Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Observe & Subject–April 3
1868—William Gibbs set a World Report of 4:28.8 for the Mile on the Oxford-Cambridge twin meet in London
1915—Winthrop Faculty’s Hazel Hutaff set a pre-IAAF World Report of 5-9 ¾ [1.77](sure, 5-9 3/4!) within the Pole Vault in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladiespercent27s_pole_vault_world_record_progression
1926—Future Corridor-of-Famer Bud Houser set a World Report of 158-1 ¾ (48.20) within the discus at Stanford. The USC senior, who had gained Olympic gold within the Shot Put and Discus on the 1924 Video games in Paris, went on to win the NCAA title in June and would win a 2nd Olympic gold within the Discus on the 1928 Video games in Amsterdam (He was additionally the flag-bearer for the American workforce in 1928). He’s nonetheless the one man to win the Olympic Shot-Discus double.
http://www.olympic.org/information/bud-houser-athletics/179834
Wiki Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Houser
1959–Corridor-of-Famer Bobby Morrow edged rival Ira Murchison in a particular 100-meters race on the Texas Relays, with each being timed in 10.2. Morrow gained three gold medals on the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne–100, 200, 4×100 relay. Murchison, who was solely 5’-4” (1.62+) tall, ran the lead-off leg on the 4×100 workforce that set a World Report of 39.5 in Melbourne.
Murchison:
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/31/obituaries/ira-murchison-61-former-track-star.html
Texas Relays Historical past:
http://texassports.com/sports activities/2013/10/25/relays_1025133916.aspx?path=relays
1965—Only a few days after profitable the Cinque Mulini (5 Mills) cross nation race in Italy, Billy Mills was the winner at 3-miles on the USA-Nice Britain twin meet within the Wembley part of London. His time of 13:36.8 was the quickest ever run in Europe.
Mills had some surprising help from a fan who yelled out earlier than the race, “Billy, Billy! It’s me, Carl, from Haskell!”. Stated Mills later, “I lookup and see my fellow classmate from highschool, Carl Pierce, a member of the Mohawk Nation. He rapidly tells me he has to go away proper after the meet, no time to get collectively, simply needed me to know he was watching me race. My thoughts flashes again to our highschool days at Haskell Indian College in Lawrence, Kansas.
Carl was the smallest younger boy in highschool. I used to be the second smallest. He bought caught with the nickname “MONSTER”! On daily basis, I counted my blessings in highschool for Carl attending Haskell!
The starter offers the command ‘set’; there’s a momentary pause and the pistol is fired. Subconsciously my thoughts instructions my physique to take the lead. I cost to the entrance with the considered main from begin to end to honor my Mohawk pal and former classmate, “Monster”!
In a rematch of the highest two finishers on the 1964 Olympics, gold medalist Lynn Davies (25-9 ¼ [7.85]) gave the partisan British crowd a thrill together with his win within the Lengthy Leap over Ralph Boston (25-8 ½) [7.83+], the 1960 Olympic champion.
https://indianyouth.org/road-to-tokyo-a-trip-to-berlin-and-check-point-charlie/
1976—19-year outdated Auburn freshman Harvey Look ran 9.9 in Columbia, South Carolina, to change into the 6th man to equal Jim Hines’ World Report for 100-meters. Look would run 9.9 once more a month later after which gained NCAA titles within the 100 and 200 in June (he additionally gained the NCAA 100 in 1977). He gained the 100 on the U.S. Olympic Trials, completed 4th on the Montreal Olympics, and gained a gold medal within the 4×100 relay.
Look retired in 2011 after spending the earlier 14 years because the coach at Alabama, however was rapidly coaxed by Nike into persevering with as the private coach for Grenada’s Kirani James, who had simply gained the NCAA title below Look’s steerage The transfer paid off, with James profitable the gold medal within the 400 on the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics! (and later profitable bronze on the 2015 Worlds–silver in 2022, Olympic silver in 2016 and bronze in 2021). Sadly, Look handed away immediately in 2023 on the age of 66.
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78456
Look/James: http://www.al.com/sports activities/index.ssf/2012/08/coming_out_of_retirement_pays.html
The 9.9 Membership
Jim Hines 1968 (twice)
Ronnie Ray Smith 1968
Charlie Greene 1968
Eddie Hart 1972
Rey Robinson 1972
Steve Williams 1974, 1975(3 occasions)
Silvio Leonard-Cuba 1975
Harvey Gance 1976 (twice)
Don Quarrie-Jamaica 1976
1976—UTEP’s all-Kenyan foursome of Joseph Gichongeri (4:05.2), James Munyala (4:05.9), Frank Munene (4:05.5), and Wilson Waigwa (3:58.5) ran 16:14.1 for the 4xMile on the Texas Relays. UTEP continues to be the 9th-fastest college within the occasion.
https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-lists/collegiate-all-time-list-men/
2004–Texas, with Sanya Richards working a 50.3 anchor, gained the 4×400 on the Texas Relays for the sixth 12 months in a row and set a Collegiate Report of three:23.75. Previous Richards have been Sheretta Jones (52.8), Raasin McIntosh (50.7), and Jerrika Chapple (50.0). The mark stood till 2017 when Oregon ran 3:23.12 to beat USC (3:23.35) on the NCAA Championships.
