by RBR Admin
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service ([email protected])
This Day in Track & Field–November 12
1964—Less than a month after his double-gold medal performance at the Tokyo Olympics (800/1500), New Zealand’s Peter Snell ran 2:16.6 for 1000-meters in Auckland to break the 4-year old World Record of 2:16.7, set by East Germany’s Siegfried Valentin in 1960.
WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_metres_world_record_progression
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74357
1977–Carleton’s Dale Kramer, a native of Minnesota, had no trouble dealing with Cleveland’s 4” of snow and frigid temperatures as he won his 2nd straight NCAA Div.III X-Country title. A snowmobile led the runners over the course to make sure they went in the right direction!
In 2002, Kramer was named a NCAA Silver Anniversary award winner, an honor that recognizes former outstanding student-athletes who have distinguished themselves in the 25 years since graduating.
https://www.carleton.edu/news/stories/dale-kramer-named-ncaa-silver-award-recipient/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Silver_Anniversary_Awards_recipients
Div.III History: https://sagehens.com/sports/2023/8/28/d3-cross-country-historians-report.aspx
1995—For the 2nd year in a row, Mexico’s Germán Silva (2:10:00) and Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe (2:28:06) were winners at the NY City Marathon.
Silva, who famously won in 1994 despite making a wrong turn near the end of the race, made no such mistake this time, pulling away from Great Britain’s Paul Evans (2:11:05) in the last 3-miles. He was inducted into the NYRR Hall of Fame in 2014
After Loroupe crossed the finish line, the two winners congratulated each other in an emotional embrace, for both were running in the memory of loved ones who had died. Silva’s father, Agapito, lost his battle with cancer over the summer, and Loroupe’s sister, Albina, died only 13 days ago from severe stomach hemorrhages. (From Frank Litsky’s NY Times article)
Runners had to deal with the coldest conditions in the history of the race, with the wind-chill factor registering below 20-degrees at times.
Other Notable/U.S. Finishers
Men: 5.John Kagwe (Kenya/would win in 1997&1998) 2:11:42…33.Maximo Olivares (Top American!) 2:22:20
Women: 2.Manuela Machado (Portugal) 2:30:37…4.Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya/would win in 2002) 2:33:51…8.Lidia Şimon (Romania) 2:37:39…14.Colleen De Reuck (South Africa) 2:46:18…19.Regina Ronan (Top American) 2:48:34
By The Numbers: Starters-27,634 (Men-21,002, Women-6,632); Finishers-26,754 (Men-20,284, Women-6,470)
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/951112/finishers/1654996
Top 25: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Marathon_1995
Past NY City Marathon Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Through The Years:
2014 HOF: http://www.marathonguide.com/pressreleases/index.cfm?file=NewYorkRoadRunners_141020
2000—Kenya’s Paul Tergat (1:03:47), the defending men’s champion, and Great Britain’s Paula Radcliffe (1:09:07) were the winners in hot and humid conditions at the World Half-Marathon Championships in Veracruz, Mexico.
While Radcliffe had little trouble winning over Kenya’s Susan Chepkemei (1:09:40), Tergat waited until late in the race before taking control and pulling away from Tanzania’s Phaustin Baha Sulle (1:03:48), Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Jifar (1:03:50), and Kenya’s Joseph Kimani (1:03:52).
Tergat, who won the silver medal in the 10,000-meters at the Sydney Olympics less than 2 months earlier, became the first man to win 2 World Half-Marathon titles.
For Tergat, winning in Mexico also had a special significance: “Kenyan athletics really started in Mexico in 1968, at the Olympics, so it makes this win especially important for me.”
Teams (3 score): Men-Kenya (3:11:38), Ethiopia (; Women-Romania (3:34:22), Japan (3:36:25)
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhYSNub35Dc
Past Champions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Athletics_Road_Running_Championships
Born On This Day*
Mike “Mikey” Brannigan 29 (1996) 2-time Paralympic medalist in the 1500-meters (T20)…won gold in Rio in 2016,
bronze in Paris in 2024…was 4th in Tokyo in 2021.
8-time medalist at the Para World Championships (T20):
Gold – 2025 (1500), 2024 (1500m); 2017 (1500m, 800m); 2015 (1500m)
Silver – 2023 (1500m); 2017 (5000m); 2015 (5000m)
Diagnosed with Autism as a child—started running early, which helped aid his development
One of the best preps in the U.S. in 2014-2015 (Northport,NY)—had bests of 4:03.18 and
8:42.92 (3200m)…Ran 3:57.58 for the mile on August 5, 2016.
