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This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-November 10
1883—Great Britain’s Walter George ran 52:53 for 10-miles in a handicap race in London to break his own pre-IAAF World Record of 52:56.5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(athlete)
1924–Lake View(IL) prep Norma Zilk equaled Helen Filkey’s American Record of 11.6 for 100-yards at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Early Girls Track in Illinois: https://www.ihsa.org/archive/hstoric/track_girls_early.htm?NOCACHE=1:11:35%20AM
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/letters-59/
1961–Steve Machooka’s individual win led Cornell to the team title at the Heptagonal Championships at NY’s Van Cortlandt
Park. Machooka was the first Kenyan to run for a U.S. college.
Machooka: http://www.ivy50.com/story.aspx?sid=10/19/2006
1973–This was the first year of the three-division setup in the NCAA, with both Div.II and Div.III staging their Championships on the same day in Wheaton, Illinois.
Individual winner Steve Foster led Ashland College (now University) to the team title as they became the first Div.III Champions.
Gary Bentley’s individual win sparked South Dakota State to the Div.II title.
Prior to this year, there was only Div.I and the “College” Division, which was first held in 1958.
Div.II(from 1958 on): http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/meet-history?series=3370
Div.III: https://sagehens.com/sports/2023/8/28/d3-cross-country-historians-report.aspx
Born On This Day*
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis-Sweden 26 (1999) 2-time Olympic gold medalist—Pole Vault (2021, 2024)
3-time World Indoor (2022, 2024, 2025) and World Outdoor (2022, 2023, 2025) Champion
3-time European Champion-2018, 2022, 2024; 2021 European Indoor Champion
Improved his WR 4 times in 2025
His WR (14) Progression:
2020
20-2 ¾ (6.17) Torun February 8
20-3 ¼ (6.18) Glasgow February 15
2022
20-3 ¾ (6.19) Belgrade March 7
20-4 (6.20) Belgrade (World Indoor Championships March 20
20-4 ½ (6.21) Eugene (World Outdoor Championships) July 24
2023
20-4 ¾ (6.22) Clermont Ferrand, France Feb.25
20-5 ¼ (6.23) Eugene (Pre Classic/Diamond League Final) Sep.17
2024
20-5 ½ (6.24) Xiamen, China April 20
20-6 (6.25) Paris (Olympic Games) August 5
20-6 ½ (6.26) Chorzów, Poland August 25
2025
20-6 ¾i (6.27) Clermont Ferrand, France Feb.28
20-7 ¼ (6.28) Stockholm June 15
20-7 ½ (6.29) Budapest August 12
20-8 (6.30) Tokyo (World Championships) September 15
He seems to get just as excited after each successive WR (he now has 14) as he was when he set his 1st in 2020,
as you can see in this video from the 2023 Pre Classic, with NBC’s Paul Swangard and Trey Hardee providing
the commentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSql4J2lNc
Also bettered Sergey Bubka’s outdoor best when he cleared 20-2 (6.15) in Rome on September 17, 2020
Improved his World Junior Record in the Pole Vault to 19-10 ¼ (6.05) while winning gold at the 2018 European
Championships…that’s also the U.S. High School Record, a mark that will last a very long time.
Silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships—finished 2nd to American Sam Kendricks in an epic duel in
Doha….9th at the 2017 World Championships.
2015 World Youth and 2018 World Junior Champion
In a much heralded matchup between World Record holders, he defeated Norway’s 400h specialist Karsten
Warholm over 100-meters in Zurich on September 4, 2024 (10.37-10.47).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-gA_OXxQ5s
(Full Broadcast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojSzlLN7wAw
Most likely could have signed a lucrative professional contract early in his career, but the Louisiana native was
determined to compete collegiately for LSU during the 2019 season. Won the 2019 NCAA Indoor title,
finished 2nd Outdoors to Chris Nilsen before turning pro. Both of his parents, Greg (his coach) and Helena,
competed for LSU. Dad used to hold the family record in the PV (19-1/4 [5.80]).
One of the greatest U.S. preps in history (Lafayette H.S.,Louisiana)…
T&F News’ Male Prep Athlete of the Year in 2017 & 2018
Born in the U.S., he competes internationally for Sweden, the birthplace of his mother Helena, a former heptathlete
PBs:20-6 3/4i(6.27/202 , 20-8 (6.30/2025)
Set a World Junior Indoor Record of 19-3 ½ (5.88) in 2018
Set his first record in 2007 when he cleared 7-8 (2.33) at the age of 7!
