This Day in Track &. Field, Walter Tewksbury sets WR of 6.4 for 60 yards (1899), A Weekend Trifecta (1973), Born this Day, Chris Nilsen (1977), by Walt Murphy

This Day in Observe & Subject–January 13

1899-Penn senior Walter Tewksbury set a World Document of 6.4 for 60-yards in NY Metropolis. He would win 5 medals on the following 12 months’s Olympics in Paris: Gold (200m, 400m-Hurdles), Silver (60m, 100m), Bronze (200m-Hurdles).

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79119

1973–The intense monitor fan will spare no expense or vitality to see a great meet–or two–or three! The CYO Invitational in Maryland was the primary of my trifecta of meets this weekend. I left my job on Wall Avenue early and rushed to the native heliport to hop on a 4pm helicopter that took me to LaGuardia Airport. Took the  shuttle flight to Washington,DC, the place I had organized to have a taxi take me to Faculty Park, Maryland, for the CYO meet.

Steve Smith set an American Document of 17-8  ½ (5.40m), Rey Brown (7-1/2.16m, jump-off) beat Dwight Stones and Pat Matzdorf to win the Excessive Bounce, and Nice Britain’s Ian Stewart, who overtook Steve Prefontaine to win the bronze medal within the 5000-meters on the earlier 12 months’s Olympics in Munich, gained the 2-mile (8:28.4).

When that meet was over, round 11pm, I labored my means down a hill, previous the lovely-smelling Agricultural Division amenities on the College of Maryland campus, to attend for the early-morning Greyhound bus again to NY Metropolis.

Bleary-eyed after the lengthy bus trip residence, I then drove to West Level to observe the mid-day annual twin meet between Military and Manhattan Faculty (I’m a giant fan of the Jaspers). One of many  highlights of that meet was watching Manhattan’s Ken McBryde win the Triple Bounce with a leap of 50-5 (15.36m). McBryde would end Third on the NCAA Indoor Championships later within the season to assist Manhattan win the workforce title.

Two down, one to go. Subsequent up was a drive to the Nassau Coliseum on Lengthy Island to observe the Knights of Columbus meet. Among the many winners on the monitor have been Hasely Crawford within the 60y (6.1), Rick Wohlhuter within the 880y (1:53.5), and Byron Dyce within the 1000y (2:10.7–Dave Wottle was fifth—See under!).

Nonetheless, the largest story of the evening unfolded on the infield throughout the taking part in of the Nationwide Anthem. With the struggle in Vietnam nonetheless occurring, these have been nonetheless emotional occasions, and plenty of followers within the stands began booing as at the least one member of the Jap Michigan mile relay workforce continued his warmup whereas the Anthem performed. The booing continued for nearly 30-minutes and led meet officers, citing a rule that requires the disqualification of any athlete “whose conduct is offensive to spectators…”, to bar the whole workforce from competing within the relay. Jap’s coach, Bob Parks, instructed the NY Instances, “I’m as conservative as anybody round. I stand and sing for the anthem. I believe the youngsters ought to too, and I’m going to present them hell. However why disqualify the entire workforce? The athlete who did it volunteered to get replaced by a substitute”.

A dramatic ending to what in any other case had been an “wonderful journey” for this drained tracknut, who received a great evening’s sleep after the trip residence to Queens!

Anthem Response: http://tinyurl.com/NYTimesAnthem

For 50 years, Wottle, one of many heroes of the earlier 12 months’s Olympics in Munich for his dramatic win within the 800, thought the booing was aimed toward him due to his disappointing end within the 1000. It wasn’t till 2023 {that a} relieved Wottle discovered from former Duke coach Norm Ogilvie, who had attended the meet along with his father, instructed him the true purpose for the response!

1978–One of many enjoyable issues about monitor and discipline is that sudden efficiency, one which has followers saying to one another, “The place did that come from?”. Such was the case on a snowy evening in 1978 in Faculty Park, Maryland, the location of the CYO Invitational, held on Maryland’s 11-lap to the mile board monitor.

