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This Day in Monitor & Subject–September 13
1964— Rex Cawley set a World File of 49.1 within the 400-Meter Hurdles to focus on the 2nd and ultimate day of the U.S. Olympic Trials (Males) on the L.A. Coliseum.
As reported yesterday, a World File was set on the primary day by Ralph Boston within the Lengthy Soar (27-4 ¼ (8.34m) and one was tied by Mike Larrabee within the 400–44.9.
Making the staff (together with their eventual Olympic medals in Tokyo):
100 (9-12)—Bob Hayes 10.1 (gold), Trenton Jackson 10.2, Mel Pender 10.3
200—Paul Drayton (20.4/silver) and Dick Stebbins (20.6) completed 1-2, however Henry Carr (20.8), the winner of the “Semi”
Trials in NY in July, completed 4th behind Bob Hayes (20.7). Selectors decided that Carr had proven ample
health to warrant him changing Hayes on the staff. A clever transfer, since Carr would win gold in Tokyo and would
anchor the successful 4×400.
400 (9-12)—Larrabee 44.9/=WR(gold), Ulis Williams 45.0, Ollan Cassell 45.6
800—Morgan Groth 1:47.1, Tom Farrell 1:48.0, Jerry Siebert 1:48.3
1500—Dyrol Burleson 3:41.2, Tom O’Hara 3:41.5, 17-year outdated Jim Ryun handed veteran Jim Grelle 5 yards earlier than the end
to seize the Third spot on the staff (3:41.9 for each)
Steeplechase—George Younger 8:44.2, Vic Zwolak 8:46.2, Jeff Fishback 8:55.8
5000—Far forward of the remainder of the sphere, Bob Schul 13:55.6 (gold) and Invoice Dellinger 13:55.6 (bronze) chatted in the course of the
ultimate lap and completed in a tie. Third was Oscar Moore 13:58.8.
10,000 (9-12)—Gerry Lindgren 29:02.0, Billy Mills 29:10.4 (gold), Ron Larrieu (29:20.4)
Marathon—Buddy Edelen made the staff together with his win on the U.S. Championships (Yonkers) in Might, and the opposite slots have been
stuffed by Pete McArdle and Mills, who completed 1-2 within the Trials race in Culver Metropolis in July.
20k-Stroll (7-5/Pittsburgh)—Ron Laird 1:34:45, Ron Zinn 1:36:37, Jack Mortland 1:37:05
50k-Stroll (9-5/Seattle)—Chris McCarthy 4:45:31, Bruce MacDonald 4:49.22, Mike Brodie 4:55:21
110 Hurdles (9-12)—Willie Davenport 13.6, Hayes Jones 13.6 (gold), Blaine Lindgren 13.8 (silver)…4.Russ Rogers 13.8
400 Hurdles—Cawley 49.1/WR (gold), Billy Hardin 49.8, Jay Luck 50.4…Hardin’s dad Glenn received gold within the 400-hurdles at
the 1936 Olympics…Cliff Cushman, the silver medalist within the 400-meter hurdles on the 1960 Olympics, appeared
to be on his method to making his 2nd U.S. staff when he fell after clipping the fifth hurdle.
Excessive Soar—Ed Caruthers 6-10 (2.08), John Thomas 6-10 (2.08/silver), John Rambo 6-8 (2.03/bronze)
Pole Vault—Fred Hansen 16-6 (5.03/gold), John Pennel 16-6 (5.03), Billy Pemelton 16-0 (4.87) (solely 6 opponents!)
Lengthy Soar (9-12)—Boston 27-10 1/4w (8.49)/authorized 27-4 ¼ (8.34/WR/silver, received gold in ’60, bronze in ’68), Gayle
Hopkins 26-4 ¾ (8.04), Phil Shinnick 26-3 ½ (8.01)…4.Charlie Mays 26-2 ¾ (7.99)
Triple Soar—Ira Davis 53-1/52-11 (16.18/16.13), Invoice Sharpe 53-1/51-10 (16.18/15.80), Kent Floerke 51-1/4
(15.55)…Third staff for Davis and Sharpe…Artwork Walker had two barely-foul jumps that might have put him on the
staff after which fouled a third time.
