This Day in Track & Field, October 12, Jaqueline Hanson regains WR in Marathon, 2:38:19 (1975) by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field–October  12

1924—Sweden’s Gunnar Lindstrom, the silver medalist at the Paris Olympics earlier in the year, threw the Javelin          218-7 (66.62) in Eksjö, Sweden, to break the World Record of 216-10 (66.10) that was set by Finland’s Jonni Myyrä

In 1919.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_javelin_throw_world_record_progression

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76275

1925—Albert “Whitey” Michelson became the first man to break 2:30 for the Marathon when he ran 2:29:01.8 in a race that began in Columbus Circle in NY City and ended in Port Chester,NY.

WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression

1962—Distance runner Kenny Moore ran 9.4 for 100-yards on the practice track behind Hayward Field in Eugene–say what?!

Moore, who would finish 4^th in the Marathon at the 1972 Olympics, explains in his own words in the Sports Illustrated story linked below, how he (and many others) took advantage of a Columbus Day windstorm to set a personal best in the 100 just a month into his freshman year at the University of Oregon!

After watching huge trees being uprooted by the wind, Moore “…went from class to cross-country practice. Naturally, it was canceled, but soon several runners were on the practice track behind Hayward Field, running wind-blown 100-yard dashes. My roommate, Bruce Mortenson, who would win the 1965 NCAA Steeplechase, did one in 9.9. “The wind is like a huge hand on your back,” he said. “It’s hard to keep your balance, and it’s almost impossible to slow down.”

https://vault.si.com/vault/1979/12/10/sideline-this-marathon-man-isnt-battin-the-breeze-when-he-says-he-ran-a-94-100

(Moore states in the article that he submitted the time to T&F News on one of their questionaires, but it never appeared in print. While not doubting that Moore ran 9.4, the magazine says they don’t recall seeing the time!)

Columbus Day Windstorm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day_Storm_of_1962

http://www.climate.washington.edu/stormking/October1962.html

http://www.historylink.org/File/5325

1965—Czech Ludvik Daněk, the silver medalist at the previous year’s Olympics,  threw the Discus 214-0 (65.22) in Sokolov to break his own World Record of 211-9 (64.55). He would complete his set of Olympic medals by winning bronze in 1968 and gold in 1972.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_discus_throw_world_record_progression

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76597

1966—France’s Michel Jazy ran 4:56.2 for 2000-Meters in St.Maur, France, to break the World Record of 4:57.8 that had been set by Germany’s Harold Norpoth a month earlier.

1968--19th Summer Olympic Games open in Mexico City, Mexico; first Olympics in Latin America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac6vW8cT9WU&feature=player_embedded

(Video includes the lighting of the Olympic flame, and some T&F highlights: M4x400, WJT, M110h, WSP, W100)

1975—Jacqueline “Jaqi” Hansen regained the World Record in the Women’s Marathon with her winning time of 2:38:19 at the Nike Oregon T.C. race in Eugene (she placed 11^th in the race).

The overall winner of the race in 2:16:08 was Jon Anderson, who was celebrating his 26^th birthday (see below).

Hansen and Anderson were winners at the 1973 Boston Marathon and were the honorary starters at the 2023 race in honor of their mutual 50^th Anniversary!

WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression

2:43:54.5  Jaqi Hansen USA December 1, 1974

2:42:24     Liana Winter  Germany  April 21, 1975

2:40:15.8  Christa Vahlensieck  Germany  May 3, 1975

2:38:19     Jaqi Hansen  October 12, 1975

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

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

Hansen Looks Back on the 40^th Anniversary (2015):

https://www.jacquelinehansen.com/2015/10/10/40th-anniversary-first-sub-240-marathon/

And on the 45th~”Where did the time go?  I remember it like it was yesterday. This performance was one of two peak performances as defined by sports psychology – a term which did not exist in those days. Classic, it was effortless and euphoric. It was my fifth PR in five straight marathons.  But I never ran faster.  I honestly just thought I’d keep getting faster. At the time, the lack of opportunity to go to the Montreal Olympics set me on the activist chapter of my life  . . . .  a role more gratifying than any world record”.  (From Gary Cohen’s interview-” her activism was instrumental in adding the Women’s Marathon and later the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters to the Olympic Games.”)

Hansen recently donated the shoes she wore on this day to the World Athletics’ Heritage collection.

