaques on the wall as you stroll up each units of stairs to the observe stage. They commemorate each file (H.S., School, American, World) ever set on the Armory (the brainchild of Jack Pfeifer)!
1943 Cornelius “Dutch” Warmerdam jumped 15-8 ½ (4/79) in Chicago to set his final World Indoor Report within the Pole Vault. https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/cornelius-dutch-warmerdam
1959–In an ideal Shot Put competitors in Santa Barbara that featured three previous and future Olympic Champions (and World Report holders), 18-year previous Dallas Lengthy (1964 gold) equalled Parry O’Brien’s World Report of 63-2 (19.25m) to beat Invoice Nieder (62-9 [19.12+m]/gold-1960) and O’Brien (62-1/4 [18.90+m]/gold–1952-1956).
1965—When Lieutenant Billy Mills, the winner of the ten,000-Meters on the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, was advised by U.S. Marine Corps Particular Providers that he had been invited to compete in a race appropriately known as the Cinqui Mulini(5 Mills) Cross Nation occasion in San Vittore Olona, Italy, he instantly accepted, because the occasion organizers had additionally invited his spouse Patricia to affix him on the journey, which would come with some sightseeing in Rome.
However the AAU, the U.S. governing physique on the time, wasn’t proud of the association. Stated Mills, “They knowledgeable me Patricia couldn’t go! Our AAU wouldn’t permit her to simply accept her invitation and if she did I’d lose my newbie standing and not be allowed to compete within the sport of observe and area, cross nation or highway racing”.
When the hosts had been advised that Mills would now have to say no the invitation, they got here up with a inventive resolution. “Patricia grew to become the visitor of the individuals of San Vittore Olona, Italy”, stated Mills. “We had been advised they really went door to door amassing donations for Patricia’s bills. The compassion, unity and dedication they displayed in getting her to their neighborhood is ceaselessly etched within the depths of my coronary heart and soul, filling Patricia and me with love, respect and thanks for his or her kindness”!
With the AAU’s approval, Mills and his spouse made their option to Italy, the place Billy might now focus on the distinctive race, which included working by means of the 5 mills that lined the 12k course. “Once we jogged the course yesterday, I observed working by means of 5 wheat mills might be difficult in case you are in a tightly bunched group of lead runners. Additionally, I don’t hurdle very effectively, so leaping over numerous obstacles together with ditches might be further harmful for me. My choice was to steer from the beginning”! Which he did, and went on to win by virtually 30 seconds, an exceptional margin of victory on this prestigious occasion.
For Mills’s full account of the journey (together with images), go to:
https://indianyouth.org/road-to-tokyo-after-the-tokyo-olympics-new-friends-and-new-races-appear/
The race has been held repeatedly since 1933 and is at present a part of the World Athletics Cross Nation Tour. Listed here are a few of the notable previous winners:
Males: Michel Jazy (FRA/1962, 1963), Kip Keino(KEN/1969), David Bedford (GBR/1972), Frank Shorter(USA/1973), Filbert Bayi (TAN/1975,1976), Rob DeCastella (AUS/1983), John Ngugi (KEN/1989), Paul Tergat(KEN/1996,1998), Kenenisa Bekele (ETH/2002). Others who competed included Nice Britain’s Seb Coe and Steve Ovett.
Girls: Grete Waitz (NOR/1978-1982, 1984), Religion Kipyegon (KEN/2014, 2016), Letesenbet Gidey (ETH/2018).
American ladies had success within the Eighties, with Margaret Groos successful in 1983, Betty Jo Springs in 1985, and Lynn Jennings in 1986 and 1987.
Jenny Simpson writes about her expertise on the 2014 version within the article linked beneath(Tracksmith).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Mulini
https://www.tracksmith.com/journal/article/the-cinque-mulini
1975–Dave Roberts, whose earlier greatest was 18-1/4 (5.49+), jumped 18-6 ½ (5.65) on the Florida Relays to interrupt Bob Seagren’s World Report within the Pole Vault. A 3-time NCAA Champion whereas at Rice (1971,1972,1974), Roberts went on to win the bronze medal on the 1976 Olympics.