Dick Buerkle, who had been a 4:28 walk-on miler at Villanova, had established himself as a formidable distance runner, rating #4 on this planet at 5000-meters in 1974 and making the 1976 U.S. Olympic workforce at that distance. However nobody, together with CYO meet director Bob Comstock, took the bald-headed Buerkle critically as a miler heading into the 1978 season.

However Buerkle was so assured he was going to run effectively that he phoned his mother and father to induce them to return to the meet, telling them he was going to interrupt the World Document within the Mile! And it didn’t faze Buerkle that he can be operating on Friday the thirteenth!

After speaking his means into the race, Buerkle fulfilled his promise to Comstock to set a quick tempo, a lot as he had carried out on the earlier week’s Muhammad Ali Inv., when he completed Third within the 1500-meters in 3:40.0. Working from the entrance, and getting strain from Tanzania’s Filbert Bayi, the previous out of doors report holder within the Mile, Buerkle went by way of splits of 57.2, 1:58.9,  and a pair of:58.3 earlier than ending off in 3:54.9 (truly 3:54.93) to interrupt Tony Waldrop’s 4-year previous world indoor report by .1s. Bayi completed a distant 2nd in 3:58.4.

Buerkle was not the one report breaker on the meet. Canadian Greg Pleasure gained a sensational Excessive Bounce battle over diminutive Franklin Jacobs, clearing  7-7 (2.31) to higher Dwight Stones’s earlier World Indoor Document of 7-6 ½ (2.30). Jacobs cleared a private better of 7-6 (2.29). There have been additionally two American Information–Mark Belger ran 1:48.1 for a brand new mark within the 1/2-mile (however was dissatisfied he didn’t get the World Document), and Joni Huntley broke her personal U.S. Excessive Bounce report twice, first clearing 6-3 (1.905) after which 6-4 (1.93).

(Because of Bob Hersh’s story within the March, 1978, version of Observe & Subject Information)

TFN Cowl Photograph https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1978_03.jpg

Sports activities Illustrated Vault

SI Cowl(New Grasp of the Mile):

https://sicovers.com/featured/dick-buerkle-1978-millrose-games-february-06-1978-sports-illustrated-cover.html

Unlikely Document Holder: http://villanovarunning.blogspot.com/2010/01/unexpected-world-record-holder.html

1985–Diana Richburg ran 2:39.28 for 1000-meters in Sherbrooke, Canada, to interrupt her personal American Document of two:40.1. Richburg had competed Within the first spherical of the 1500-meters on the 1984 Olympics in L.A.

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77949

1989–Louise Ritter, the shock gold medalist the 12 months earlier than on the Seoul Olympics,  equaled her American Indoor Document of 6-6 (1.98) within the excessive soar in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/louise-ritter

1996–Idaho State’s Stacy Dragila set the primary American Information of her profession when she jumped 12-9 (3.89) after which   12-11 ¾ (3.96) on her “residence” runway in Pocatello, Idaho.

            Dragila, the primary lady to win Olympic and World Indoor and Out of doors titles within the occasion, was inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 2014.

Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/stacy-dragila

2001–Leaping on the Snake River Open in Pocatello, Dragila grew to become the primary lady to clear 15’ indoors (4.57m).

2006–38-year previous Pat Manson cleared 18-1/2 (5.50) on the Air Pressure Academy to increase his unimaginable streak of getting cleared 18-feet to 21 years in a row! (The streak led to 2007).  Manson now conducts pole vault camps in Boulder,CO. www.patmanson.com/

2007–Rutgers, with a lineup of Joe Porter, Bruce Owens, Marcel Coleman, and Rob Waters, ran 1:25.05 within the 4×200 relay at Penn State to interrupt Arkansas’ Collegiate Document of 1:25.18. (Penn State lowered the report to 1:24.70 in 2013)

2017—Lake Braddock (Va), with senior Kate Murphy operating a 4:37.9 anchor, set a U.S. Excessive Faculty Document of 11:34.54 within the Distance Medley on the Virginia Showcase in Lynchburg. (Shannon Browning 3:41.1, Skyla Davidson 59.2, Samantha Schwers 2:16.3, Kate Murphy 4:37.9).

