This Day in Track & Field, April 11, Harry Liversedge sets AR at javelin (1914), Parker Valby sets CR at 10,000m (2024), by Walt Murphy

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This Day in Observe & Discipline–April 11

1914—19-year outdated Harry “The Horse” Liversedge, a senior at San Francisco Polytechnic H.S., threw the javelin 184-9 ½ (56.32) at Stanford to not solely smash the earlier Excessive College File, but additionally the official American File of 169-10 ¼ (51.77), which was set by Bruno Brodd in 1913.

Every week earlier, Liversedge, in his debut within the occasion, had thrown 171-3 ¼ (52.20) in an exhibition occasion, additionally at Stanford. Later within the yr, Liversedge enrolled at Cal-Berkeley, the place he performed rugby and soccer along with competing in T&F. He was the 1916 IC4A champion within the Shot Put and went on to win the bronze medal in that occasion on the 1920 Olympics.

Along with his athletic achievements, Liversedge additionally had a stellar navy profession, rising to the rank of Brigadier Basic within the Marine Corps. He led the invasion of Iwo Jima throughout World Conflict II and it was a Marine patrol beneath his command that raised the flag on Mount Suribachi. Learn extra on the hyperlinks beneath.

Cal’s Most Heroic Olympian:

http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2012/6/13/3011285/harry-liversedge-cals-most-heroic-olympian

Marine Obituary: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.internet/hbliversedge.htm

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78707

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_B._Liversedge

H.S. File: http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19140406-01.2.12#

1959–The World File of 63-2 (19.25) within the Shot Put, shared by Parry O’Brien and Dallas Lengthy, was bettered by Lengthy and Invoice Nieder on this present day, however neither bought credit score for a brand new document. Competing in separate “exhibitions”, Lengthy and Nieder threw 64-5 ½ (19.645m?) and 63-8 ½ (19.415m?), respectively.

1981–Willie Banks bettered his personal American File within the Triple Bounce together with his successful leap of 56-9 ½ (17.31) in San José,CA.

1987–Djibouti’s Ahmed Saleh (2:10:55) repeated as the lads’s particular person champion on the primary day of the 2nd World Cup Marathon, which was held on the identical course in Seoul, Korea, that will be used for the 1988 Olympic race. The Soviet Union’s Zoya Ivanova (2:30:39) gained the ladies’s race the next day(4-12).

NBC had deliberate all alongside to ship a crew, together with announcers Charlie Jones and Frank Shorter, to cowl the occasion, since it will assist function a costume rehearsal of types for his or her Olympic broadcast the next yr. However I wasn’t a part of that plan till Jones satisfied NBC to carry me alongside, since I had been a part of the community’s T&F manufacturing crew on the 1983 and 1987 World Championships and would serve in the identical position on the 1988 Olympics.

A part of the journey concerned a cease on the radio station that was a part of the Armed Forces Community, the place Jones and Shorter had been interviewed previous to the races.

2024 (New)—Making her debut within the occasion, Florida’s Parker Valby set a Collegiate File of 30:50.43 for 10,000-meters on the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California.

Full Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCyxF265kzo

https://www.runnersworld.com/information/a60475120/parker-valby-collegiate-10000-meter-record/