This Day in Monitor & Discipline–Could 15
1926-Lillian Copeland set American Information within the Shot Put (8-pounds/38-8 ¼ [11.79]) and Discus (2.75 kilos/
103-5 ½ [31.53]) in L.A. Copeland gained Olympic gold (1932) and silver (1928) within the Discus, and gained 9 U.S. titles within the Shot (5), Discus (2), and Javelin (2), successful all three in 1926. The New York native enrolled at USC after the 1928 Olympics.
Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/lillian-copeland
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77792
U.S. Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Copeland
1926–After formally tying the prevailing World Document of 9.6 for 100-yards on 4 events, Charley Paddock lastly
turned the primary man to run 9.5, doing so on the L.A. Coliseum. Beneath the timing guidelines of the day, nevertheless, his time needed to be rounded as much as 9.6! (The AAU ratified the AR as 9.5).
There was some doubt that Paddock had really gained the race. USC’s Charley Borah appeared like a winner as they neared the end, however Paddock, a former USC Trojan, relied on his signature leap on the tape to earn the judges’ determination.
Maxwell Stiles, writing for the “Los Angeles Examiner”: “There was the wildest confusion as Borah main by greater than 2 toes at 98 yards, was caught by Paddock’s savage end (his well-known leap of 12-15 ft on the tape). They broke the tape collectively and Borah was raised on the shoulders of a Trojan serpentine and carried off the sphere because the conqueror of the mighty Paddock. So sure was the author that Borah had gained by inches that he went straight to Paddock and commenced to supply sympathy for the latter’s defeat. Paddock, considering he had gained, glared again in shock…when the official announcer named Paddock because the winner a mighty roar of protest swept the huge enclosure (with) cries of “Robber ! Robber !” …(2 judges picked Paddock for 1st, whereas the two second place judges picked Borah and a tie)…Paddock mentioned after the race that he was sure he had gained by turning his shoulder into the tape on the correct second”. (Don) Potts provides “I’ve 2 photos of the end. There isn’t any doubt that Paddock gained”.
Paddock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Paddock
1948–Competing on the West Coast Relays in Fresno, California, future Corridor-of-Famer Mel Patton turned the primary man to run 9.3 for the 100-yard sprint. He had been a part of the group, which included Jesse Owens, that held the earlier document of 9.4. Patton’s document run got here after there have been 4 false begins, with not less than one (some experiences say 3!) attributed to Panamanian Lloyd LaBeach, who matched the outdated document of 9.4 in 2nd place.
LaBeach returned to the observe later within the day to win the 100-meters in 10.2 to hitch Jesse Owens and Hal Davis as a World Document holder within the occasion.
In 1949, Patton ran 20.2 to interrupt Owens’ World Document for 220-yards on the straightaway. On the 1948 Olympics, “Pell Mel” completed a disappointing Fifth within the 100-meters after getting a nasty begin, however got here again to win gold medals within the 200 and 4×100 relay.
He additionally gained 5 particular person NCAA dash titles whereas at USC (1947-100y, 1948-100m,200m, 1949-100y,220y), and anchored the Trojans to a World Document of 1:24.4 within the 4x220y-relay on the 1949 West Coast Relays in Fresno. (They improved the document to 1:24.0 the next week on the Coliseum Relays).
After retiring from the beginner facet of the game in 1950, he competed as knowledgeable in Australia earlier than coming into the enterprise world.
Time Journal Cowl Story–1948 Olympics
http://content material.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19480802,00.html (Patton on the quilt)
https://content material.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,888423-2,00.html
Interview: http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OralHistory/OHpatton.pdf
1965 –Senior Jim Ryun (Wichita East,KS), who had grow to be the primary prep to interrupt 4-minutes for the mile when he ran towards open competitors in 1964, did it once more, this time towards different highschool runners, working 3:58.3 to win the Kansas state title. His unofficial splits have been 58.1, 2:00.9, 3:02.4. That was the quickest time ever run in a excessive school-only race till 2022, when senior Gary Martin (Archbishop Wooden) ran 3:57.98 on the Philadelphia Catholic League Championships.
Ryun has obtained as a lot media consideration throughout (and particularly after) his profession as any T&F athlete in historical past, however there are two little-known, however vital, information that even hard-core followers is likely to be shocked to study.Whereas Bob Timmons rightfully obtained credit score for turning Ryun into an Olympian by his junior yr at Wichita East H.S. in Kansas, it was J.D. Edmiston who coached Ryun throughout his closing prep season in 1965. Along with his sub-4 efficiency on the State meet, Ryun went on to beat the legendary Peter Snell on the U.S. Championships in June, setting an American Document of three:55.3. That point, in fact, additionally improved his H.S. document, which lasted for 36 years till Alan Webb ran 3:53.43 in 2001.
