by Larry Eder
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service ([email protected])
This Day in X-Country /Track & Field-November 21
1889—The inaugural U.S. Indoor Championships were held at the original Madison Square Garden. Among the events contested were: Kicking football for accuracy, 56-pound Weight for Height, 24-pound Shot Put, 3 Standing Broad Jumps!
From the NY Times: “Most of the excitement attached to the football kicking. The garden with its myriad gas and electric light globes is not well suited to that pastime. D.A. Lindsay, Jr., of the Staten Island Athletic Club, who was the 2nd to try his accuracy of foot, put the ball squarely against an electric light globe, to its great detriment, and followed by hitting another, but not as disastrously.”
(For subscribers):https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/11/22/100952857.html?pageNumber=5
(Photo of results attached if it doesn’t appear here)
1938–The first NCAA X-Country Championships were held at Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan. Notre Dame’s Greg Rice won the 4-mile race in 20:12.9 and Indiana won the team title on a cold and windy day. The meet would be held in East Lansing every year through 1964.
From Hickock Sports: “The Central Intercollegiate Conference began holding a cross-country meet in 1926. During the 1930s, it virtually turned into a national event and the widespread interest spurred the NCAA to inaugurate its first National Cross-Country Championships in 1938.”
Results:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_NCAA_Cross_Country_Championships
1942–Notre Dame’s Ollie Hunter was the NCAA individual winner at Michigan State, while Indiana and Penn State tied for the team title. With the U.S. involved in World War II, the coaches adopted the following resolution at the meet: “The National Collegiate Cross Country Coaches Association points out that running is a basic conditioner for all sport activities and is especially timely for all war conditioning activities. It is our recommendation that Cross Country and distance running and hiking be made more use of by high schools and colleges and all other groups in their physical hardening courses”.
(9 teams, 63 finishers)
Results
1960--Still reeling from a poor performance at the Rome Olympics, Australian Al Lawrence won his 2nd straight individual title at the NCAA X-Country Championships, which were held on Michigan State’s 4-mile course. The 28-year old Lawrence was joined by his Houston teammates (an all-foreign group) John Macy(Poland), Barrie Almond(Australia), Pat Clohessy(Australia), and George Rankin(Scotland) as the Cougars won the team title. Finishing 5th in the individual race was Kansas senior Billy Mills.
For the 2nd year in a row, Lawrence followed his NCAA victory with a win at the U.S. Championships (at a time when the U.S. Nationals were open to international athletes).
(12 teams, 99 finishers)
SI Vault: http://www.si.com/vault/1960/12/05/585901/a-double-double-for-allen
Results:
1961–Cornell sophomore Steve Machooka, wearing socks on his hands to ward off the bitter cold, overcame the snow, slush, and mud on the Van Cortlandt Park course in New York to win the IC4A X-Country title. Machooka was the first Kenyan athlete to compete for a U.S. school. Finishing 3rd in the race was St.Joseph’s Kevin Quinn, who spent 49 years as a coach at his alma mater before retiring in 2015.
http://www.ivy50.com/story.aspx?sid=10/19/2006
1966–Washington State sophomore Gerry Lindgren won the first of his three NCAA Div.I titles (6-miles/also won in 1967 &1969), while Villanova also marked the beginning of a three-peat with a convincing win over Kansas State (79-155) at the NCAA Championships in Lawrence, Kansas.
Leading the way for Jumbo Elliott’s Wildcats was Tom Donnelly, the long-time men’s coach at Haverford College (He retired after the 2023 Championships), who finished 7th overall. Other notables: Iowa’s Larry Wieczorek (3rd), who retired in 2014 after coaching at his alma mater for 30 years, Wesleyan’s Amby Burfoot (6th), who would win the 1968 Boston Marathon (and was the top editor at Runner’s World for many years, Southern Illinois’ Oscar Moore (12th), Villanova’s Dave Patrick (39th), Minnesota’s Tom Heinonen (53rd), the former women’s coach at Oregon, and Colorado’s John Lunn (54th), whose son Jason was one of America’s top milers from 2000-2002.