(Photos attached if they don’t appear here)

2019—Aided by pacer lights and an All-Star lineup of pacers, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge broke through the 2-hour barrier in the Marathon, running 1:59:40 in Vienna, Austria. Kipchoge, the 2016 Olympic Champion in the Marathon, was greeted by his wife Susan at the finish, and then held aloft by some of the pacers!

Among the 41 pacers were Bernard Lagat, Paul Chelimo, Matthew Centrowitz, Lopez Lomong, and the 3 Inegbrigtsen brothers(Jakob, Filip, Henrik).

Time Lapse(14 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7TnUw2USvI

Last 2 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoxFkJlVZlA

https://www.ineos159challenge.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-record.html

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a29430499/eliud-kipchoge-ineos-159-challenge-result/

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/12/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-two-hours-ineos-159-challenge/

https://www.si.com/edge/2019/10/12/eliud-kipchoge-breaks-two-hour-marathon-barrier-vienna-history

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/the-standard-insider/article/2001383178/grace-the-woman-who-keeps-eliud-kipchoge-grounded

List of Pacers:

https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/introducing-eliud-kipchoges-41-person-team-of-ineos-159-pacers/

Born On This Day*

Emily Sisson  34 (1991)  2015 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Champion—5000m (Providence)

2007 U.S. Junior Champion—5000m (15 at the time); 2010 U.S. Junior Champion—3000m

9^th in the 10,000 at the 2017 World Championships in London, 10^th at the 2019 Worlds in Doha

         Won the 10,000 at the 2021 U.S. Trials—finished 10^th at the Tokyo Olympics

2nd in the Marathon at the 2024 U.S. Trials (2:22:42)…23^rd at the Paris Olympics

Has won 5 U.S. Road titles:

2021 U.S. Champion—15k

         2022 U.S. Champion—15k, Half-Marathon (set an AR of 1:07:11)

         2023 U.S. Champion —15k and 20k

Broke her own American Record when she ran 1:06:52 for the Half-Marathon in Houston on January 15, 2023

Ran 2:23:08 in her Marathon debut in London in 2019—dropped out of the 2020 U.S. Marathon Olympic Trials

Set the current American Record of 2:18:29 while finishing 2^nd at the 2022 Chicago Marathon…7^th in 2023

An injury forced her to withdraw from the 2021 NY City Marathon

PBs: 8:49.61 (2018), 14:53.84 (2021),  30:49.57 (2019), 1:06:52 (2023), 2:18:29 (2022); 2025 SB: 1:09:19

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/04/emily-sisson-backs-up-the-hype-with-22308-debut-in-london-marathon/

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/08/25/emily-sisson-new-york-city-marathon-virtual/

https://www.podiumrunner.com/events/olympics/how-emily-sisson-got-her-track-legs-back-for-the-olympics/

The Making of an Olympian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY4Z3YO6sec

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147106

Michelle Carter 40 (1985)  2016 Olympic gold medalist—Shot Put (4th-2012, 13^th-2008); 2016 World Indoor Champion

(Won both titles on her final throw, setting American Records both times)

Bronze medalist at the 2012 World Indoor and 2015 and 2017 World Outdoor Championships

         Member of 13 U.S. global teams (3 Olympics, 6 World Championships, 4 World Indoor Championships)…finished 9^th

at the 2019 World Championships in Doha

2006 NCAA Indoor Champion (Texas/2^nd-‘05&’07); Outdoors: ‘05-2^nd, ’06-3^rd, ’07-5^th

7-time U.S. Champion (’08,’09,’11,’13-’16[3^rd-2017,  6^th-2018]);

5-time U.S. Indoor Champion (2013-2017); 2-time U.S. Junior/Under-20 Champion (2003,2004)

2004 World Junior/Under-20 Champion

Former American Indoor (66-3  1/4/20.21-‘16) and Outdoor (67-8  1/4/20.63-‘16) record holder.

Announced her retirement after finishing 8^th at the 2022 U.S. Championships

Ranked #1 in the world in 2016; Ranked among the top-10 In the U.S. 15 years in a row (2005-2019/#1 seven

times)

Daughter of former NFL star Michael Carter, the 1984 Olympic silver medalist who won 7 NCAA titles in the

Shot Put while he was at SMU (4-indoors,  3-outdoors)..he set an amazing U.S. High School record  of

81-3  ½ (24.77+) with the 12-pound shot in 1979…her sister D’Andra was the 2009  NCAA Discus Champion

(Texas Tech)…brother Michael, Jr. was the 2009 Junior College Indoor  Champion in the shot put

Professional make-up artist…known as the “Shot Diva”