PBs: 3:44.39 (2017), 3:57.58 (2016), 8:07.64i (2017), 14:09.51 (2017); 2025 SB: 3:48.12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brannigan
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/mikey-brannigan-wins-paralympic-gold-medal
Rio Video: https://www.paralympic.org/video/athletics-men-s-1500m-t20-final-rio-2016-paralympic-games
Paris Video (includes interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjhIkzFOiPU
2015 WC:
http://patch.com/new-york/northport/mikey-brannigan-wins-gold-paralympic-committee-world-champs-0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/mike-brannigan-autism-runner_n_5761772.html
http://bringbackthemile.com/news/detail/mike_brannigan_opening_door_for_autistic_runners
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mikey-brannigans-ready-for-the-long-run-1473723944
H.S.Stats: http://parser.dyestat.com/search.jsp?athID=271533
Dawn Bowles 57 (1968) 1991 NCAA Champion—100m-hurdles (LSU/1990-6th, 1992-2nd)
2-time NCAA Champion—4×100 (LSU/1990,1992)
Member of 3 World Championships teams (1991-1st round, 1993-6th, 1997-1st round)
Semi-finalist in the 60-meter hurdles at the 1991 World Indoor Championships
4th at the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials
Ranked among the top-10 Americans 7 years in a row (1991-1997/#2-1991,1996)
PBs: 7.95i (1997), 12.74 (1997)
Currently the head coach at Neptune(NJ) H.S., her alma mater. One of the athletes she coached was none other
than Ajee’ Wilson!
#1 prep in the U.S. in 1988—had the 8 fastest times in the 100-hurdles and was a winner at the Golden West and
International Prep Invitationals.
Wore corrective shoes for 23 hours a day until she was 18 months old in order to correct a condition that
threatened to confine her to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. “When I was born, both of my feet were
turned backwards,” said Bowles. “Many of the doctors that my mother went to said I would never walk, and
that I would be wheelchair-bound for the rest of my life.” Read more at:
https://nj.milesplit.com/articles/283085/the-starting-line-with-dawn-bowles
U.S. Rankings: https://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Bowles
Michelle Rohl 60 (1965) 3-time U.S. Olympian—10k-walk (1992-20th), (1996-14th), 20k-walk (2000-17th)
3 months after becoming a grandmother, she finished 3rd in the 20k-Walk at the 2024 U.S. Olympics Trials (didn’t
have an Olympic qualifying standard)
Bronze medalist at the 1999 Pan-American Games (20k-walk)
4-time U.S. Champion—20k-walk (1999-2001,2003)
5-time U.S. Indoor Champion—3k-walk (1995,1996,1998,2000,2001)
Current American Record holder—5k (track-20:56.88/1996) 10k (track-44:41.87/1994)
2022 World Masters Champion—5k Walk (55-59)
Won 4 World Masters titles in 2024 (55-59)—1500m, 5000, 5000m-Walk, 10km-Walk
American Masters Records (55-59):
Indoors: 800-2:24:47 (2023), 1500-4:53.07 (2023), 5:19.49 (2025), 3000-10:22.74 (2023)
Outdoors: 800-2:22.01 (2022), 1500-4:47.62 (2022), mile-5:23.30 (2024), 3000-10:36.79 (2022),
5000-17:44.11 (2022), 10,000-37:40.99 (2022)
https://usatfmasters.org/records/usatf-mtf-records/
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77956
Herb Lindsay 70 (1955) One of America’s best road racers from 1979-1981
Named Road Racer of the Year in 1979 and 1980 by The Runner magazine
Set a World Record of 1:01:47 for the ½-marathon in San Diego in 1981.
One of the key players in getting athletes paid money “above the table”. (See Shamateurism link)
All-American at Michigan State—NCAA XC-1974 (22nd), 1975 (12th), 1976 (4th); 5000-1977 (8th)
PBs: 13:36.9 (1984), 28:05.07 (1984)
Shamateurism:
https://corunninghalloffame.com/2013/01/31/herb-lindsay
Career Stats: https://more.arrs.run/runner/8982
Deceased
Ray Conger 89 (1904-Oct.23, 1994) 3-time U.S. Champion—1500 (1928/Set an American Record of
3:55.0), Mile (1927,1930)
4-time U.S. Indoor Champion-1000y (1928-1931)
Set a World Indoor Record of 2:11.0 for 1000-yards in 1928
1927 NCAA Champion-Mile (Iowa State/1925-4th, 1926-5th)
3-time winner of the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games (1929-1931)…Gained lasting fame as “The man who
beat (Paavo) Nurmi” after coming from behind to beat the Flying Finn in the 1929 race!
PBs: 3:55.0 (1928), 4:13.2i (1929)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78252
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Conger
Beating Nurmi:
https://cyclones.com/honors/hall-of-fame/ray-conger/35