(25 teams, 189 finishers)
Results
1977–It was clear who the individual champion was at the NCAA Div.I Championships in Spokane, Washington, with Washigton State sophomore Henry Rono (28:33.5) pulling away from the Providence duo of John Treacy (28:51.0) and Gerald Deegan (28:56.9) for the win, but figuring out who won the team title was an entirely different matter. UTEP was originally declared the winner over Oregon, but Miner coach Ted Banks wasn’t so sure. He told T&F News before rushing to the airport for the team’s flight home, “We won’t know until it’s official”. Sure enough, officials discovered they had mistakenly identified Tennessee’s George Watts as a UTEP runner, understandable to a degree since both teams sported orange uniforms. After another error was corrected, the official scores were finally announced, giving Oregon a narrow 100-105 win.
Rono had to contend with 15-degree weather and two recalls, one after the field had gone 300-yards, but won easily after receiving an early challenge from Treacy and Deegan. Other notables in the field included Arizona’s Thom Hunt (8), Oregon’s Alberto Salazar (9), East Tennessee State’s Ray Flynn (26), Oregon’s Rudy Chapa (27) and Bill McChesney (28), BYU’s Henry Marsh (29), and Oregon’s Matt Centrowitz (63).
About those recalls. A gun was fired to signify one minute to go before the start of the race. Some runners, including Rono, thought it was the actual start, but were stopped before going too far. Someone jumped the second time they tried to start the race, but a large group, again including Rono, apparently didn’t hear, or were confused by, the recall gun and went the 300 yards before being stopped!
(29 teams, 255 finishers)
Results
Local Coverage: http://tinyurl.com/1977NCAAXC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_NCAA_Division_I_Cross_Country_Championships
1981–The very first NCAA championships for women (in any sport) were the Div.II and Div.III cross country championships. The Div.II winners in Kenosha (WI) were Eileen Kraemer (Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo) and South Dakota State.
Running on a snow-covered course in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Cynthia Sturm of Westfield State College(Ma) was the individual Div.III winner and Central College (IA) won the team title. (North Carolina State’s Betty Jo Springs and the University of Virginia would win the inaugural Div.I titles two days later).
Men’s winners were (Div.II) Mark Conover (Humboldt State) and Millersville, and (Div.III) Mark Whalley (Principia) and North Central.
1983–Texas-El Paso/UTEP thought they had won their 8th Div.I team title, scoring 108 points to Wisconsin’s 164, but the Miners were later stripped of the Championship because of unspecified “rules violations” (Wisconsin was not moved up). UTEP’s Zak Barie (29:20.0) was allowed to retain his individual title.
Oregon (95) won its first Women’s Div.I title, winning a close battle over Stanford (98) and North Carolina State (99). NC State’s Betty Jo Springs (16:30.7) won the individual title for the 2nd time in 3 years.
Other notable finishers:
Men-2.Yobes Ondieki (Iowa State-29:41.3), 9.Ed Eyestone (BYU/coach at BYU), 32. Keith Brantly (Florida), 36.Mike Blackmore (Oregon), 47.Marcus O’Sullivan (Villanova/men’s coach at Vill.), 58.Brian Diemer (Michigan/Calvin coach), 62.Jim Sapienza (Dartmouth), 80.Matt McGuirk (Oregon–current Willamette coach), 86.Arturo Barrios (Texas A&M), 89.Jeff Drenth (Central Michigan), 90.Patrick Sang (Texas), 171.J.J. Clar k(Villanova—Head Coach at Stanford)
Women-2.Nan Doak (Iowa-16:35.2), 3.Kathy Hayes (Oregon-15:35.5), 6.Sabrina Dornhoefer (Missouri), 7.Tina Krebs (Clemson), 8.Cathy Branta (Wisconsin), 9.Regina Jacobs (Stanford), 10.PattiSue Plumer (Stanford), 15.Joan Nesbit(North Carolina), 20.Jenny Spangler (Iowa), 53.Alisa Harvey (Tennessee), 63.Claudette Groenendal (Oregon), 66.Ceci Hopp (Stanford), 88.Gina Procaccio (Villanova—women’s coach at her alma mater)
(Men-22 teams, 182 finishers, Women-16 teams, 133 finishers)
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/29/sports/has-a-big-time-track-program-gone-too-big.html
1988–Indiana athletes swept the individual titles at the NCAA Div.I Championships in Granger,Iowa. A year after winning the Foot Locker H.S. title, freshman Bob Kennedy won the men’s race in a close finish over Clemson’s Yehezkel Halifa (29:20-29:21), while a barefoot Michelle Dekkers, a junior from South Africa, won the women’s race. Wisconsin (Men) and Kentucky (Women) were the team champions. Kennedy, who would win a 2nd NCAA title in 1992, went on to become one of the greatest U.S. distance runners in history.