1981–One of many extra memorable World X-Nation Championships, which had been held this 12 months in Madrid, Spain. Making their debut, and altering the face of the Championships ceaselessly, had been groups from Kenya and Ethiopia. In direction of the tip of the third of 4 loops, a bunch of Ethiopians, pondering they had been coming to the tip of the race, abruptly sprinted to the entrance of the pack and stopped one loop quick! If that had been the right end, Ethiopia would have swept the highest six locations and the person champion would have been Mohamed Kedir. As an alternative, early chief Craig Virgin, the defending champion, discovered himself again within the lead, joined by Portugal’s Fernando Mamede, England’s Julian Goater, and Kedir, who realized his mistake ahead of most of his teammates.
Remarkably, Kedir (who would win the title the next 12 months) regained the lead and held it till the final 200-meters, when Virgin edged by him to retain his title. The remainder of the Ethiopian squad, which clearly hadn’t absolutely prolonged themselves within the early levels of the race, recovered effectively sufficient to beat the U.S. for the crew title (81-114). Kenya took the bronze medals and thus started the domination of World Cross by runners from Ethiopia and Kenya.
Miruts Yifter, the gold medalist at 5,000 and 10,000 meters on the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, was the fifth scorer for Ethiopia (fifteenth). The opposite scorers for the U.S. had been Thom Hunt (eighth), Mark Nenow (seventeenth), Invoice Donakowski (18th), Bruce Bickford (nineteenth), and George Malley (51st).
The U.S. additionally gained the silver medals within the Girls’s race, as Jan Merrill (14:07) completed 2nd to Norway’s Grete Waitz (14:07), who gained her 4th straight particular person title. The opposite People (4 scored):Betty Jo Springs (sixth), Julie Shea (thirteenth), Mary Shea (fifteenth), Brenda Webb (thirtieth), and Francie Larrieu (thirty sixth).
The U.S. acquired top-10 finishes from Keith Brantly (third), George Nicholas (4th), John Butler (sixth), and Chris Hamilton (Tenth) to win its fifth Males’s Junior title. This might be the final 12 months {that a} crew apart from Ethiopia or Kenya would win this race. Brantly ran with a plaster forged on his damaged arm, the results of a pre-meet skirmish at a Ft.Lauderdale institution (or so the story goes!)
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(12km): 6.Rob de Castella (AUS), 11.Rod Dixon (NZL), 16.Martti Vainio (FIN), 31.Steve Jones (Wales), 33.Steve Binns (ENG), 63.Dan Dillon (USA), 80.Mike McGuire (USA), 82.Gerry Deegan (IRL), 91.Dave Moorcroft (ENG), 94.Alberto Cova (ITA), 118.Neil Cusack (IRL), 135.Emiel Puttemans (BEL), 168.John Hartnett (IRL); Group:1.Ethiopia 81, 2.USA 114, 3.Kenya 220;
Senior Girls(4.41km):7.Svetlana Ulmasova (URS), 16.Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR), 18.Rosa Mota (POR), 65.Wendy Smith-Sly (ENG), 73.Aurora Cunha (POR), 79.Yvonne Murray (SCO), 92.Tina Krebs (DEN); DNF- Maricica Puică (ROM); Group:1.Soviet Union 24, 2.USA 36;
Junior Males(7.25km):1.Mohammed Chouri (TUN), 3.Keith Brantly (USA), 4.George Nicholas (USA), 6.John Butler (USA), 8.Salvatore Antibo (ITA), 9.Francesco Panetta (ITA), 10.Chris Hamilton (USA), 17. Abel Antón (ESP), 18.Paul Donavan (IRL), 22.Peter Warner (US), 23.Michael Pyeatt (USA); Group:1.USA 23, 2.England 61, 3.Canada 66;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
1993—Kenya swept all 4 crew titles on the World X-Nation Championships in Amorebieta, Spain.
Lynn Jennings, the 3-time defending Girls’s champion, made it onto the medal podium once more, holding off Zola Budd-Pieterse to win the bronze medal this time, not lengthy after present process an appendectomy! Kenya’s William Sigei gained the 1st of his 2 consecutive Males’s titles.