Shot Put (9-12)—Dallas Lengthy 64-9 (19.74/gold), Randy Matson 63-10 (19.45/silver), Parry O’Brien 63-2 (19.25)/4th
staff—gold in ’52 & ’56, silver in ‘60
Discus—Jay Silvester 198-7 ½ (60.55), Al Oerter 193-4 (58.95/Third gold), Dave Weill 191-2 ½ (58.28/bronze)…4.Rink
Babka 190-10 (58.17)
Hammer—Hal Connolly 223-5 ½ (68.11), Al Corridor 208-9 (63.63), Ed Burke 208-6 (63.55)…Third staff for Connolly, the
1956 gold medalist, and Corridor.
Javelin—Frank Covelli 252-9 ½ (77.05), Les Tipton 243-1/2 (74.08), Ed Pink 242-11 ½ (74.05)…Jim Stevenson was the
winner on the “Semi”-Trials in NY in July, however completed final in L.A. (215-9 ½ [65.77]) and was dropped from the
staff!
Decathlon—Dick Emberger 7728, Russ Hodge 7728, Paul Herman 7701…4.Invoice Toomey 7615 (1968 gold
medalist)…Herman and Don Jeisy have been initially named to the staff primarily based on their 2-3 putting (behind Taiwan’s
C.Ok. Yang) on the U.S. Championships in June (Hodge was 4th). Nevertheless, that meet was scored utilizing the 1952
tables, as a substitute of the newly accepted 1962 tables. If the latter tables had been used on the U.S. Champs, Hodge
would have completed forward of Jeisy, who completed fifth in L.A. after falling within the hurdles. Officers made the proper resolution by naming Hodge to the staff, changing Jeisy.
Outcomes: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1964.pdf
Video(Males’s 100, 200, 400h, LJ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHi4gr32eUc
Sports activities Illustrated: To Tokyo by Inches Ryun’s Job
1968—Willie Davenport (13.4/13.65) received the 110-meter hurdles on the U.S. Olympic Trials at Echo Summit to make the 2nd of his 4 Olympic groups. 2nd was Leon Coleman (13.5/13.72) and Third was Villanova’s Erv Corridor (13.5/13.77). Davenport and Corridor would go on to win Olympic gold and silver in Mexico Metropolis (Coleman was 4th). Davenport would win the bronze medal on the 1976 Olympics.
Such was the power of U.S. hurdling this 12 months that the following three finishers, Pat Pomphrey (13.6/13.84), Richmond Flowers (13.7/13.94) and Tommy Lee White (13.7/13.96) would wind up world-ranked #7, #6, and #8, respectively, by Monitor & Subject Information.
Co-World File holder Earl McCullouch, who had overwhelmed Corridor for the NCAA title in June, determined to pursue a profession within the NFL. Drafted within the first spherical by the Detroit Lions, he was the NFL Rookie of the Yr in 1968!
When just one preliminary spherical would have been ample to pick out the 8 finalists from the ten entries, hurdlers have been compelled to run three to emulate the Olympic schedule!
Battling not solely the altitude, however winds as much as 30mph, Bob Day and 6’-6” (1.98) Jack Bacheler coasted in collectively in a slowish 14:37.4 to safe the primary two Olympic berths within the 5000-meters. Lou Scott (14:53.2) held off the fast-finishing Gerry Lindgren (14:53.6) to seize the Third spot on the staff. Bob Schul, the gold medalist on the 1964 Olympics, completed sixth (15:44.6).
There have been solely 9 males entered on this occasion, however they nonetheless needed to run a warmth two days earlier. Billy Mills, who had completed a disappointing 4th within the 10,000, was denied permission to run since he hadn’t competed on the Semi-Trials and didn’t have a qualifying time!
With spectators allowed to sit down close to the runway, Artwork Walker, who had set an American File of 55-1 ¾ (16.81) on the Semi-Trials in Los Angeles in June, received the Triple Soar (54-6 ½ [16.62]} over Dave Smith (53-0/16.15) and Norm Tate (52-6 ¼ [16.01).
It was déjà-vu all over again in the Hammer Throw as the three men who were on the 1964 team took the top three places at Echo Summit. American Record holder Ed Burke won with a throw of 226-3 (68.96), followed by Al Hall (220-5/ 67.18) and Hal Connolly (213-8/65.13), the 1956 Olympic Champion. It was the 4th Olympic team for both Connolly and Hall.
