by RBR Admin
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Track & Field–June 25
1955—Abilene Christian’s Bobby Morrow won the 100-yard dash in a blanket finish at the Men’s U.S. Championships in Boulder, Colorado (June 24-25). Finishing 2nd and 3rd were Rodney Richard and Dean Smith, with all 3 equalling the Meet Record of 9.5. Richard set a Meet Record of 21.0 in the 220y, with Andy Stanfield, the 1952 Olympic champion at 200-meters, finishing 3rd (21.2), and 4th was Morrow (21.3), who would win 3 gold medals at the following year’s Olympics in Melbourne (100, 200, 4×100).
For most of the athletes, competing in the Mile-High city of Boulder was their first experience dealing with the effects of altitude.
Other highlights (1956 Olympic champions in BOLD)
440y-1.Charlie Jenkins 46.7
880y-1.Arnie Sowell 1:47.6 (MR), 2.Tom Courtney 1:48.0
Mile-1.Wes Santee 4:11.5, 2.Fred Dwyer 4:14.1
3-Miles-1.Horace Ashenfelter 14:45.2 (1952 Olympic champion-Steeplechase)
120y-Hurdles-1.Milt Campbell 13.9 (=MR/1956 Olympic champion-Decathlon)…4.Lee Calhoun 14.5
440y-Hurdles-1.Josh Culbreath 52.0 (=MR)
High Jump-1.Charlie Dumas 6-9 ¾ (2.08)…tied with Ernie Shelton
Pole Vault-1.Bob Richards 15-0 (4.57)…also won the Decathlon 6873.
Long Jump-1.Greg Bell 26-3/4 (7.94)
Shot Put-1.Parry O’Brien 58-5 ¾ (17.82)…also won the Discus 175-7 (53.52)
Hammer Throw-1.Harold Connolly 199-8 (60.86)
https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/07/04/blazing-the-way-at-boulder
Top 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_USA_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships
1960—As noted yesterday, John Thomas set a World Record of 7-2 (2.185) in the High Jump at the Men’s AAU Championships in Bakersfield,CA (June 24-25).
The top 6 Americans in each event would qualify for the following week’s U.S. Olympic Trials.
Others setting Meet Records
400-Otis Davis 45.8 (=MR)
1500-Jim Grelle 3:42.7
5000-Bill Dellinger 14:26.4
10,000-Al Lawrence (AUS) 30:11.4
400m-Hurdles-Glenn Davis 50.1
Steeplechase-Phil Coleman 8:55.6
Triple Jump-Ira Davis 53-4 ¼ (16.26/American Record)
Shot Put-Parry O’Brien 62-6 (19.05)
Discus-Al Oerter 193-9 (59.07)
Javelin-Al Cantello 271-9 (82.83)
https://vault.si.com/vault/1960/01/25/seven-feet-up
Top 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_USA_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships
1965—France set a World Record of 14:49.0 in the 4×1500 in Saint Maur with a lineup of Gérard Vervoort (3:41.8), Claude Nicolas (3:44.2), Michel Jazy (3:40.8) and Jean Wadoux (3:42.2). The previous record of 14:58.0 was set by a team from East Germany in 1963.
1975—Sweden’s Anders Gärderud ran 8:10.4 in Oslo to regain the World Record in the Steeplechase. He would lower the Record to 8:09.8 a week later (7-1) in Stockholm and then to an auto-timed 8:08.02 at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
WR Progression
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3000_metres_steeplechase_world_record_progression
(Through 1978)
8:22.0 Kerry O’Brien Australia 1970
8:20.8 Anders Gärderud Sweden 1972
8:19.8 Ben Jipcho Kenya 1973
8:14.0 Jipcho 1973
8:10.4 Gärderud 1975
8:09.8 Gärderud 1975
8:08.02 Gärderud 1976
8:05.4 Henry Rono Kenya 1978
1976–Making the team on a windy day at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene (June 19-27):
(With eventual Olympic medals)
Men’s 400-1.Maxie Parks 45.58, 2.Fred Newhouse (silver) 45.76, 3.Herman Frazier (bronze) 45.84 (edging Benny Brown-45.91 and
Maurice Peoples 45.92)
Women’s 400-1.Sheila Ingram(D.C. High School) 52.69, 2.Debra Sapenter 52.73, 3.Rosalyn Bryant 52.76
Men’s Long Jump-1.Arnie Robinson (gold) 27-5 ½w (8.37), 2.Larry Myricks 27-1 1/4w (8.26), 3.Randy
Williams (silver/1972-gold) 26-10w (8.18)
Women’s Discus-1.Lynne Winbigler 166-2 (50.65)
Results/Notes: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1976.pdf
1983—East Germany’s Udo Beyer threw 72-10 ¾ (22.22) at the dual meet against the U.S.(in the L.A. Coliseum) to break his 5-year old World Record of 72-8 (22.15).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_shot_put_world_record_progression
1988—Ramona Pagel set her 8th (and final) American Record in the Shot Put with her winning toss of 66-2 ½ (20.18) at the Michelob Inv. in San Diego. The record stood for 25 years until Michelle Carter threw 66-5(20.24) in 2013!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_Pagel
1995—They were wind-aided, but Great Britain’s Jonathan Edwards still made history as he produced the first two marks over 60-feet in the Triple Jump, reaching out to 60-5 3/4w (18.43) and 60-4w (18.39) at the European Cup in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. He would get the first official 60-footer while winning the gold medal at the World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, in August (60-1/4 [18.29]).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmUJ2GfVkKY
2000—An Australian lineup of Natalie Harvey (4:20.0), Georgie Clarke (4:13.6), Kate Richardson (4:23.3) and Sarah Jamieson (4:12.9) set a World Record of 17:09.75 in the Women’s 4×1500 in London.