(Men-22 teams, 184 finishers, Women-16 teams, 135 finishers)
Other notable finishers:
Men-19.Todd Williams (Tennessee), 38.John Trautmann (Georgetown), 39.Mike Peroni (Boston College), 50.Brad Hudson (Oregon), 175.Tom Nohilly (Florida)
Women-6.Suzy Favor (Wisconsin), 132.Jill Geer (Arkansas–USATF’s former Chief Marketing Officer)
Results
Women
1994–Jen Rhines’ individual win (16:31.2) led Villanova to its 6th straight Women’s NCAA Div.I title in Fayetteville, Arkansas. 2nd was Providence’s Amy Rudolph (16:44.8) and 12th was Arkansas senior Deena Drossin (Kastor).
Arizona senior Martin Keino (30:08.7), the son of the legendary Kip Keino, won the Men’s individual title over Colorado freshman Adam Goucher (30:12.0) and Michigan sophomore Kevin Sullivan (30:22.4), while Iowa State won the Men’s team title over Colorado (65-88). Finishing 15th was UCLA freshman Meb Keflezighi.
(Men-22 teams, 178 finishers, Women-22 teams, 181 finishers)
Other notable finishers:
Women-14.Sarah Schwald (Arkansas), 32.Karen Harvey (Michigan), 56.Amy Wickus (Wisconsin), 112.Melody Fairchild (Oregon)
Men-11.Alan Culpepper (Colorado), 13.Corey Ihmels (Iowa State–head coach at Boise State), 16.Louie Quintana (Villanova- coach at Oregon State), 25.Robert Gary (Ohio State–coach at Furman), 37.Andy Downin (Georgetown), 57.Pascal Dobert (Wisconsin), 89.Graham Hood (Arkansas),
Results
Women
http://villanovarunning.blogspot.com/2011/01/villanova-women-at-cross-country.html
2005–Simon Bairu (29:15.9) won his 2nd straight NCAA Div.1 Men’s title and led Wisconsin to a lop-sided 37-105 team win over Arkansas in Terre Haute, Indiana. Following Bairu across the finish line were Iona’s Richard Kiplagat (29:21.9), Wisconsin’s Chris Solinsky (29:27.8) and Liberty’s Josh McDougal (29:32.6),who would win the 2007 title. 6th was Brigham Young’s Josh Rohatinksy, who would become the 2006 individual champion.
Stanford won the first of three straight Women’s team titles with146 points, the highest winning score ever (at the time). Northern Arizona’s Johanna Nilsson (19:33.9) was the individual winner over Columbia’s Caroline Bierbaum (19:46.0).
Other notable finishers:
Women-8.Ari Lambie-Stanford (19:59.1), 13.Amy Hastings (Arizona State-20:09.0), 15.Molly Huddle (Notre Dame-20:13.0), 23.Marina Muncan (Villanova-20:23.5), 43.Jenny Barringer-Simpson (Colorado frosh-20:36.0), 47.Lauren Centrowitz (Stanford-20:39.4), 55.Shannon Rowbury (Duke-20:43.3)
(Men & Women-31 teams, 215 finishers)
Men–26.Dan Huling (Miami-Ohio-30:09.8), 32.Ben True (Dartmouth-30:15.6), 68.Leo Manzano (Texas-30:43.1), 77.Tom Lancashire (Florida State-30:47.4).