Sophomore Tyrese Cooper (American,FL) gained the 300 in 33.03 to interrupt Michael Cherry’s 4-year previous Nationwide Document of 33.05. He would decrease the report to 32.87 later within the season. (Brian Herron/Lakeside,GA ran 32.64 in 2018)

Murphy, who ran 4:07.21 for 1500-meters as a junior in 2016,  would sit out her complete freshman 12 months at Oregon in 2018 and has since “medically retired”. (Hasn’t competed since 2017)

From the MileSplit article (August,2018) linked under:

“However a uncommon vascular situation–popliteal artery entrapment syndrome–restricted Murphy’s ultimate season of highschool monitor. Final September, she had surgical procedure to take away the popliteus muscular tissues in each of her knees, together with a bit of her proper calf muscle. However a uncommon vascular situation–popliteal artery entrapment syndrome–restricted Murphy’s ultimate season of highschool monitor. Final September (2017), she had surgical procedure to take away the popliteus muscular tissues in each of her knees, together with a bit of her proper calf muscle.”

DMR Video(final 2 laps): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97FshY3Q7Mw

https://www.milesplit.com/articles/245302/kate-murphy-still-optimistic-after-tough-1st-year-at-oregon

2017—Oklahoma State’s Kaela Edwards ran 2:40.79 in Lincoln, Nebraska, to set a Collegiate Document for 1000-meters. (Since damaged, nonetheless #4 All-time).

2023—In a battle between two of one of the best 400-meter hurdlers on this planet, Shamier Little beat Arkansas’ Britton Wilson in  the 600-meters on the Arkansas Invitational in Fayetteville. Little’s time of 1:24.65 moved her to #7 on the all-time World checklist (now #9, #6-U.S.), whereas Wilson’s 1:25.16 broke Athing Mu’s Collegiate Document of 1:25.80 (2021). She is now #8

all-time-U.S.

Outcomes: https://outcomes.flashresults.com/2023_01-13_ArkInvite/index.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4p0rCzr5KY

All-Time Lists: https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-lists/

2023—H.S. Senior Amanda Moll gained the Invitational Division on the Pole Vault Summit in Reno with a clearance of 15-1  ½ (4.61) to set new U.S. Excessive Faculty and Junior (Beneath 20) Information. Twin sister Hana, the 2022 World Junior/Beneath-20 Champion, cleared a private better of 14-9  ½ (4.51). She would go on to set an Out of doors H.S. Document of 15-3 (4.65) within the qualifying spherical on the World Championships in Budapest! She tied for ninth within the ultimate (she had completed Third on the U.S. Championships).

https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=information&news_id=653249

Important Birthdays

Born on This Day*

Chris  Nilsen 27 (1998)  2021 Olympic silver medalist—Pole Vault…Additionally a silver medalist on the 2022 World

            Championships…gained bronze on the 2023 Worlds; Didn’t make the ultimate on the 2024 Olympics

         Set an American Indoor Document of 19-10  ¼ (6.05) in 2022…additionally cleared an outside better of 19-8  ¼ (6.00) in

                2022…2024 SB: 19-4  ¼ (5.90)

            Bronze medalist on the 2022 World Indoor Championships…4th in 2024

            3-time U.S. Champion (2021-O.T., 2022, 2023)…Third on the 2017 U.S. Championships—didn’t make the ultimate at

                the World Championships in London…2nd on the 2018 U.S. Championships, seventh in 2019

            2022 U.S. Indoor Champion

            Upset LSU’s Mondo Duplantis to win his Third NCAA title in 2019—regardless of hitting the crossbar onerous, he cleared a

                 lifetime greatest (on the time) of 19-6  1/4 (5.95)…additionally gained NCAA titles in 2017 (Indoor) and 2018 (Out of doors)

            PBs: 19-10  ¼i (6.05/2022/NR/=#7 All-Time World/ind-out), 19-8  ¼ (6.00/2022)

            Faculty PBs: 19-5  ½i (5.93/2020/#3 All-Time), Out of doors greatest: 19-8  ¼ (5.95/2022)

            Handed up a possibility to show professional with the intention to use his ultimate 12 months of collegiate eligibility at South Dakota in 2020,

                after which Covid hit!