Creator of “You Throw Girl”–Sports Confidence Camp

https://worldathletics.org/news/news/michelle-carter-shot-put-usa-retirement

OG Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGHqaRz53QA

https://www.si.com/edge/2017/05/17/michelle-carter-shot-put-olympics-mental-edge

Rankings: https://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/rankings

Body Types: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC6a3r4ZuHU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Carter_(athlete)

http://shotdiva.com/meetmichelle

Technique Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MrNxeVvp84

Dealing With Dyslexia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNbUJT6V72E

http://shotdiva.com/youthrowgirl

No Pressure From Dad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnC6cZ-XN-Y

Janay DeLoach-Soukup 40 (1985) 2012 Olympic bronze medalist—Long Jump (2016-Qual.round);

Silver medalist-2012 World Indoor Championships (2016-4^th)

3-time finalist at the World Outdoor Championships-2011(5^th), 2013 (10^th), 2015 (8^th);

2013 U.S. Champion; 3-time U.S. Indoor Champion (2011-2013)

Colorado State All-American was 6^th at the 2007 & 2008 NCAA Championships

5^th in the 60m-hurdles at the 2014 World Indoor Championships

Ranked in the U.S. top-10 seven times (LJ-#2 four times-2011,2012, 2013, 2015, #3 in 2016)

PBs: Hurdles-7.82i (2014), 12.83 (2017); LJ: 23-3/4 (7.03/2012/=#8 All-Time U.S./indoor-outdoor)

Was held back for two years after the 2012 season by an ankle injury which she assumed was just a

bad sprain… turned out it was a break that required surgery in September, 2014.

After a difficult period of rehab, she wound up switching her jump-off leg from left to right …struggled

during the early part of the 2015 season, but managed  to finish 3rd at the U.S.

Championships to qualify for her 3rd World Championship team

Retired after the 2017 season to start a family with husband Patrick Soukup, her former teammate at Colorado

State…gave birth to her daughter in May, 2018.

While still competing, she obtained a Masters in Occupational Therapy from Colorado State, where she spent her

undergraduate years. Works as an occupational therapist at Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital in

Johnstown, CO.

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

www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/2018/01/24/two-time-olympian-janay-deloach-soukup-retiring-start-family/1062703001/

Daughter: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj7uR19ApYD/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=r388ql5hyilv

https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/janay-deloach-14308863

Alaska Sports Hall of Fame: http://alaskasportshall.org/inductee/janay-deloach/

http://www.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/461991/air-force-chiefs-daughter-takes-bronze-in-olympic-long-jump/

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126662

Kajsa Bergqvist—Sweden  49 (1976)  2005 World Champion—High Jump (bronze-‘01,’03/’97-5^th, ‘99-4^th, ‘07-7th);

2-time World Indoor Champion (2001,2003); 2000 Olympic bronze medalist

2-time NCAA Champion (SMU/1997,1999);

Set the current  World Indoor Record of 6-9  ¾ (2.08) in Arnstatdt, Germany, in 2006. Germany’s Heike Henkel,

the previous record holder at 6-9  ½ (2.07) was on hand to congratulate her (see video link)

Outdoor best is 6-9 (2.06/2003); College PB: 6-6 (1.98/2009/=#4 All-Time College)

Indoor Record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4fRDbevHTI

Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajsa_Bergqvist

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/75982

Marion Jones  50 (1975) 2-time World Champion—100m (1997,1999), also WC-4×100 (1997)

Bronze medalist in the Long Jump at the 1999 World Championships

9-time U.S. Champion: 100 (1997, 1998, 2000); 200 (1998, 1999, 2000); LJ (1997, 1998, 2000)

All-American at North Carolina: NCAA-1994 (200-6^th, LJ-2^nd), 1995 (LJ-4^th)

Won five medals, including three golds, at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but lost them all after

admitting to steroid use.

Track & Field News Female H.S. Athlete of the year in 1991 & 1992

PBs: 6.95i (=#4 All-Time, =#2 U.S.10.65 (1998/=#5 A-T/=#3 U.S.), 21.62 (1998/#5 A-T, #3 U.S.), 49.59

                (2000), 6-2 (1.88/1997), 23-11  ¾ (7.31/1998/=#9 A-T, =#2 U.S.)

http://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/news/story?id=3054706

Fall From Grace: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/7184067.stm

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

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89142

A New Life: Jones sat down with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts for an interview in July, 2024.

Paul Pilkington 67 (1958) Former Head Women’s T&F and X-Country coach at Weber State-retired in June, 2025

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