Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Observe & Discipline–April 6
1896–The Olympic Video games (April 6-15) had been reborn in Athens as the primary gold medals of the Trendy Period had been gained by People James Connolly within the Triple Leap (44-11 ¾ [13.71]) and Bob Garrett within the Discus (95-7 1/4/WR/29.15). Garrett would return the following day to win the Shot Put (36-9 ¾ [11.22]) and end 2nd within the Lengthy Leap.
The day began with the Opening Ceremony, with 60,000 followers cheering as Greece’s King George I declared the Video games open.
The American crew, which might dominate these Video games, was drawn from Princeton College and the Boston Athletic Affiliation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics
NY Instances(for subscribers): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/04/08/105746357.html?pageNumber=4
Panathenaic Stadium—Web site of the 1896 Olympics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panathenaic_Stadium
1963–John Camien, a sophomore at Emporia State(KS) ran down Dyrol Burleson, the previous American File holder within the occasion, to tug off an upset win within the Mile on the Texas Relays (4:02.6-4:02.8).
Camien, a NY State champion within the 880 and Mile whereas at Sewanhaka H.S. on Lengthy Island, gained 7 NAIA titles whereas at Emporia, two in x-country (1963,1964), 3 within the mile (1962,1963,1965), and one at 1500-meters (1964). He most likely would have gained extra, however the NAIA didn’t sponsor an indoor championship till 1966!
George Brose of As soon as Upon a Time within the Vest, a sophomore at Oklahoma on the time, took the video linked beneath from the infield. He additionally provides another particulars from the meet at: https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2013/02/april-1963.html (Scroll Down)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i6EtzHNSuo
Kansas Corridor of Fame: https://www.kshof.org/crew/john-camien
1968—Two of the highest collegiate groups within the U.S. met in a twin meet, with Tennessee (77) beating Villanova (67) on the Vols’ residence observe in Knoxville.
Richmond Flowers (T/13.5) gained the 120y-Hurdles over Erv Corridor (V/13.6). Corridor went on to win the silver medal within the 110m-Hurdles on the Mexico Metropolis Olympics later within the 12 months.
Villanova’s Larry James, one other future Olympic medalist, gained the 440y (45.7). He gained silver within the 400, gold within the 4×400 in Mexico Metropolis.
Tennessee’s Invoice Skinner gained the Javelin with a throw of 243-7 (74.24), and Villanova’s Dave Patrick gained the 880y (1:48.6).
1973–A momentous day within the lifetime of this observe fan. It was a Friday, the day earlier than my sister Eileen was to get married, and our home was abuzz with pleasure and preparations for the large day. The telephone rang, and it was my Wall Road boss telling me that my providers had been now not required and that I didn’t have to report for work on Monday. He used some flimsy excuse to justify the firing, however, in actuality, he had been on the lookout for a motive to eliminate me for at the very least a 12 months. He caught me off guard and I weakly protested, however to no avail. Not desirous to spoil the temper, I didn’t inform my household till after the marriage.
However let me return to the start of my company profession. After coasting by way of my senior 12 months of H.S. in 1961, I anticipated doing the identical once I entered Fordham that fall. However then I began realizing that I’d really need to work exhausting in faculty, and give you issues like “time period papers”. That freaked me out, so I handed on one type of training for an additional.
My older sister Teresa labored for a Wall Road agency referred to as DeCoppet & Doremus, and, nepotism being what it was in these days, she was in a position to get me a job as a submitting clerk that fall. (By now, you’re most likely questioning what this has to do with observe & subject, however I’m attending to that).
I used to be a really younger and shy 17 once I began working, however Doremus, which was Wall Road’s model of “Animal Home”, quickly dragged me out of my shell. We had a lot enjoyable at that place that I couldn’t wait to go work every day (how many individuals can say that?), and friendships had been fashioned which are nonetheless going robust six many years later.
This “funhouse” lasted till 1969, when phrase got here out that we had been going to merge with our competitor, Carlisle & Jacquelin (in actuality, it was a takeover–by them). I used to be one of many “fortunate” ones who was chosen to maneuver on to the mixed agency, however others, some with 20-years expertise, had been instructed on New 12 months’s Eve that they had been out of a job.
As unfastened because the bosses at Doremus ran their ship (which I’m positive contributed to its downfall), those at Carlisle ran their’s like a Marine boot camp! A handful of us newcomers, unaccustomed to this strict atmosphere, usually voiced our displeasure, and I had a couple of shouting match with the top honcho (a lot for that shy teenager). After which got here that fateful telephone name.
