This Day in Observe & Discipline–October 30
1976—Cal. State Northridge’s Julie Brown, competing in a race that served as a qualifier for the AIAW X-Nation Championships (the precursor to the NCAA Championships), ran 16:14.0 for 5000-meters on her house observe to interrupt Jan Merrill’s 6-month previous American Document of 16:16.2. Brown went on to win the AIAW XC title two weeks later.
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Brown_(athlete)
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/julie-brown-14346981
Born On This Day
Ronald Levy—Jamaica 33 (1992) 2021 Olympic bronze medalist—110m-Hurdles
2018 Commonwealth Video games Champion
2017 Penn Relays Champion (UTech)
World Championships: 2017 (1st spherical/DNF), 2019 (Semis/DQ)
PBs: 10.17 (2017), 20.81 (2014), 1:52.47 (2016), 7.49i (2018), 13.05 (2017)
Examined optimistic for a banned substance in late 2023, and was subsequently hit with a 4-year ban operating
by 2027
Stated Levy after being notified of his optimistic check, “I’m shocked on the flip of occasions as a result of I’ve at all times
carried out myself with the best stage of integrity within the sport, which I really like dearly and would by no means search to
achieve an unfair benefit. I intend to defend my integrity throughout this course of as a result of I’m sure I didn’t
knowingly breach the principles.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Levy_(athlete)
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/ronald-levy-14540136
www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/38811146/olympic-hurdler-ronald-levy-stunned-positive-drug-test
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports activities/20240825/curtains-levy-career
Nicole (Schappert) Tully 39 (1986) 2015 U.S. Champion—5000m; Finalist on the 2015 World Championships—thirteenth
Fell within the remaining of the 5000 on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials; ninth on the 2017 U.S. Championships.
All-American at Villanova—2010 NCAAi-3000 (Sixth)
Coached by Frank Gagliano throughout her post-collegiate profession
PBs: 2:02.86 (’12), 4:05.89 (’15), 4:29.78 (’16), 8:54.28 (‘17), 15:04.08 (’16);
Dad Ken was the 1973 NCAA Indoor Champion within the 880y (Villanova)
Married to Sean Tully, a former teammate at Villanova; Was coached by Frank Gagliano
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Tully
Muna Lee 44 (1981) 4-time NCAA Indoor Champion—(LSU/60m-2003,2004, 200m-2002,2003);
3-time NCAA Champion—4×100 (’01,’03,’04—anchored every year)
3-time Olympic finalist: 2004-200 (=7), 2008-100 (5), 200 (4)
2005 World Champion—4×100 (100-Seventh); 2009 Worlds—200 (4)
2008 U.S. Champion—100m (Olympic Trials)
NCAA Historical past (20-time All-American)
2001—100 (4), 200 (2), 4×100 (1); 200i (5)
2002—100 (3), 200 (4), 4×100 (2); 60i (3), 200i (1), 4x400i (3)
2003—100 (2), 200 (2), 4×100 (1); 60i (1), 200i (1)
2004—100 (2), 200 (4), 4×100 (1); 60i (1), 200i (4)
PBs:7.11i (’05), 10.85 (’08), 22.01 (’08)
Presently an Assistant Coach at Alabama-Birmingham
https://lsusports.internet/sports activities/tf/roster/participant/muna-lee/
Teri Steer-Cantwell 50 (1975) 1996 NCAA Champion—Shot Put (SMU/Seventh-1994&1995, 2nd-1998[discus-5th])
1998 NCAA Indoor Champion (1995-Sixth, 1996-2nd)
2002 U.S. Indoor & Outside Champion
Bronze medalist-1999 World Indoor Championships (ninth Open air);
2000 U.S. Olympian (Qual.Spherical)
PBs: 63-1/4 (19.21/’01), 198-1 (60.38/’02)
Husband is former world-class shot-putter Christian Cantwell
Son Jackson, now a Senior at Nixa H.S. (MO), topped the 2025 U.S. Excessive College checklist with a toss of 76-11 ¼
(23.45/#3 All-Time). The #1 soccer recruit within the nation will enter the College of Miami in December after
an early H.S. commencement
Try the nice interviews from 2018 on the MileSplit hyperlink under.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri_Steer
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89165
http://www.milesplit.com/articles/245028/olympian-and-world-champion-christian-cantwell-on-coaching-son
Rodolfo Gómez—Mexico 74 (1950) Runnerup on the 1980 and 1982 NY Metropolis Marathons…concerned in a memorable duel
with eventual winner Alberto Salazar in 1982, with Salazar rising from a cloud of mud kicked up the lead
autos as they entered Central Park.
3-time Oympian–Marathon:1976-Nineteenth, 1980-Sixth, 1984-DNF);
1976—5000&10,000 (1st spherical), 1980—10,000 (1st spherical)
PBs: 13:27.52 (1977), 27:57.83 (1983), 2:09:12(1983)
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Gómez
Video(1982 NYCM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNCIGNWVkzc
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73514
Deceased
Invoice Cornell—Nice Britain 76 (1939-March 28, 2016)
Former coach at Murray State and Southern Illinois
Member of the USTFCCCA Coaches Corridor of Fame
All-American at Southern Illinois:
2nd within the mile on the 1962 NCAA Championships, 1963–2nd—880y
http://tinyurl.com/CornellUSTFCCCAHof
Kostas Tsiklitiras-Greece 25 (1888-Feb.10, 1913) 4-time Olympic medalist within the standing subject occasions
Lengthy Bounce—Gold (1912), Silver (1908)
Excessive Bounce—Silver (1908/tied), Bronze (1912)
Died of meningitis on the age of 24
From Wikipedia: “As of October 2012, his household house nonetheless exists in Pylos, and holds a museum of his athletic
achievements. There’s a marble statue in entrance.”
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70865
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantinos_Tsiklitiras
Johnny Miles-Canada 97 (1905-June 15, 2003) 2-time winner of the Boston Marathon (1926, 1929)
From Wikipedia: In 1926 Miles’s neighbours raised a couple of hundred {dollars} to ship him to the Boston Marathon by
prepare. This could be Miles’s debut marathon, having by no means run a race longer than 10 miles.
2-time Olympian—1928 (seventeenth), 1932 (14th)
Born in England, he moved to Canada as a younger boy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Miles
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66175
1929 Boston-NY Instances (for subscribers)
Nova Scotia Sports activities Corridor of Fame: https://nsshf.com/inductee/johnny-miles-2/
www.runnersweb.com/operating/johnny_miles.htmlhttps://www.runnersweb.com/operating/johnny_miles.html