Probably the most extremely recruited runner within the nation finally wound up attending the College of Kansas, however do you know that he initially deliberate to hitch Timmons at Oregon State, the place his H.S. mentor had grow to be the top coach? (Timmons spent a yr in Corvallis earlier than turning into the top coach at Kansas, the place he was reunited with Ryun).http://college.randolphcollege.edu/tmichalik/ryun.htm (scroll down for an important image of the end).
Video-with Ryun’s commentary!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RsSkU7WuIY
https://vault.si.com/vault/1965/07/05/fast-teenagers-in-grownup-time
Ryun Talks About His H.S. Coaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKbGJanxso
1971—A meet dedicating a brand new Tartan observe in Bakersfield (CA) yielded 3 American Information.
Veteran George Younger shook off Frank Shorter (13:35.0) on his technique to successful the 5000-meters in 13:32.2 to
break Gerry Lindgren’s 3-year outdated mark of 13:33.8.
The opposite data have been set at “odd” distances. Jim Kemp gained the 300 in 32.1 to interrupt his personal AR of 32.8. His
time additionally bettered the all-time better of 32.4, held by Jamaica’s Herb McKenley.
The third document went to Cal freshman Rick Brown, who ran 1:16.2 for 600-meters to interrupt Tom Farrell’s mark of 1:16.5.
From Monitor and Discipline Information
1983–Competing early on the UCLA/Pepsi Invitational, Tom Petranoff caught many individuals on the meet off guard when he threw the (outdated) javelin a tremendous 327-2 (99.24) within the 2nd spherical to set a brand new World Document. The throw shattered the earlier mark of 317-4 (96.72m), which was set by Hungary’s Ferenc Paragi in 1980.Petranoff, with a earlier better of 297-2 (90.58m?), handed within the subsequent two rounds, however was satisfied to take one other throw within the Fifth spherical (281-10 [85.90]) to fulfill TV and newspaper photographers who had missed the massive throw! Ending third was the late Bob Roggy (274-7/83.70m), who noticed his American Document of 314-4 (95.80) obliterated by Petranoff.The two-time U.S. Olympian (1984-1988), who made a controversial transfer to South Africa in 1989 (see hyperlinks), continues to be energetic within the sport, selling his “Turbo-Jav” coaching implement. On the identical date, 26-years later (2009), his daughter Leigh gained the primary of her 4 Missouri Valley Convention javelin titles whereas at Illinois State and had a private finest of 191-6 (58.37).T&F Information Cowl 1997 Interview
2011–Kenya’s Sammy Wanjiru, the gold medalist within the Marathon on the 2008 Olympics, died after falling from a balcony. What led to the autumn continues to be a thriller.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/sports activities/marathon-champion-dies-in-fall-from-balcony.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wanjiru
2015—It was an epic battle within the Males’s Triple Leap on the Diamond League Assembly in Doha, Qatar. Pedro Pablo Pichardo set a Cuban Document of 59-3 (18.06) within the third spherical, however was nearly overwhelmed by American Christian Taylor, who jumped a private better of 59-2 ¼ (18.04) on his closing effort. Each would enhance later within the season, Pichardo to 59-4 (18.08) and Taylor to an American Document of 59-9 (18.21) whereas successful the gold medal on the World Championships in Beijing (Pichardo gained silver [58-2/17.73]).
World Athletics Protection
Video: https://www.fb.com/watch/?v=507859142955141
All-Time Prime-10 (From T&F Information)
18.29 | 60-¼ Jonathan Edwards (Nice Britain) 8/07/95
18.21 | 59-9 Christian Taylor (US) 8/27/15
18.16 | 59-7 ————Edwards ! 8/07/95
18.14 | 59-6¼ Will Claye (US) 6/29/19
18.11 | 59-5 ————Taylor 5/27/17
18.09 | 59-4¼ Kenny Harrison (US) 7/27/96
18.08 | 59-4 Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Cuba) 5/28/15
18.07 | 59-3½i Hugues Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso) 1/16/21
18.06 | 59-3 ————Pichardo 5/15/15
18.06 | 59-3 ————Taylor 7/09/15
18.06 | 59-3 ————Claye 8/24/19
**11 performances by 6 performers**
18.04 | 59-2¼ Teddy Tamgho (France) 8/18/13
17.97 | 58-11½ Willie Banks (US) 6/16/85
17.92 | 58-9½ Khristo Markov (Bulgaria) 8/31/87
17.92 | 58-9½ James Beckford (Jamaica) 5/20/95
Born On This Day*
Raven Saunders 29 (1996) 2021 Olympic silver medalist—Shot Put (2016-Fifth, 2024-Eleventh)
tenth on the 2017 World Championships
2015 NCAA Indoor and Out of doors champion (Southern Illinois)
2016 NCAA Out of doors and 2017 NCAA Indoor Champion (Ole Miss)
Set a Collegiate Indoor Document of 64-2 ¼ (19.56) in 2017
2-time U.S. Junior Champion (2014,2015)American Junior Document holder-Indoors and Outdoor: 61-1 1/4i (16.57/2015), 60-2 ½ (18.35/2015)
Spent her freshman yr (2015) at Southern Illinois, then adopted Saluki coach Connie Value-Smith when she took an identical place at Mississippi.