Now to the nice half, that silver lining in my private cloud. I had been touring to trace meets across the U.S. and I had been to 3 Olympics with Observe and Discipline Information, however they had been all deliberate round no matter time I may get off from work. Now, for the primary time in my life, I had this open window and I made a decision to benefit from it. I had some cash coming to me from my profit-sharing plan, so I made a decision to develop into a “observe bum” for awhile (some would say I nonetheless am).
My “Glorious Journey” lasted 16 months, and included a cross-country journey in 1973 in my vibrant orange Karmann (aka Kharman) Ghia, with stops in Baton Rouge (NCAA) and Bakersfield (AAU) earlier than heading off to Europe for a sequence of meets involving the U.S. Junior and Senior groups.
In 1974, I began out once more in my VW Ghia, however after driving right down to Austin (NCAA) after which to Gainesville (U.S. Junior Championships), I misplaced all want to drive again to California for the AAU meet. I left my automotive on the Gainesville airport, flew to Los Angeles, after which drove again to NY once I returned to Florida. With my money reserves depleted and my bank card payments hovering, it was time for a actuality examine, so I reluctantly returned to the world of Wall Road within the fall of 1974, staying for 11-years earlier than deciding to develop into a full-time “observe bum” in 1985!
1984–Texas’ Einar Vilhjálmsson, a senior from Iceland, took benefit of robust winds to throw the “previous” Javelin 303-2 (92.42) on the Texas Relays to set a Collegiate File. The earlier mark of 300-0 (91.44) was set by Arizona State’s Mark Murro in 1970. Vilhjálmsson went on to win his 2nd straight NCAA title in June and completed sixth on the L.A. Olympics. He additionally competed for Iceland on the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.
Vilhjálmsson, whose dad Vilhjálmur was the silver medalist within the Triple Leap on the 1956 Olympics, was elected President of the Icelandic Federation in September, 2014.
1984/1985–Texas prep Roy “The Robotic” Martin kicked off a tremendous two 12 months stretch by profitable total MVP honors on the 1984 Texas Relays. On Friday (4-6), the junior at Roosevelt H.S. gained the prep 100-meters in a wind-aided 10.14, then got here again the next day (4-7) to anchor his crew to quick wins within the 4×100 (40.65) and 4×400 (3:09.09). His 44.8 anchor within the latter race was thought on the time to be the quickest ever run by a prep.
In 1985, he repeated because the meet’s MVP, regardless of the presence of California phenom Henry Thomas. After Thomas was disqualified for a false-start, Martin beat Joe DeLoach to win the 100 meters in 10.18, solely .02s off Houston McTear’s Nationwide H.S. File (4-5). DeLoach went on to win the gold medal within the 200-meters on the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
The followers had been on the lookout for an enormous matchup between Thomas and Martin on the anchor leg of the 4×400 (4-6), however the race was no contest. Thomas’s 44.5 anchor, which surpassed Martin’s 44.8 cut up from the earlier 12 months, led Hawthorne to the still-standing Nationwide File of 3:07.40. Working a 47.9 opening cut up for Hawthorne was Mike Marsh, who would win the gold medal within the 200-meters on the 1992 Olympics. Martin, who had earlier anchored Roosevelt to victory within the 4×100 (41.01), nonetheless placed on fairly a present, operating a 44.9 anchor to provide his crew 2nd place (3:10.49).
Martin, who set a Nationwide H.S. 200 File of 20.13 (twice) in 1985, was chosen as Observe and Discipline Information’ Males’s Prep Athlete of the 12 months in each 1984 and 1985. He was ranked #5 on this planet within the 200 in 1984 and moved as much as #3 in 1985. He ran on three NCAA Champion 4×400 relay groups whereas at SMU (2-indoor, 1-outdoor) and made it to the semi-finals of the 200 on the 1988 Olympics. His 200 report lasted till 2016, when Noah Lyles ran 20.09 on the U.S. Olympic Trials.
He was inducted into the Nationwide H.S. T&F Corridor of Fame in 2019.
Trying Again:
http://nationalhighschooltrackandfieldhof.org/roy-martin/
1985–Johnny Grey was sizzling on the Solar Angel Traditional in Tempe, AZ. A few hours after operating a 45-flat cut up within the DMR, Grey, who had set an American File of 1:42.96 within the 800 the earlier 12 months (which Grey lowered to 1:42.60 later in 1985), watched as Carl Lewis opened the Dash Medley for the Santa Monica TC with a 20.3/200 cut up. Ferran Tyler, a redshirt on the College of Houston, ran a wonderful 20.1 for the 2nd 200, however collided with Benny Hollis (47.1), who was gradual transferring by way of the change zone.