Wayne Collett set a World Junior Record of 45.04 in the 400-meters while winning his ¼-final race, but dropped out of his semi-final later in the day. With the top 3 advancing, Vince Matthews, finishing behind Ron Freeman (45.6) and Jim Kemp (45.6), only needed to run 48.7 to advance to the final.
A Look Back (June, 2014): http://tahoequarterly.com/2014/06/all-eyes-on-tahoes-echo-summit/
Sports Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1968/09/23/triumph-and-tragedy-at-tahoe
The Track in the Forest:
1970–Contested in warm weather over a 6-mile loop, the first NY City Marathon was held in Central Park. Only 55 of the 127 starters were able to finish the race, which was won by NY City fireman Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38.
Muhrcke, who sold running shoes out of his van before opening up the first of the popular Super Runner Shops in NY, was tired after helping battle a few blazes the previous night, and only decided to run at the last minute (at the suggestion of his wife Jane!). Finishing 2nd was 19-year old college student Tom Fleming (2:35.44), who went on to win the race in 1973 and 1975, and 5th was the legendary Ted Corbitt (2:44:15), “The Father of American Distance Running”.
The co-directors of the race, Vince Chiappetta (3:01:48) and Fred Lebow (4:12:09), finished 18th and 45th, respectively.
Muhrcke, 80 at the time, ran one of the original loops in Central Park on this date in 2020 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his win!
The race, which is now one of the great sporting spectacles in the world, was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic.
From the NY Times:
The lone woman in the race — unofficially — was Mrs. Nina Kuscsik (one of the pioneers of women’s marathoning). She went home, empty‐handed, having dropped out after the third circuit, covering 14.2 miles in 1:39. Her husband, Richard, did not finish either.
“I wanted to finish very badly,” said Mrs. Kuscsik, who completed the Boston Marathon in 3:11 unoffically earlier this year (1970). “But I had a virus earlier this week and just couldn’t. I can’t accept any awards and, by dropping out, I avoided any problems with the A.A.U. [Amateur Athletic Union].”
(WM-I used to be the Head Timer on the race)
Q&A w/Muhrcke(2009):
www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20818313/q-a-with-gary-muhrcke-winner-of-the-first-new-york-city-marathon/
https://effectively.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/winning-the-first-new-york-marathon/?searchResultPosition=2
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/700913/finishers
Previous Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Marathon
Fiftieth Anniversary
https://www.worldathletics.org/information/characteristic/new-york-city-marathon-Fiftieth-anniversary
https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/standing/1304984666542350336/photograph/1
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-nycs-first-marathon-winner-to-run-central-park-loop-51-years-later-20200913-ujejyfq6y5gprjtamdco5qxir4-story.html
https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon/GetInspired/Photographs-and-Tales/2020/First-New-York-Metropolis-Marathon
(For Subscribers): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/sports activities/new-york-city-marathon.html
Huntington’s Favourite Son:
https://huntingtonnow.com/super-runners-store-owner-first-nyc-marathon-winner-heads-for-retirement/
1981—Competing in entrance of an overflow crowd of 9,000, Henry Rono set the ultimate World File of his profession, working 13:06.20 for 5000-meters within the distant city of Knarvik, Norway. Brits James Espir, Ian Stewart, and a younger Steve Cram helped set the tempo for the primary 4 laps and once more later within the race after that they had lagged behind, ready for Rono to lap them!
It was Rono’s Third high-quality 5000 in 5 days, having run 13:12.47 on Sep.9 and 13:12.34 on Sep.11! It was a exceptional “comeback” for Rono, who had put working apart earlier within the season to focus on lecturers in his ultimate 12 months at Washington State.
From the IAAF Development of IAAF World Information
The most recent version(2020) is on the market on-line:
https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/progression-of-world-athletics-records-on-sal
Article(2007): http://tinyurl.com/RWExcerpt-Rono
1986—Romania’s Maricica Puica set a course document of 4:19.48 whereas successful the Girls’s race on the Mercedes fifth Avenue Mile on NY’s iconic thoroughfare. Subsequent throughout the road have been Canada’s Lynn Williamns (4:22.31), the defending champion, and Scotland’s Yvonne Murray (4:22.70). sixth was American Mary Decker Slaney (4:32.01). Nice Britain’s Wendy Sly, the earlier CR holder (4:22.66), tripped and fell within the first ¼-mile.