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(11.75km): 1.William Sigei (KEN) 32:51, 2.Dominic Kirui (KEN) 32:56, 3.Ismael Kirui (KEN) 32:59, 4.Moses Tanui (KEN) 33:14, 6.Khalid Skah (MAR), 7.Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 10.Paul Tergat (KEN), 12.Domngos Castro (POR), 14. Martín Fiz (FRA), 16.Fita Bayissa (ETH), 20.Todd Williams (USA), 50.Matt Giusto (USA), 52.Abel Antón (ESP), 60.Ed Eyestone (USA), 66.Terry Croyle (USA), 80.Salah Hissou (MAR), 86.Aaron Ramirez (USA), 94.Pat Porter (USA), 110.Mark Coogan (USA), 119.Jon Hume (USA); DNF-Stefano Baldini (ITA), Arturo Barrios (MEX), Brad Schlapak (USA); Group:1.Kenya 25, 2.Ethiopia 82;
Senior Girls(6.35km):1.Albertina Dias (POR) 20.00, 2.Catherina McKiernan (IRL) 20:09, 3.Lynn Jennings (USA) 20:09, 4.Zola Budd-Pieterse (RSA)20:10, 5.Liz McColgan (GBR, 6.Elana Meyer (RSA), 13.Olga Bondarenko (RUS), 18.Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 21.Annette Peters (USA), 23.Colleen de Reuck (RSA), 48.Berhane Adere (ETH), 57.Carla Sacramento (POR), 68.Kathy Franey (USA), 75.Anne Marie Letko (USA), 80.Tegla Loroupe (KEN), 89.Elaine Van Blunk (USA), 101.Gwyn Hardesty-Coogan (USA); Group:1.Kenya 52, 2.Japan 93;
Junior Males(7.15km):1.Philip Mosima (KEN/additionally gained in 1994), 15.Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR), 71.Damion Brook-Kintz (USA), 100.John Castner (USA), 103.Theodore Martin (USA), 111.Jason Dunklee (USA), 145.Ted Molla (USA); Group:1.Kenya 10, 2.Ethiopia 27
Junior Girls(4.45km):1.Gladys Ondeyo (KEN) 14:04, 2.Pamela Chepchumba (KEN) 14:09, 3.Sally Barsosio (KEN) 14:11, 11.Gabriela Szabo (ROM), 39.Amy Skieresz (USA), 46.Heather Hollis (USA), 61.Tara Carlson (USA), 64.Katy Hollbacher (USA), 86.Marie Davis (USA); Group:1.Kenya 10, 2.Japan 41, 3.Ethiopia 61;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Sports activities Illustrated-Jennings: https://vault.si.com/vault/1993/03/29/lynn-jennings
Movies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlYdxM2jGAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNBFK50QlCw
1999–It was chilly, moist, and muddy on the World X-Nation Championships in Belfast, Eire, however that didn’t cease Kenya’s Paul Tergat from successful his file fifth consecutive long-course race on the 2nd day of competitors. Prime finishers for the U.S. within the six races had been Deena Drossin-Kastor (Tenth-Girls’s Lengthy/3-27) and Adam Goucher (Twelfth-Males’s Quick/3-27).