Clarke had just turned 16 a week before this race. Her great-uncle was the legendary Ron Clarke.
Clarke:
2010—Kara Winger set an American Record of 218-8 (66.67) in the Javelin while winning the 3rd of her 9 U.S. titles in Des Moines, Iowa (June 23-27). Maggie Malone broke Winger’s record when she threw 219-3 (66.82) on May 29, 2021, only to have Winger take it back with a throw of 223-5 (68.11) in 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Winger
https://www.flashresults.com/2010_Meets/outdoor/USA/
2011—Allyson Felix became the first athlete to win U.S. titles in all 3 sprints after winning the 400 (50.40) at the Nationals in Eugene, Oregon (June 23-26). She won the 100 in 2010 and had already won 5 titles in the 200.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6uitZNZKO4
https://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-23-USAChamps/Day3.htm
2012—Five finals on this day at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene(June 22-July 1).
Making the team (with eventual Olympic medals):
Men
800-1.Nick Symmonds 1:43.92, 2.Khadevia Robinson 1:44.64, 3.Duane Solomon 1:44.65…4.Ryan Martin 1:44.90
High Jump-1.Jamie Nieto, 2.Erik Kynard, 4.Jesse Williams….all cleared 7-5 ¾ (2.28), as did 3rd-placer Nick Ross, who hadn’t
met the Olympic “A” qualifying standard of 7-7 (2.31).
Javelin-3.Craig Kinsley 262-2 (79.92), 4.Sean Furey 255-5 (77.86), 5.Cyrus Hostetler 254-8 (77.63)…Sam Humphreys
(268-7 [81.86] and Sam Crouser (265-1 [80.80]) finished 1-2, but hadn’t met the “A” qualifying standard
Women
800-1.Alysia Montaño 1:59.08, 2.Geena Gall 1:59.24, 3.Alice Schmidt 1:59.46…4.Molly Beckwith 1:59.68, 5.Phoebe
Wright 1:59.72
Triple Jump-1.Amanda Smock 45-9(13.94)
Results/Notes: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2012.pdf
USATF Coverage: http://oldserver.usatf.org/Events—Calendar/2012/U-S–Olympic-Team-Trials-TF/Media/News.aspx
2017—Dalilah Muhammad, the reigning Olympic Champion, won the deepest 400-meter hurdles in history at the U.S. Championships in Sacramento, California, with a personal best time of 52.64.
(Top six all ran personal bests/all-time positions at the time of the race)
1.Dalilah Muhammad 52.64 #6-World, #4-U.S.
2.Shamier Little 52.75 =#9, #5
3.Kori Carter 52.95 =#7 U.S.
4.Ashley Spencer 53.11 #9 U.S.
5.Georganne Moline 53.14 #10 U.S.
6.Sydney McLaughlin 53.82 World & American Junior and U.S. High School Records
(Best-ever marks for places 3-6)
Ryan Crouser, another reigning Olympic Champion, threw a personal best of 74-3 ¾ (22.65) in the final round of the Men’s Shot Put to snatch victory from runnerup Joe Kovacs (73-4 [22.65]).
Results: https://www.flashresults.com/2017_Meets/Outdoor/06-22_USATF/
IAAF Report: https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/us-championships-2017-muhammad-crouser
2021—Making the U.S. team in the Discus at the Olympic Trials in Eugene were Mason Finley (206-11 [63.07]), Reggie Jagers (205-5 [62.61]), and Sam Mattis (205-1 [62.51]). Jagers went from 5th to 2nd on his final throw, knocking Brian Williams (204 [64.10]) off the team! It was the 2nd team for Finley, the 1st for Jagers and Mattis.
Hillary Bor (8:21.34) and Benard Keter (8:21.81) finished 1-2 in the Men’s Steeplechase, with Mason Ferlic (8:22.05) edging Daniel Michalski (8:22.54) for the 3rd spot on the team.