Baylor gained the Males’s 4×400 for the seventeenth time at Texas as Jeremy Wariner (44.3) and Darold Williamson (44.5) ran the third and 4th legs, simply as they’d later within the 12 months once they gained Olympic gold in Athens. Wariner additionally gained gold within the 400 that 12 months and one other relay gold on the 2008 Olympics. Richards (Ross) gained the gold within the 400 on the 2012 Olympics in London and gained her 4th Olympic gold medal within the 4×400 relay.
Texas Relays Historical past:
http://www.texassports.com/sports activities/2013/10/25/relays_1025133916.aspx?path=relays
2004—39-year outdated Colleen De Reuck led the way in which on the U.S. Ladies’s Olympic Marathon Trials in St.Louis, and he or she was joined on the U.S. workforce by Deena Kastor and Jen Rhines. Kastor went on to win the bronze medal on the Athens Olympics.
Outcomes: https://www.runnerspace.com/information.php?news_id=10014
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uBA_qXua8g
Born On This Day*
Trinity Grey 47 (1978) 1999 IC4A Champion—800m (Brown)
4-time All-American within the 800
(‘98-6th NCAA Open air, ’99-2nd Indoors, ’00-4th Indoors, 3rd-Open air
6th 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials; 2001 U.S. Indoor champion
Quickest American in 2001 with a time of 1:44.54
At the moment a monetary advisor
Suffered mind seizures in 2009 that required two operations. Learn extra about this chapter in
his life, and his relationship with coach Bob Rothenberg, at:
https://browntrack.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/trinity-gray-00-2011-brown-hall-of-fame-inductee/
https://disabilityin.org/bio/trinity-gray/
Daybreak Ellerbe 51 (1974) 6-time U.S. Champion—Hammer Throw (1995-1997, 1999-2001)
6-time U.S. Indoor champion—20-pound Weight Throw (1996-2001)
2-time NCAA Champion—Hammer Throw (South Carolina/1996,1997—1st NCAA Champion in
the occasion)
2-time NCAA Indoor Champion—20-pound Weight Throw (1996,1997);
7th on the 2000 Olympics;
PBs: 77-5 ¼ (’00), 231-8 (’01)
At the moment (?) the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Athletic Communications and Senior Affiliate Athletic Director at
Vanderbilt. https://vucommodores.com/workers/dawn-ellerbe/
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Ellerbe
https://www.suffolksportshof.com/ellerbe-dawn/
Deby LaPlante 72 (1953) 2-time U.S. Champion—100m-hurdles (1978,1979)
2-time U.S. Indoor champion—60y hurdles (1976,1978)
1976 U.S. Olympian—100m-hurdles (semi-finalist)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77895
https://digital.sdsu.edu/view-item?i=108814&WINID=1712005690455
http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19771208-01.2.42
Deceased
Stella Walsh/Stanisława Walasiewicz-Poland 69 (1911-Dec. 4, 1980) 1932 Olympic gold medalist-100m(1936-silver)
An post-mortem carried out after she was fatally shot in a theft revealed blended sexual traits (see hyperlinks).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisława_Walasiewicz
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74664
http://www.cleveland.com/leisure/index.ssf/2014/05/cleveland_track_star_stella_wa.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3620520/
Russ Francis 70 (1953-October 1, 2023) A senior at Nice Hill H.S. (OR) who had by no means even seen a javelin when he
moved from Hawaii to Oregon, threw 184-2 (56.13) in his first competitors in 1971. That was a modest opener for
Francis, who went on to set three Nationwide H.S. Data with the “outdated” implement that 12 months: 253-1 (77.14m/5-7),
254-11 (77.70m/5-27), and 259-9 (79.17m/6-12). The latter mark stood for 17 years till the late Artwork Skipper
threw 259-10 (79.20m, Sandy,OR) in 1988. He additionally completed 4th on the U.S. Championships in 1971.
Francis spent greater than ten years within the NFL as a decent finish with New England and San Francisco and was a
member of the 49ers’ 1985 Tremendous Bowl Championship workforce. Amongst his teammates have been fellow monitor and subject stars
Michael Carter and Renaldo Nehemiah. Francis, following within the footsteps of his father (Ed), additionally spent a while as knowledgeable wrestler and ran for Congress in Hawaii in 2000.
He died in a airplane crash in Lake Placid, NY, in 2023 on the age of 70.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/gamers/F/FranRu00.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Francis
Wrestling Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW9_b9U4084
Wrestling Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW9_b9U4084
All-World: https://twitter.com/KevG163/standing/1708915430423744601