Senior Males-Lengthy(12km): 1.Paul Tergat (KEN) 38:28…5.Evans Rutto (KEN), 7.Mohammed Mourhit (BEL), 21,Alan Culpepper (USA), 22.Gary Stolz (USA), 36.Tony Cosey (USA), 41.Lee Troop (AUS), 54.Clint Wells (USA), 64.Hendrick Ramaala (RSA), 70.Chris Graff (USA), 89.Ray Appenheimer (USA); DNF-Salah Hissou (MAR); Group:1.Kenya 12, 2.Ethiopia 57
Senior Males-Quick(4.236km): 1.Benjamin Limo (KEN) 12:28, 2.Paul Kosgei (KEN) 12:31, 4.Million Wolde (ETH), 12.Adam Goucher (USA), 21.Mark Carroll (IRL), 31.Isaac Viciosa (ESP), 42.Kevin Sullivan (CAN), 45.Tom Nohilly (USA), 47.Jason Stewart (USA) 57.Dan Intermediary (USA), 76.Dan Browne (USA), 93.Scott Strand (USA), 99.Marko Koers (NED); Group:1.Kenya 14, 2.Morocco 45;
Senior Girls-Lengthy(8.012km):1.Gete Wami (ETH) 28:00, 2.Merima Denboba (ETH) 28:12, 3.Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 28:12, 10.Deena Drossin-Kastor (USA), 14. Constantina Diţă (ROM), 23.Jen Rhines (USA), 48.Carmen Troncoso (USA), 55.Joan Nesbit (USA), 57.Donna Garcia (USA), 70.Laura Baker (USA); Group:1.Ethiopia 18, 2.Kenya 27
Senior Girls-Quick(4.236km):1.Jackline Maranga (KEN) 15:09, 11. Constantina Diţă (ROM), 18.Elva Dryer (USA), 48.Amy Rudolph (USA), 49.Catherine Palacios (USA), 65.Becky Spies (USA), 74.Molly Watcke (USA), 78.Shayne Culpepper (USA); Group:1.France 40, 2.Ethiopia 48
Junior Males(8.012km):1.Haylu Mekonnen (ETH) 25:38, 2.Richard Limo (KEN) 25:43, 9.Kenenisa Bekele (ETH), 17.Craig Mottram (AUS), 24.Fasil Bizuneh (USA), 29.Isaiah Festa (USA), 33.Luke Watson (USA), 40.Steve Slattery (USA), 55.Adam Tenforde (USA), 56.Alistair Cragg (RSA), 64.Jorge Torres (USA); Group:1.Kenya 16, 2.Ethiopia 24;
Junior Girls(6.124km):1.Worknesh Kidane (ETH) 21:26, 2.Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN), 21.Erin Sullivan (USA), 42.Ashley Labudde (USA), 52.Caroline Annis (USA), 55.Cheryl Smith (USA, 66.Dana Boyle (USA), 73.Sara Gorton (USA); Group:1.Ethiopia20, 2.Kenya 31
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Movies
Males’s Lengthy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxkZLPb01c
Males’s Quick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbGuQ-UFbX0
2009–Kenya gained three of the 4 crew titles on the IAAF World X-Nation Championships in Amman, Jordan, however wanted a 4th-scorer tie-breaker to beat Ethiopia to safe the Senior Males’s crown, as each international locations scored 28 factors. It was Kenya’s twenty second males’s title within the final 24 years.
That tie-breaker additionally had for use to find out the winner of the Junior Girls’s race, with Ethiopia getting the nod over Kenya (each scored 18 factors.
Ethiopia had three of the person winners, with Gebre Gebremariam taking the Senior Males’s race and Ayele Abshero and Genzebe Dibaba, the youngest of the working sisters, successful the Males’s and Girls’s junior races, respectively. Kenya’s Florence Kiplagat gained the ladies’s senior race.
Prime finishers for the U.S.: Senior Males-Ryan Vail (33), Senior Girls-Julie Culley (21), Junior Males-German Fernandez (11), Junior Girls-Neely Spence (19).
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(12km): 3.Zersenay Tadese (ERI), 12.Feyisa Lilesa (ETH), 13.Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT), 33.Ryan Vail (USA), 37.Bobby Curtis (USA), 40.Max King (USA), 58.Ed Torres (USA), 60.Ed Moran (USA), 75.Brett Gotcher (USA); Group:1.Kenya 28, 2.Ethiopia 28;
Senior Girls(8km): 8.Gelete Burka (ETH), 9.Maryam Jamal (BRN), 13.Kim Smith (NZL), 21.Julie Culley (USA), 33.Delilah DiCrescenzo (USA), 36.Rebecca Donaghue (USA), 40.Kathy Newberry (USA), 69.Samia Akbar (USA), 75.Lindsey Scherf (USA); Group:1.Kenya 14, 2.Ethiopia 28;
Junior Males(8km):11.German Fernandez (USA), 15.Chris Derrick (USA), 30.Luke Puskedra (USA), 48.Pat Dupont (USA), 52.Ryan Hill (USA), 62.Francisco Medrano (USA); Group:1.Kenya 20, 2.Ethiopia 22;
Junior Girls(6km):2.Mercy Cherono (KEN), 26.Ashley Brosavan (USA), 35.Alexandra Dunne (USA), 44.Emily Pritt (USA), 65.Sara Vaughn (USA); Group:1.Ethiopia 18, 2.Kenya 18;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
2010–Kenya swept the crew and particular person titles on the World X-Nation Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Emily Chebet (24:19) and Linet Masai (24:20) completed 1-2 to steer Kenya to the Senior Girls’s crew title, with Ethiopia taking 2nd (22). Getting top-20 finishes from Shalane Flanagan (12), Molly Huddle (19), and Magdalena Lewy-Boulet (20), the U.S. (76) gained the bronze medals.