6 1.70 5- 7 Doug Fraley USA 7 Mar 65 Lemoore CA 1 Mar 72
7 2.33 7- 8 Armand Duplantis USA 10 Nov 99 Jonesboro AR 13 Oct 07
8 2.89 9- 6 Armand Duplantis USA 10 Nov 99 New Orleans LA 12 Oct 08
9 3.20 10- 6 Armand Duplantis USA 10 Nov 99 New Iberia LA 4 Jul 09
10 3.86 12- 8 Armand Duplantis USA 10 Nov 99 Clovis CA 6 Aug 10
11 3.91 12-10 Armand Duplantis USA 10 Nov 99 New Iberia LA 2 Jul 11
12 3.97i 13- 0 1/4 Armand Duplantis USA 10 Nov 99 Reno NV 21 Jan 12
13 4.65 15- 3 Pål Haugen Lillefosse NOR 4 Jun 01 Bergen 29 May 15
14 4.92 16- 1 3/4 Sasha Zhoya AUS 25 Jun 02 Sydney 27 Mar 17
15 5.50i 18- 0 1/2 Matvey Volkov RUS 13 Mar 04 Moscow 29 Feb 20
16 5.56 18- 3 Sasha Zhoya AUS 25 Jun 02 Sydney 1 Apr 19
17 5.90 19- 4 1/4 Armand Duplantis SWE 10 Nov 99 Austin TX 1 Apr 17
18 6.05 19-10 1/4 Armand Duplantis SWE 10 Nov 99 Berlin 12 Aug 18
19 6.05 19-10 1/4 Armand Duplantis SWE 10 Nov 99 Berlin 12 Aug 18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Duplantis
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/armand-duplantis-14679502
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/sport/armand-duplantis-pole-vault-athletics-spt-intl-cmd/index.html
(Good career recap through February, 2021):
https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/is-mondo-duplantis-successor-to-usain-bolt
Videos
WR-6.17 WR-6.18 WR-6.19 WR-6.20 WR-6.21 WR-6.22 WR-6.23 WR-6.24 WR-6.25(’24 OG) WR-6.26
WR-6.27 WR-6.28 WR-6.29 WR-6.30 Outdoor “WR”-6.15 2019 WC(1:26)
vs Sam Kendricks in Lausanne(2020) 2021 OG
Andre De Grasse-Canada 31 (1994) 3-time medalist at the 2021 Olympics—Gold (200), Bronze (100,4×100)
Also a 3-time medalist at the 2016 Olympics—Silver (200), Bronze (100, 4×100)
Won his 7th Olympic medal (gold) by anchoring Canada to a win in the 4×100 at the 2024 Paris Olympics…was a
semi-finalist in the 100 & 200 in Paris
2022 World Champion-4×100 (100/semi-finalist); silver medalist in the 4×100 in 2025…semi-finalist in the
100/200
2-time bronze medalist at the 2015 World Championships (100, 4×100)
Suffered a right hamstring injury that forced him to withdraw from the 2017 World Championships. Injury flared up
again in 2018, bringing his season to an early end.
Returned to top form in 2019, winning bronze in the 100, silver in the 200, at the World Championships in Doha.
6th in the 200 at the 2023 World Championships—finished his season with a win in the 200 at the Pre
Classic/Diamond League Final—ran a season’s best of 19.76
2015 NCAA Champion—100, 200 (USC)
2015 Pan-American Games Champion—100,200
2013 Junior College Champion—100m; 2014 Junior College Indoor and Outdoor Champion-200m (Coffeyville C.C.)
PBs: 9.89 (2021), 19.62 (2021); 2025 SBs: 10.09, 20.13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_De_Grasse
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/133005
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/canada/andre-de-grasse-14535607
2021 OG(200): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqltfJVLoxg
2024 OG (4×100): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roYdc32jixM
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/trackandfield/de-grasse-hamstring-injury-season-over-1.4739198
Comeback:
Fastest Couple in the World (Nia Ali)
(2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuECV_6D1gQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH9PaFMdVog
Evans Kiplagat Chebet-Kenya 37 (1988) Winner of the Boston and New York Marathons in 2022….won again in Boston in
2023, but was a late withdrawal in New York
3rd in Boston, 2nd in New York, in 2024
Also a winner at the 2020 Valencia Marathon—ran 2:03:00 (=#14 All-Time).
PB:2:03:00 (Dec.2020); didn’t compete in 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_Chebet
https://www.nyrr.org/media-center/athletes/evans-chebet
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/sports/evans-chebet-boston-marathon.html
Videos: 2020 Valencia 2022 Boston 2022 NYC 2023 Boston
Mike Powell 62 (1963) In a memorable duel with Carl Lewis at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, he set the
current World Record of 29-4 ½ (8.95) in the Long Jump. The record is now 33 years old and could last quite a
bit longer
2-time World Champion (1991,1993/3rd-1995)
2-time Olympic silver medalist (1988,1992/5th-1996)
6-time U.S. Champion (1990,1992-1996)
Inducted into the National Hall of Fame in 2005
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78914
Video(WR): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0WfsAwvTSU
HOF Bio(2005): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/mike-powell
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Powell_(long_jumper)
Masters: https://spikes.worldathletics.org/post/mike-powell
Academy of Speed: https://www.facebook.com/Mpbounced/
https://vault.si.com/vault/2004/02/09/mike-powell-long-jumper-september-9-1991
Tim Lewis 63 (1962) Winner of 23 U.S. Race-Walking titles at various distances (3 indoors, 20 outdoors)
1988 U.S. Olympian-20k Walk (44th)
Competed in 2 World Championships (1987-19th, 1991-31st)
Set the current American Record of 1:49:36 in the 25k-walk in 1984
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78695
. https://racewalk.com/profiles/timLewis.php
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