            2019 Pan-American Video games Champion

            Gained Nationwide Scholastic and U.S. Junior titles in 2016

            At 6-5, 185 (1.96/84), he is without doubt one of the greatest world-class vaulters

            His coach is Derek Miles, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist within the Pole Vault (moved up from 4th after the

               authentic Third-placer was retroactively disqualified for a doping violation.

            Set a U.S. Excessive Faculty Document of 18-4  ½ in 2016 (since damaged by Mondo Duplantis)

            Dad and mom Mark and Karen… Was a kinesiology and sport administration main.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Nilsen

            https://goyotes.com/sports activities/track-and-field/roster/chris-nilsen/10299

            Olympics Delay

            https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/christopher-nilsen-14709278

            6.05: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSLo-ZN660

            Slo-Mo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwKdMjHi3b8

            https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147316

Alan Webb  42 (1983)  Former American Document holder within the mile-3:46.91; Ran 3:53.43 in 2001 to interrupt Jim Ryun’s 36-

          12 months previous U.S. Excessive Faculty Document within the Mile (3:55.0/1965); Ran 3:59.86 in 2001 to develop into the primary prep to  break

           4-minutes for the mile indoors…additionally set a H.S. Indoor Document within the 1000m in 2001-2:23.68 (now #5 All-Time)

        3-time U.S. Champion—1500m (2004[Olympic Trials], 2005, 2007); 2004 U.S. Olympian (1st spherical)

        2-time finalist on the World Championships-2005 (ninth), 2007 (eighth);

        A member of the Penn Relays Wall of Fame:

           As a junior, he ran a 3:59.9 anchor (1600m/quickest ever at Penn) to guide South Lakes (VA) to a 2nd-place end in

              the H.S. Distance Medley. The next 12 months, he ran 4:04.7 as SL set a Relays Document of 9:59.66. Additionally gained the

              Olympic Growth Mile in 2004 and the 5000 in 2004 & 2005

        Presently the pinnacle coach at Ave Maria College (FL)

        https://avemariagyrenes.com/sports activities/mens-cross-country/roster/coaches/alan-webb/901

        PBs: 1:43.84 (2007), 3:30.54 (2007/#7 All-Time U.S.), 3:46.91 (2007/#2 A-T U.S., #10 A-T World),

           8:11.48/2-miles (2005/#8 A-T U.S/ind-out.), 13:10.86 (2005), 27:34.72 (2006);

      AR Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aTRTvo2ouo

      The Alan Webb Story(documentary):

        http://www.usatf.television/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=movies&video_id=106500

      Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Webb_(runner)

        https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/105610

      Triathlon:

        http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/sports activities/alan-webb-grinds-out-a-bumpy-transition-to-triathlon.html?_r=0

        http://triathlon.competitor.com/2015/03/options/runner-interrupted-alan-webbs-new-olympic-dream_113062

Billy Hardin  83 (1942)  1964 NCAA & U.S. Champion—400-meter hurdles (LSU) ; Semi-Finalist 1964 Olympics PB-50.90 (1964);

           His father, Glenn “Slats” Hardin, additionally a 400-hurdler, was the 1936 Olympic gold medalist within the occasion and is a member of the U.S.

           Corridor of Fame.

        https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78513

        Louisiana Corridor of Fame:

      Son: http://www.lasportshall.com/inductees/track-and-field/billy-hardin/?again=inductee

        Dad: https://lasportshall.com/?inductees=glenn-slats-hardin

Herb Barten 97 (1928) 1948 U.S. Champion-800m; 1948 U.S. Olympian-800m (4th)

        All-American at Michigan: NCAA-880y (1947-Third, 1949-2nd)

        PBs: 1:49.8y, 4:14.6y; At 97, he’s the 2nd-oldest dwelling U.S. Olympian in T&F (Bud Held was born on October 25, 1927)

        http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78083

        https://www.wyff4.com/article/upstate-man-competed-in-1948-olympics/7023685

        Oldest Dwelling Olympians: https://acsweb.ucsd.edu/~ptchir/