Joseph Ebuya’s particular person win led Kenya (20) to a straightforward win within the males’s race over Eritrea(46) and Ethiopia(69). The U.S. completed ninth, with Patrick Smyth(thirty sixth) as its prime particular person.
Kenya scored an ideal 10 factors to win each Junior races(4 scored), with Mercy Cherono and Caleb Ndiku taking the person titles. Cherono, 2nd a 12 months earlier, gained the 3000-meters right here on the 2008 World Junior Championships. Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba, the 2-time defending champion, completed a stunning eleventh.
Ethiopia(30) and Uganda(81) completed 2-3 within the Girls’s race, with the U.S. inserting 6th (123). Emily Sisson (18th) was the highest American finisher. Ethiopia (32) and Uganda(56) additionally gained the silver and bronze medals within the Junior Males’s race. The U.S., with Trevor Dunbar (twenty ninth) as its prime finisher, completed 8th (169).
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(11.611km): 10.Gebre Gebremariam (ETH), 12.Simon Bairu (CAN), 20.Mo Farah (GBR), 25.Feyisa Lilesa (ETH), 34.Patrick Smyth (USA), 43.Ryan Vail (USA), 46.Bobby Curtis (USA), 51.Scott Bauhs (USA), 65.Bobby Mack (USA), 78,Ben Bruce (USA): Group:1.Kenya 20, 2.Eritrea 44, 3.Ethiopia 66;
Senior Girls(7.759km): 4.Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH), 9.Werknesh Kidane (ETH), 25.Amy Hastings (USA) 38.Renee Metivier Baillie (USA), 41.Emily Brown (USA); Group:1.Kenya 14, 2.Ethiopia 22, 3.USA 76;
Junior Males(7.759km):29.Trevor Dunbar (USA), 42.Andrew Colley (USA), 44.Walter Schafer (USA), 54.Andrew Kimpel (USA), 66.Ammar Moussa (USA), 84.Michael Lynch (USA); Group:1.Kenya 10, 2.Ethiopia 32
Junior Girls(5.833km):4.Religion Kipyegon (KEN), 18.Emily Sisson (USA), 29.Shelby Greany (USA), 35.Juliet Bottorff (USA), 41.Emily Jones (USA), 45.Sophia Ziemian (USA), 51.Laura Tremblay (USA); Group:1.Kenya 10, 2.Ethiopia 30;
IAAF Protection: http://www.iaaf.org/wxc10/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
2015—Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor, the 2011 Junior Champion, gained the Males’s Senior race on the World X-Nation Championships, which had been held in China (Guiyang) for the primary time.
Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Tirop, solely 19, grew to become the twond youngest winner of the Girls’s Senior Race (Zola Budd is the youngest). 2-time Champion Emily Chebet (2010,2013) completed 6th.