It was the 4th straight U.S. team for Bor (2016 OG, 2017& 2019 WC), and the first Olympic team for Keter and Ferlic.
https://www.flashresults.com/2021_Meets/20Trials/index.htm
2022—Sydney McLaughlin won the 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. championships in Eugene, OR (June 23-26), running 51.41 to break her own World Record of 51.46 that she set at the 2021 US Olympic Trials. Also making the U.S. team that would return to Hayward Field for the World Championships were Britton Wilson (53.08) and Shamier Little (53.92). (Followup report on June 26)
https://worldathletics.org/news/report/us-championships-mclaughlin-world-record-400-hurdles
Results: https://www.flashresults.com/2022_Meets/Outdoor/06-23_USATF/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ7CHPi7L54
History of the U.S. Championships: https://trackandfieldnews.com/u-s-national-championships-history/
History of the U.S. Olympic Trials: https://trackandfieldnews.com/usa-olympic-trials-history/
Past U.S. Champions: https://www.flipsnack.com/USATF/usatf-outdoor-champions/full-view.html
Born On This Day*
Hugues Fabrice Zango—Burkina Faso 32 (1993) Has a full set of medals in the Triple Jump at the World Championships
Gold (2023), Silver (2022), Bronze (2019)
2021 Olympic bronze medalist; 2024 World Indoor Champion, bronze medalist-2025 (2018-6th)
Set the World Indoor Record of 59-3 ½ (18.07) in 2021
Coached by Teddy Tamgho, the 2013 World Champion in the Triple Jump
PBs: 59-3 ½i (18.07/2021), 57-5 ¾ (17.82/2021); 2025 SB: 56-5 ¾ (17.21)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_Fabrice_Zango
https://olympics.com/en/news/zango-triple-jump-world-champion-exclusive-fears
Maurren Maggi—Brazil 49 (1976) 2008 Olympic gold medalist—Long Jump (qual.round-2004, 2012)
2-time medalist at the World Indoor Championships (2003-Bronze, 2008-Silver)
3-time Pan-American Games Champion (1999, 2007, 2011)
5-time finalist at the World Championships (’99-8th, ’01-7th, ’07-6th, ’09-6th, ’11-10th)
PBs: 12.71 (2001), 23-10 (7.26/1999/South American Record)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/83353
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurren_Maggi
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/brazil/maurren-higa-maggi-14268979
Erki Nool-Estonia 55 (1970) 2000 Olympic gold medalist-Decathlon
Silver medalist-2001 World Championships
2-time silver medalist in the Heptathlon at the World Indoor Championships (1997, 1999)
1998 European Champion (2002-2nd)
Other Placings
Olympics-1996 (6th), 2004 (8th)
Worlds-1995 (4th), 1997 (6th)
World Indoors-1995 (7th), 2001 (5th), 2004 (5th)
PBs:6374 (1999), 8815 (2001/#12 All-Time)
https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/estonia/erki-nool-4829
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erki_Nool
Lutz Dombrowski-(East)Germany 66 (1959) 1980 Olympic gold medalist—Long Jump
1982 European Champion; PB: 28-1/4 (8.54)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Dombrowski
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69771
OG Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZW7VO1PkHA
Judy (Amoore) Pollock-Australia 85 (1940) 1964 Olympic bronze medalist—400m
Took a maternity leave in 1968 and missed the 1972 Olympics due to an injury.
At 36, she moved up in distance at the 1976 Olympics—semi-finalist in the 800, 1st round-1500
Former World Record holder—440y (52.4/1965), 880y-2:02.0, 2:01.0 (1967)
In 1985, she ran in the World Masters Games in Toronto, Canada where she won gold medals in the 400, 800, 1500 and 5000
meters.
PBs: 52.1y (1965), 1:59.93 (1976), 4:14.22 (1976)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64478
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Amoore
Australia Hall of Fame: https://www.athletics.com.au/hall-of-fame/judy-pollock/
Deceased
John Powell 75 (1947-August 18, 2022) 2-time Olympic bronze medalist—Discus (1976, 1984/1972-4th)
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mercurynews/name/john-powell-obituary?id=36296816
Silver medalist at the 1987 World Championships
Set a World Record of 226-8(69.08) in 1975
7-time U.S. Champion (1974,1975, 1983-1987/13-year span)
Made T&F News’ Top-10 World Rankings 13 times from 1972-1987 (#2-1974, #3-1975,1976, #4 6 times)
PB:233-9 (71.26/1984/#3 All-Time U.S.)
Rankings: https://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/
WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_discus_throw_world_record_progression
T&F News Interview(Nov.,1974):
https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/john_powell.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qaDUbOvfZM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Powell_(athlete)