When Grey obtained the stick, he was trailing a Bud Mild crew that was anchored by Ocky Clark. Grey chased Clark by way of a quick 400 (50.8), then pulled away on the ultimate backstretch and completed off his carry in 1:43.3, the quickest 800 cut up in historical past. Grey’s effort gave Santa Monica a “World File” (it’s not an official IAAF occasion) of three:10.76, slightly below the earlier mark of three:11.08, set by the Athletic Attic right here in 1983. (From T&F Information)
1993—Czech Jan Železný improved his World File within the Javelin to 313-5 (95.54/Nonetheless #5 efficiency all-time) at a meet in Pietersburg, South Africa.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_javelin_throw_world_record_progression
Conversion: https://www.usatf.org/statistics/calculators/markConversions/index.html
2006-Texas senior Trey Hardee may solely handle to run 5:06.73 within the closing 1500-meters, but it surely was sufficient for him to attain 8465 factors on his residence observe on the Texas Relays to narrowly break the Collegiate File of 8463, set by Tennessee’s Tom Pappas in 1999.
10.35w, 25-3 ¼ (7.70w), 47-5 (14.45), 6-6 ¼ (1.99), 49.11, 13.83w, 158-3 (48.24), 17-3/4 (5.20), 196-10 (60.00), 5:06.73
Hardee, the 2005 NCAA Champion, went on to win World titles in 2009 and 2011, and gained the silver medal on the 2012 Olympics. He’s at the moment a member of NBC’s broadcast crew.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Hardee
2018—Arizona State (redshirt) senior Maggie Ewen broke her personal Collegiate File within the Hammer Throw twice on her residence subject on the Solar Angel Traditional in Tempe. She first threw 241-6 (73.61) to higher her earlier mark of 240-7 (73.32), then improved to 244-6 (74.53). She completed off her large day with a remaining throw of 242-5 (73.89).
She would come again the following day to finish her trifecta, profitable the Shot Put (63-3/4 [19.22]) and the Discus (201-0 [61.27]). She would achieve a 2nd Out of doors CR later within the month when she threw the shot 63-10 ¼ (19.46) in Tucson.
Ewen would full her collegiate profession in June by profitable NCAA titles within the Shot Put and Discus. She had beforehand gained the Indoor Shot Put in March and the Hammer in 2017.
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/maggie-ewen-257691
https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-lists/collegiate-all-time-list-women/
2019—Chloe Cunliffe, a senior at West Seattle (WA) H.S., set a U.S. Excessive College and Junior File of 14-8 (4.47) on the Arcadia (CA) Inv. Cunliffe, who set the Indoor File of 14-9 (4.50) in March, initially supposed to compete for Washington State, however as a substitute determined to affix the professional ranks.
https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=information&news_id=568090
https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/chloe-cunliffe-chooses-the-pro-route/
Born On This Day*
Shelby McEwen 29 (1996) 2024 Olympic silver medalist—Excessive Leap, 2021 (12th)
Additionally the silver medalist on the 2024 World Indoor Championships
5th on the 2022 World Championships, 7th in 2023; 2019 (qual.)
2019 NCAA Indoor Champion, 3rd open air (Alabama)
Different NCAA placings-2018 (3rd indoors, 2nd open air)
Fomer basketball participant obtained to dunk a ball in the course of the 2024 NBA All-Star week.
PB: 7-8 ¾ (2.36/2024)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_McEwen
https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/shelby-mcewen
2024 OG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl2qu1Mn9tE
Dunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqeaTwdqdw
Patti Catalano 72 (1953) One of many early pioneers of American feminine marathoners; PB-2:27:52 (’81)
https://www.runningstateofthesport.com/2023/11/episode-6-patti-catalano-dillon-first.html
2006 Chat: http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/a-chat-with-patti-catalano-dillon
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Catalano
https://www.outsideonline.com/operating/information/elite-team-for-native-runners/
Working For Her Life: https://www.howtobefit.com/patti-catalano.htm
Fred Samara 75 (1950) 1976 U.S. Olympian—Decathlon (15th); PB: 7430 (1976)
Retired after the 2023 season after serving as the top males’s coach at Princeton since 1977
Member of the USTFCCCA Coaches’ Corridor of Fame
https://goprincetontigers.com/sports activities/mens-track-and-field/roster/coaches/fred-samara/7244
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78991
http://www.ustfccca.org/awards/fred-samara-ustfccca-class-of-2017
Arnie Sowell 90 (1935) 4th within the 800 on the 1956 Olympics (led off remaining flip);
2-time NCAA Champion—Pittsburgh (1954-880y, 1956-800m). Fordham’s Tom Courtney, who would win the gold medal within the
the 1956 Olympic remaining, was 2nd within the 1954 NCAA race.