Left Ole Miss early in 2018 “for well being causes”, however finally returned to competitors.
“Whereas I’m unhappy that Raven will not be competing for Ole Miss, I assist her determination to work
on herself and her medical issues,” mentioned Insurgent head coach Connie Value-Smith. “I thank her for all
that she has executed for our program and need her nothing however one of the best in her future endeavors.”
Saunders later revealed that the true motive she left college was that she had contemplated committing
suicide earlier than getting assist from a therapist. (See Restoration hyperlink)
PB: 65-6 (19.96/2021/#8 All-Time U.S.), 64-2 1/2i (19.57/2021/#6 A-T U.S.); 2024 SB: 65 -3 ½ (19.90)
Ranked #10 within the World in 2024 (#3-U.S.), #4 in 2021 (#1-U.S.), #3 in 2018 (#1-U.S.), #7 in 2016 and 2017
(#3-U.S. each years); Additionally: U.S.-2015 (#7), 2022 (#6),
Restoration
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/132046
Rankings: https://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/
https://olympics.com/en/information/i-belong-here-raven-saunders-battles-depression-for-shot-at-tokyo-crown
The “X” gesture on the rostrum in Tokyo:
https://www.bbc.com/information/world-us-canada-58048727
IOC Report
Veronica Campbell-Brown-Jamaica 43 (1982) 3-time Olympic gold medalist-200 (2004,2008), 4×100 (2008)
2004 NCAA Indoor Champion-200m(Arkansas);PBs:10.76 (’11/=#14 All-Time), 21.74 (’08/=#13 All-Time); Introduced her retirement in June, 2021
Gained 21 medals (8 gold) in Olympic and World Championship competitors
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87116
Retirement: https://worldathletics.org/information/information/veronica-campbell-brown-retires#
All-Time Lists
http://www.veronicacampbellbrown.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Campbell-Brown Doping Controversy: www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/mar/14/veronica-campbell-brown-jamaican-athleticsMedal desk courtesy of Mirko Jalava (http://www.tilastopaja.org) 3 Olympic Golds 2004: 200, 4×1 2008: 2003 World Titles 2007: 100 2011: 200 2015: 4×12 World Indoor Titles 2010: 60 2012: 603 Olympic Silvers 2000: 4×1 2012: 4×1, 2016:4×1007 World Championships Silvers 2005: 100, 4×1 2007: 200, 4×1 2009: 200 2011: 100, 4×12 Olympic Bronzes 2004: 100 2012: 1001 World Championships Bronze 2015:200
Deceased
Don Bragg 83 (1935-February 16, 2019) 1960 Olympic gold medalist-Pole VaultFormer World Document holder, Indoors (15-9 1/2[4.81/1959) and Outdoors (15-9 ¼ [ratifiedas 4.80/1960])1955 NCAA Champion (Villanova); 6-time IC4A Champion (3-indoor, 3-outdoor/1955-1957)1959 U.S. Champion; 5-time U.S. Indoor Champion (’56, ’58-’61)
3-time Penn Relays Champion (1955-1957); 3-time winner on the Millrose Video games (1958-1960) Inducted into the U.S. Corridor of Fame in 1996
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bragg Corridor of Fame Bio: http://legacy.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=22
Sports activities Illustrated Articles
I Don’t Make a Good Pet
https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/02/20/he-sizzles-at-the-end-of-a-swizzle-stick
Would-Be Tarzan(2003):www.sfgate.com/sports activities/article/WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW-Don-Bragg-Bragg-lives-out-2666334.php
“A Likelihood to Dare: The Don Bragg Story.”
www.philly.com/college-sports/villanova/don-bragg-obituary-rome-olympics-pole-vault-villanova-20190217.html
http://www.polevaultpower.com/discussion board/viewtopic.php?t=1233
Miruts Yifter-Ethiopia 72 (1944-Dec.22, 2016) Double gold medalist on the 1980 Olympics—5000, 10,000; was
Bronze medalist within the 10,000 on the 1972 Olympics; PBs: 13:13.82 (1977), 27:40.96 (1972)
Often known as “Yifter the Shifter” for his capacity to speed up on the finish of races
Died in 2016 in Toronto, the place he had settled after leaving his native Ethiopia.
NY Instances Obituary:
www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/obituaries/miruts-yifter-ethiopian-runner-and-olympic-gold-medalist-dies-at-72.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miruts_Yifter
1980 OG
(5k): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mnbtp9Pldo
(10k-What a Race!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6eHUXDCKmQ
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/miruts-yifter-14349904
http://www.cbc.ca/information/canada/toronto/miruts-yifter-funeral-1.3913309
http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/miruts-yifter-the-shifter-dies-54795
Celebrating a Legend: www.ethiosports.com/2016/12/08/celebrating-a-living-legend-miruts-yifter/