Reports: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/12858-ncaa-di-cross-country-championships-2005/articles#.X7fnpC9h1QI
Race Results Weekly: https://www.letsrun.com/2005/ncaaxcrecap.php
Videos (Men): Part 1 Part 3 Women
2011— Villanova’s Sheila Reid (19:41.2) outdueled Oregon’s Jordan Hasay (19:41.8) and Dartmouth’s Abbey D’Agostino (19:42.9) to win her 2nd straight NCAA Div.1 Women’s title in Terre Haute, Indiana. Georgetown won the team title by only 8 points over Washington, while its winning score of 162 points was the highest in the history of the Women’s championships (at the time).
“I could not be more proud of this team,” said Georgetown coach Chris Miltenberg. “Today was a true team effort. With all the ups and downs throughout September and October, this team never stopped believing that they could do something big. Today was a huge step forward for all of us.”
Arizona’s Lawi Lalang (28:44.1) was the Men’s individual winner, while Wisconsin (97) beat Oklahoma State (139) to win the team title.
Other notable finishers:
Women:4.Emily Infeld (Georgetown-19:44.3), 7.Katie Flood (Washington-19:47.9), 9.Betsy Saina (Iowa State-19:50.7), 10.Tara Erdmann (Loyola Marymount-19:51.3), 18), Megan Goethals (Washington-20:06.8), 19.Shalaya Kipp (Colorado-20:08.1), 20.Emma Coburn (Colorado-20:08.6), 24.Chelsea Reilly (Cal-20:11.2), 48.Violah Lagat (Florida State-20:35.8), 55.Emily Lipari (Villanova-20:40.9)
Men:2.Chris Derrick (Stanford-28:57.5), 3.Leonard Korir (Iona-29:02.5), 4.Cam Levins (Southern Utah-29:04.8, 6.Luke Puskedra (Oregon-29:09.3), 7.Diego Estrada (Northern Arizona-29:24.7), 11.German Fernandez (Oklahoma State-29:32.9), 12.Ryan Hill (North Carolina State-29:37.1), Miles Batty (BYU-29:40.0), 19.Donn Cabral (Princeton-29:44.4), 39.Andy Bayer (Indiana-30:11.5).
(Men-31 teams, 214 finishers, Women-31 teams, 217 finishers)
MileSplit: https://www.milesplit.com/meets/96502-ncaa-di-cross-country-championships-2011/results#.X7fl5S9h1QI
Reports
MileSplit: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/12858-ncaa-di-cross-country-championships-2005/results#.X7fj0C9h1QI
2015—Oregon junior Edward Cheserek (28:48.5) ran away from the field to win his 3rd straight individual title at the NCAA Div.I Championships in Louisville, Kentucky (Joining legends Gerry Lindgren, Steve Prefontaine, and Henry Rono as a 3-time winner). Trailing Cheserek were two future champions, Villanova’s Patrick Tiernan (2nd/29:11.1), who would win the following year (beating Cheserek!), and Syracuse’s Justyn Knight (4th/29:46.1), the winner in 2017. Splitting Tiernan and Knight was Colorado’s Pierce Murphy (29:37.0).
Syracuse coach Chris Fox also got top-10 finishes from Colin Bennie (8th/29:55.9) and Martin Hehir (9th/29:59.5) as the school won its first team title since 1951. Colorado, looking for its 3rd straight title, finished only 9 points behind the Orange (82-91). The Buffaloes had their five scorers finish ahead of Syracuse’s 4th runner, but couldn’t overcome those 3 top-10 finishes. Next in the team scoring were Stanford (151) and Oregon (183).
It was a runaway in the Women’s race, with New Mexico winning its 1st title by a whopping 80 points over Colorado (49-129). Also on the podium were Oregon (214) and Providence (231).