”I knew, after I pulled subsequent to (Williams) that I may win,” Puica mentioned by an interpreter. ”I didn’t consider breaking the document earlier than the race, however on the 800-meter mark, I knew the document can be damaged.” As a reward for her effort, Puica, the 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 3000-meters, earned a model new automotive from Mercedes, the occasion’s sponsor.
Spain’s José Luis González (3:53.52) received the Males’s race over New Zealand’s John Walker (3:54.13), who led for a lot of the race, fellow Spaniard José Abascal (3:54.49), American Ross Donoghue (3:55.70), and People Sydney Maree, who set the Course File (on the time) of three:47.52 whereas successful the primary version of the race in 1981, and Jim Spivey (3:56.77).
Different notable finishers
Girls: 4.Ellie Van Hulst (NED) 4:30.08, 5.Brit McRoberts (CAN) 4:31.74…7.Sue Addison (USA) 4:37.39. 8.Claudette Groenendaal (USA) 4:38.65. 9, Regina Jacobs (USA) 4:38.84…12.Ruth Wysocki (USA) 4:33.93
Males: 10.Ray Flynn (IRL) 4:00.37…13.Frank O’Mara (IRL-defending champion) 4:05.81, 14. Rod Dixon (NZL) 4:06.21
NY Instances Protection
Outcomes
Pre-Race: https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/12/sports activities/fifth-avenue-mile-has-strong-field.html
1988—East Germany’s Ilke Wyludda, 19 on the time, set the present World Junior File of 244-1 (74.40) within the Discus at a pre-Olympic meet in East Berlin. She additionally had throws of 240-0 (73.16), 238-8 (72.74), and 236-3 (72.00) inside her sequence. These are nonetheless 2-3-6 on the All-Time World Junior listing (she has the top-10 marks!).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilke_Wyludda
1993–Chinese language ladies had placed on fairly a present on the earlier month’s World Championships in Stuttgart, successful gold within the 1500, all 3 medals within the 3000, and gold and silver within the 10,000. However that spectacular show nonetheless didn’t put together the observe world for what would transpire on the Nationwide Video games in Beijing.
The primary spherical of this Chinese language “Revolution” had taken place 5 days earlier (9-8) when Wang Zunxia, the winner of the 10k in Stuttgart, ran 29:31.78 to obliterate Ingrid Kristiansen’s 7-year outdated World File of 30:13.74 for 10,000-meters.
It continued 3 days later (11th of September) when Qu Yunxia, the 3k World Champion, took 2.1-seconds off the WR within the 1500 together with her successful time of three:50.46. Wang Junxia (3:51.92), who got here again properly from her 10k document, was additionally below the outdated mark of three:52.47, which had been set 13 years earlier by the Soviet Union’s Tatyana Kazankina.
Followers have been nonetheless reeling from this surprising barrage of record-breaking when issues actually received unusual the next day (9-12), when the present World File for 3000-meters (Kazankina’s 8:22.62 from 1984) was damaged by two runners within the first warmth (Zhang Linli-8:22.06 and Zhang Lirong-8:22.44). However that was nothing in comparison with the 2nd warmth, when the brand new document was destroyed by Wang Junxia (8:12.19) and Qu Yunxia (8:12.27), with Third-placer Might Liyan (8:19.78) additionally getting below the 15-minute outdated “document”.
Wang Junxia lowered the document but once more on the ultimate day (9-13) when she received the ultimate of the 3000 in 8:06.11, adopted by Qu Yunxia (8:12.18), Zhang Linli (8:16.50), Ma Liyan (8:21.26), and Zhang Lirong (8:21.84). Marks from this meet accounted for the 5 quickest instances in historical past till Kenya’s Religion Kipyegon ran 8:07.04 in 2025.
All have been member’s of “Ma’s Military”, named for his or her controversial coach, Ma Junren, and suspicions of drug-use have been widespread all through the working neighborhood. A lot of the group by no means once more carried out on the world stage (Wang Junxia did win gold within the 5000 and silver within the 10k on the 1996 Olympics, resulting in frustration and, in some circumstances, bitterness, on the a part of different runners.
Fom Phil Hersh’s 1995 article(hyperlink under):
“It’s a pity they got here for one 12 months, crashing all of the information, after which we don’t see them once more,” mentioned Elana Meyer of South Africa, silver medalist at 10,000 meters within the 1992 Olympics. “Athletes have been coaching to compete in opposition to them extra continuously.”