Set an American File of 1:46.7 within the 1956 remaining.
1955 Pan-American Video games Champion—800m
5-time IC4A Champion (Out of doors-880y/’54-’56), Indoor-1000y/’55, ’56)
4-time U.S. Indoor Champion—1000y (’55-’57, ’59)
Former World Indoor File holder within the 880y (1:50.3) and 1000y (2:08.2)
Made the top-10 World Rankings 4 years in a row(’54-9, ’55-3, ’56-5, ’57-6)
In 1959, whereas serving within the Military, Sowell competed within the Pan Am trials for the fashionable pentathlon, putting seventh!
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnie_Sowell
https://pittsburghpanthers.com/honors/pitt-athletics-hall-of-fame/arnie-sowell/52
“Runs So Tender”: https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/05/30/arnie-sowell-runs-so-soft
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79074
https://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/
Rise From Obscurity: https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/05/30/duel-at-880-yards
https://oldestolympians.sdsu.edu
Bob Soth 92 (1933) 1960 U.S. Olympian—5000m (1st spherical)
As Olympedia.org states, “Soth is definitely finest identified for a race he didn’t end”. That may be the ten,000-Meters on the 2nd
annual USA-USSR meet in 1959, held at Philadelphia’s Franklin Discipline. Right here’s what I wrote for “This Day in T&F—July 19”: The highest
mark of the primary day (7-18) was the 63-2 1/2(19.265m) “world report” by Parry O’Brien within the shot put (for some unknown
motive, the mark was by no means submitted to the IAAF), however probably the most memorable occasion was the boys’s 10,000-meters. The
temperature was within the mid-80s, and the humidity was near 60%–nice situations for sprinters, not a lot for distance
runners. The race progressed with out incident by way of the primary 4-1/2 miles, with American Bob Soth splitting the Soviet duo of
chief Aleksey Desyatchikov and Hubert Pyarnakivi and Max Truex, the 2nd American, trailing behind.
It was at this level that Soth started to point out early indicators of misery. He was in a position to keep cheap type by way of 5-miles, however
then began that scary high-stepping gait of somebody who’s having critical issues with the warmth. Transferring backwards at instances,
Soth continued on this painful-to-watch method for an additional three laps earlier than collapsing on the observe, his head narrowly lacking
the within railing.
Whereas officers attended to Soth, the race continued, with Desyatchikov, dealing with the warmth the very best of all, happening to what appeared
to be a simple win (30:29.9). However, wait! As Desyatchikov approached the end, the gun was fired, signaling one other lap to go!
With a couple of mile to go, the lap-counter flashed “4 to go” for Desyatchikov and Soth, who was nearly to start his “loss of life
march”, after which switched to 5 for Truex, who had been lapped. The official, who apparently obtained caught up in Soth’s plight,
by no means returned the lap playing cards to the proper quantity, ensuing within the confusion on the finish. Whereas Desyatchikov took his time
finishing his further lap, Truex, realizing he was really on his remaining go-round, placed on an enormous end to overhaul Pyarnakivi to take 2nd.
Nevertheless, conscious of what was happening, 1952 Olympic steeplechase champion Horace Ashenfelter, working as an inspector, suggested
Truex to take one other lap. Truex did so, then collapsed and joined Soth on a visit to the native hospital for therapy (neither
suffered lasting after-effects).Lastly, Pyranakivi, who additionally stopped on the proper time, was awarded 2nd place over Truex, since
officers assumed that he wouldn’t have run an additional lap if he didn’t assume he needed to. U.S. officers acknowledged their mistake the
following day, however they let stand the unique outcomes.
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79072
https://frontporch.web/olympic-runner-bob-soth-goes-for-the-gold-at-walnut-village/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypn6TzuD4hM
Oldest Residing Olympians: https://oldestolympians.sdsu.edu
Deceased
Roger “The Rocket” Sayers 78 (1942-September 23, 2020) 3-time NAIA Champion (Omaha):
1962-100y (Bob Hayes was 2nd!), 1963-100y, 220y)
Former Chicago Bear is a member of the NFL Corridor of Fame. His roommate with the Bears was Brian Piccolo, who died
of most cancers and was the topic of the film “Brian’s Tune”.
Older brother of soccer nice Gale Sayers
PBs: 9.45y, 10.2h, 20.81 (all 1962)