The Lobos were led by Courtney Frerichs (4th/19:48.0), a transfer from Missouri-Kansas City, and Alice Wright (5th/19:53.1). Notre Dame senior Molly Seidel (19:28.6) won the individual title, with Boise State freshman Allie Ostrander (19:33.6) finishing 2nd, followed by Arkansas’ Dominique Scott (19:40.9). Seidel became the first female Foot Locker champion to follow up with a NCAA title. She would go on to win the bronze medal in the Marathon at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
(Men-31 teams, 252 finishers, Women-31 teams, 254 finishers)
https://www.milesplit.com/meets/177498-ncaa-di-cross-country-championships-2015/results#.X7fpbC9h1QI
LetsRun Coverage: http://www.letsrun.com/events/2015-ncaa-cross-country-championships/
Historical Links
Div.I Women Men T&F News Archives USTFCCA
Div.II http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/meet-history?series=3370
Div.III Kirk Reynolds Archives
NAIA https://www.naia.org/sports/wxc/2025-26/Releases/Program
2021—Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who had won the bronze medal in the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics in July, narrowly set a World Record of 57:31 for the Half-Marathon in Lisbon (since broken). The previous record of 57:32 was set by Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie in 2020. Kiplimo also get credit for WRs at 15k (40:27) and 20k (54:29).
Born On This Day*
Almaz Ayana—Ethiopia 34 (1991) 2016 Olympic gold medalist—10,000m. Set an amazing World Record of 29:17:45 in
Rio (bronze medalist—5000m);
2017 World Champion—10,000 (2nd-5000); 2015 World Champion—5000m (3rd-2013);
Winner of the 2022 Amsterdam Marathon in her debut at the distance—ran 2:17:20, making her the 7th fastest
performer in history (at the time/fastest-ever debut)
Due to injuries and pregnancy, she raced only once (in 2019) since 2017 before returning to action in 2022
Son Surafel was born in November, 2020
PBs: 8:22.22, 14:12.59 (2016/#7-All-Time World), 29:17:45 (2016/now #5 A-T), 1:05:30 (2023),
2:16:22 (Dec.2023/#13 A-T); Last competed in 2023
Rio 10k Video: https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/video/detail/women-s-10-000m-final-rio-2016-replays/
https://worldathletics.org/news/report/amsterdam-marathon-2022-ayana-getachew
Andrew Wheating 38 (1987) 3-time NCAA Champion (Oregon)—2009-800, 2010—800, 1500
2-time U.S. Olympian—2008 (800/1st round), 2012 (1500/semi-finalist);
A key figure in the incredible 800 at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, arguably the most exciting event ever
contested at Hayward Field (finished 2nd). Read Curtis Anderson’s updated account at:
http://dailyrelay.com/chaos-reigned-oral-history-2008-800m-olympic-trials-final/
PBs: 1:44.56 (2010), 2:17.44 (2012), 3:30.90 (2010), 3:51.74 (2010)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wheating
Trials 800: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Fwxo50ZiI
https://www.ussportscamps.com/coaches/co-director
H.S. Coach (2018): https://www.milesplit.com/articles/238438/andrew-wheating-gives-high-school-coaching-a-shot
Sabine Busch—East Germany 63 (1962) 1987 World Champion—400m-hurdles
Missed out on a potential gold medal at the 1984 Olympics due to the Soviet-led boycott.
2-time World Champion—4×400 (1983,1987)
1987 World Indoor Champion—400m
1988 Olympic bronze medalist—4×400
Former World Record holder—400h/53.55 (1985)
PBs: 49.24 (1984), 53.24 (1987/German Record)
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Busch
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69644
Eamonn Coghlan—Ireland 73 (1952) The Chairman of the Boards
1983 World Champion—5000m
4-time NCAA Champion—Mile (Villanova-1975,1976/indoors and outdoors)
7-time winner of the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games
5-time U.S. Indoor Champion—Mile (’78,’83,’87), 3-mile (’80,’81)
2-time Irish Olympian—1976 (1500-4th), 1980 (5000-4th)
Set 3 World Indoor Records in the mile:3:52.6–San Diego (1979), 3:50.6—San Diego (1981),
3:49.78—Meadowlands,NJ (1983)…the latter stood for 14 years until Hicham El Guerrouj ran 3:48.45 in 1997
Member of the Irish team that set the current World Record of 15:49.08 in the 4-mile relay in 1985
(Coghlan 4:00.2, Marcus O’Sullivan 3:55.3, Frank O’Mara 3:56.6, Ray Flynn 3:57.0)
41 at the time, he became the first man over 40 to break 4-minutes for the mile—ran 3:58.15 indoors at Harvard
in 1994.