“They destroyed any likelihood of any feminine human breaking these information within the subsequent 100 years”, mentioned 2-time U.S. Olympian PattiSue Plumer. That was actually the prevailing knowledge on the time, however the one document nonetheless on the books is Wang Junxia’s 8:06.11 for 3000-meters.
Lynn Jennings, the highest U.S. lady at 10,000 meters on the time, broke into tears when advised that Wang had lowered the ten,000 document by 42 seconds to 29 minutes, 31.78 seconds. “One thing is mistaken, and it appears tragic for the game,” Jennings mentioned on the time. “All of it appears polluted to me now. It’s sordid and terrible.”
The Rise and Fall of Ma’s Military
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-08-03/sports activities/9508030118_1_chinese-women-world-records-blood-and-caterpillar-fungus
http://www.impartial.co.uk/information/world/recordbreaking-athletes-desert-gruelling-regime-of-mas-army-1567048.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/sep/07/sydney.sport1
Admission?: telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2016/02/25/athletics-world-records-blow-as-wang-junxia-admits-being-part-of/
1998—Marion Jones was the star of the present on the 3-day World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa. Benefiting from Jo’burg’s 5’700’ elevation, Jones ran two of the quickest instances in historical past whereas successful the 200 on the primary day of competitors (11th of September) in 21.62 (On the time: #2 Performer, #3 Efficiency All-Time, now #5/#11), after which the 100 the next day (9-12) in 10.65 (On the time: #3 Performer, #5 Efficiency A-T, now =#5/=#11).
Her quest for a third win on the ultimate day (9-13) was thwarted by East Germany’s Heike Drechsler, who beat her within the Lengthy Soar (23-2 ½ [7.07] to 22-11 ¾ [7.00]).
Charles Austin (7-7 [2.31]) received the Males’s Excessive Soar over Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor (7-5 ¾ [2.28])
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_IAAF_World_Cup
Outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_IAAF_World_Cup_percentE2percent80percent93_Results
(For Subscribers):
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/12/sports activities/plus-track-and-field-world-cup-jones-s-200-victory-is-3d-fastest-ever.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/13/sports activities/plus-track-and-field-world-cup-jones-wins-100-mutola-takes-800.html
2008—The Czech Republic’s Barbora Špotáková set the present World File of 237-2 (72.28) within the Javelin in Stuttgart.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlspercent27s_javelin_throw_world_record_progression
2015—The Girls’s race on the fifth Avenue Mile featured a rematch between the 2 greatest American milers. Lower than 48 hours earlier, Shannon Rowbury and Jenny Simpson had completed Third and 4th, respectively, within the 1500-meters on the Diamond League Remaining in Brussels. Simpson received the higher hand right here, edging her longtime rival, the winner right here in 2009 and 2010 (4:29.1-4:29.4). It was the Third consecutive win in NY for Simpson (4th general), who would ultimately convey her win whole to eight!
New Zealand’s Nick Willis (3:54.9), the winner in 2013, broke away from the pack within the ultimate 200-meters, encouraging cheers from the gang as he went on to win for the Third time on NYC’s famed thoroughfare. (He would win once more in 2017 & 2019). He was adopted throughout the road by Nice Britain’s Chris O’Hare (3:55.9), Norway’s Henrik Ingebrigtsen (3:56.1), and Matthew Centrowitz (3:56.1), the 2012 winner.
Different Notable Finishers:
Males: 6.David Torrence (3:57)…9.Kyle Merber (3:58)…12.Bernard Lagat (4:00)
Girls: 3.Susan Kuijken (NED) 4:30.0, 4.Heather Kampf 4:30.3…6.Trenier Moser 4:32…10.Aisha Praught (JAM) 4:35, 11.Alysia Montano 4:36
https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/FAV-27/finishers
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6obgSQmbE18
Previous Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Avenue_Mile
Born On This Day*
Christine Arron—France 52 (1973) 2003 World Champion—4×100 (silver-1999, bronze-1997)
2004 Olympic bronze medalist—4×100
Bronze medalist within the 100 and 200 on the 2005 World Championships
Set the present European File of 10.73 for 100-meters on the 1998 European Championships
Made T&F Information’ High-10 World Rankings 8 instances within the 100 (#2 in 1998 and 2005)
PBs: 7.06i (2006), 10.73 (1998/#11 All-Time), 22.26 (1999)
10.73: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArMrPomguKk
IAAF: https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/france/christine-
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