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Males(12km): 1.Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) 34:52, 2.Bedan Muchiri (KEN) 35:00, 3.Muktar Edris (ETH) 35:06, 4.Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH), 24.Chris Derrick (USA), 34.Ryan Vail (USA), 36.Patrick Smyth (USA), 37.Bobby Curtis (USA), 57.Maksim Korolev (USA), 90.Andrew Colley (USA); Group:1.Ethiopia 20, 2.Kenya 20
Senior Girls(8km):20.Sara Corridor (USA), 29.Laura Thweatt (USA), 34.Mattie Suver (USA), 45.Brie Felnagle (USA), 51.Jen Rhines (USA), 64.Elaina Balouris (USA); Group:1.Ethiopia 17, 2.Kenya 19
Junior Males(8km):1.Yasin Haji (ETH) 23:42, 27.John Dressel (USA), 29.Conner Mantz (USA), 34.Cerake Geberkidane (USA), 42.Eric Hamer (USA), 59.Paul Roberts (USA), 74.Paul Miller (USA); Group:1.Kenya 19, 2.Ethiopia 33;
Junior Girls(6km):1.Letesenbet Gidey (ETH), 27.Kaitlyn Benner (USA), 33.Lauren Gregory (USA), 55.Katie Rainsberger (USA), 62.Valerie Constien (USA), 66.Kelsey Schrader (USA), 68.Shaelyn Sorensen (USA), 69.Jessica Hull (AUS); Group:1.Ethiopia 11, 2.Kenya 33;
IAAF/World Athletics Protection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Movies:
Senior Males: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCdQTQyo7jU
Senior Girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL9c996r1Mk
World Cross-Previous Winners (from 1973 to current)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships
Born On This Day
Tigist Assefa-Ethiopia 30 (1994) 2024 Olympic silver medalist—Marathon
2-time winner of the Berlin Marathon (2022, 2023). Set the present World Report of
2:11.53 within the 2023 race. Shattered the earlier file of two:14:04 by 2:11!
Like many different current record-breakers, she wore a pair of (adidas) “supershoes” (See Guardian article)
2nd on the 2024 London Marathon (2:16:23)
Competed within the 800-meters on the 2016 World Indoor Championships and 2016 Olympics. Her race in Rio was her
final on the observe as a result of an ongoing achilles damage, Took 2017 off to get well from the damage, then switched to the
roads in 2018. Didn’t compete in 2020-2021 because of the pandemic, then ran her first marathon in 2022. Ran
2:34:01 in March when she was 17 kilos over her regular working weight (“she wanted a paycheck”), then
broke by means of when she gained in Berlin in September with a time of two:15:37.
PBs: 1:59.24 (2014), 2:11:53
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigist_Assefa
2023 Berlin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Jn3I2c5eA
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC9qR9FD6e0
Her Story: https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a41430669/who-is-tigist-assefa-berlin-marathon-winner/
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
Cameron “Cam” Levins—Canada 36 (1989) 2012 NCAA Champion—5000,10,000 (Southern Utah)
3-time Olympian—2012 (5000/14th), 10,000/11th), 2021 (Marathon/71st), 2024 (Marathon/36th)
4th within the Marathon on the 2022 World Championships
Improved his Nationwide Report within the Marathon to 2:05:36 in Tokyo on March 5, 2023…was a DNF on the 2023 NY Metropolis
Marathon
After coaching with the Nike Oregon Venture for just a few years, he’s now again along with his faculty coach-Southern Utah’s Erik
Houle.
PBs: 1:49.73 (’16), 3:36.88 (’13), 3:54.74i (2015), 4:55.35i (‘14), 7:41.59i (’14), 2-mile(i)-8:14.69 (’13),
13:15.19 (’13), 13:19.16i (’14), 27:07.51 (’15), 60:18 (’23NR), 2:05:36 (’23NR); 2024 SB: 2:12:56
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Levins
https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/cam-levins-was-patient-and-it-paid-off/
Perseverance: https://olympic.ca/2024/07/22/marathoner-cameron-levins-career-is-a-lesson-in-perseverance/
Brad & Brent Hauser 48 (1977) Brad: 1998 NCAA Champion—10,000m (Stanford);
2-time NCAA Indoor Champion—5000m (1998,1999)
2000 Olympian—5000m (1st spherical)
PBs: 7:51.20i (2001), 13:27.31 (2000), 27:58.02 (2002)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89133
Brent:2nd to his brother within the ’98 NCAA 10k and indoor 5k in ’99; additionally 2nd within the NCAA Indoor 5k on
2000; 1996 U.S. Junior champion—5000m
PBs: 7:59.10i (2000), 28:23.37 (2000)
Deceased
Martin Sheridan 36 (1881-March 27, 1918) 3-time Olympic gold medalist-Discus (1904, 1908-standard & Greek fashion/
bronze-standing Lengthy Leap)
4-time U.S. Champion-Discus(1904, 1906, 1907, 1911)
1904 U.S. Champion-Shot Put
Three-time AAU all-around champion (1905/07/09), set a world file every time he w
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