PBs: 1:47.78 (1977), 3:35.6h(i) (1981), 3:49.78i (’83/#10 All-Time), 3:51.59 (’83), 7:37.60 (’80), 13:19.13
(’81), 28:19.3 (’86)
Won 9 Penn Relays watches from 1973-1976.
1973: 4xmile
1974: 4xmile, DMR
1975: 4×800, 4xmile, DMR
1976: 4X800, 4×1500, DMR
3:49.78:
https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/03/07/he-had-the-time-of-his-life
(For subscribers): www.nytimes.com/1983/02/28/sports/coghlan-winner-in-first-sub-3-50-indoor-mile.html
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGXGTfGB_wc
’83 WC-Video(Last Lap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWCX1SxSAF4
Chairman of the Boards—Master of the Mile
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eamonn-Coghlan-Chairman-Boards-Master/dp/0954865340
Review: http://www.racingpast.ca/reviews.php?id=23
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamonn_Coghlan
http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=240
https://worldathletics.org/heritage/news/eamonn-coghlan-world-indoor-mile-record
Wanamaker Mile Winners: http://www.runningpast.com/wanamaker_mile.htm
Alberto Juantorena 75 (1950/some sources have his DOB as Dec.3) 1976 Olympic gold medalist—400m, 800m
Former World Record holder—800m (1:43.5-1:43.50/1976-OG, 1:43.4-1:43.44/1977)
After finishing 2nd in his heat of the Men’s 800-Meters at the inaugural World Championships in 1983,
veered to his left and stepped on the metal curb with his right foot, suffering a broken bone that took him out
of the Championships! That was the last race of his career.
Named T&F News’ Male Athlete of the Year in 1976 and 1977
Former member of the World Athletics (IAAF) Council
Known as “El Caballo” (The Horse)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66798
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/alberto-juantorena-14359171
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Juantorena
https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/08/15/splendor-and-agony-in-helsinki
https://vault.si.com/vault/2002/12/23/runners-mike-boit-and-alberto-juantorena-september-12-1977
https://www.worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/structure/council
2018 Interview(in English—talks about his career): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R73W0CPelCw
Cover: https://vault.si.com/vault/1977/09/12/43699-toc
Videos
(’76 OG-both races): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY0JOwJO5Ek
’83 WC(Juantorena’s race starts at the 7:35 mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O3Yj95btq8
Deceased
Tom Murphy 89 (1935-June 18, 2025) My cousin was one of my first sports heroes (along with Gil Hodges of the
Brooklyn Dodgers). The whole Murphy clan followed his exploits throughout his career and he’s the reason I’ve
had a life-long association with the sport!
Tom’s Career
High School
Set two National High School Indoor Records(flat-floor) at 600-yards at NY’s Armory
Anchored St.Augustine (Brooklyn,NY) to a win in the championship mile relay at the 1953 Penn
Relays
1953 CHSAA Outdoor Champion–440-yards, was 2nd in the Javelin!
His son Keith ran the opening 800m leg on the John Gregorek-anchored St.Anthony’s team that won the H.S.
Distance Medley at the 1979 Penn Relays
College (Manhattan)
1958 IC4A Indoor Champion–600-yards
1958 All-American–2nd (to Ron Delany) in the 1/2-mile (880-yards) at the NCAA Championships
Anchored Manhattan College to victory in the featured mile and 2-mile relays at the 1958 Millrose
Games at Madison Square Garden; Also anchored the Jaspers to a win in the 2-mile relay at the 1957 Penn
Relays. Member of the Manhattan College Hall of Fame
Post-College
1959 U.S. and Pan American-Games Champion–800-meters
1959–Winner of the 800-meters at the 2nd USA-Soviet Union dual meet in Philadelphia–also ran on
the winning 4×400 relay
1960 U.S. Indoor champion–600-yards
2-time winner of the half-mile at the Millrose Games (1959,1960)
Winner of the 800-meters at the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials–ran 1:46.7, just one second off the world record at
the time; Semi-Finalist in the 800-meters at the 1960 Olympics in Rome
Member of the U.S. team that set a World Record in the 2-mile relay in 1960
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78829
https://gojaspers.com/honors/manhattan-college-athletic-hall-of-fame/tom-murphy/22
