Athletic History
This Day in Track & Field History, April 22, Randy Matson sets WR (1967), Born this Day, Grant Fisher (1997)
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field-April 22 1967--Texas A&M's Randy Matson bettered his...
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This Day in Track & Field History, April 21, Bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon (1975)
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 21 (Bill Rodgers, Rutgers Protest, Rosie Ruiz, 2014-Boston/Birthdays-Tinsley,...
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This Day in Track & Field History, April 20, Stacy Dragila sets her first AR in pole vault (1996), written by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 20 (The 1st Penn Relays, Heartbreak Hill, '64 Boston-Great...
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This Day in Track & Field History, April 18, Rosa Mota Defends her Boston title (1988): Born this Day: Haile Gebreslassie
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 18 1959—San Jose State’s Ray Norton ran...
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Coffee with Larry, April 16, 2026, Episode 872: The Boston Marathon Weekend is Almost here!
This is Coffee with Larry for Episode 872, April 16, 2026! Coffee with Larry is our almost daily podcast, from...
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This Day in Track & Field History, April 17, Nina Kuscik wins Boston (1972), Grete Waitz sets WR in London (1983)
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 17 1937—Alton Terry (Hardin-Simmons), the 1936 NCAA...
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This Day in Track & Field HIstory, April 16, Jon Anderson and Jaqi Hansen win 1973 Boston Marathon
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 16 1960—Gert Potgieter celebrated his 23rd birthday...
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This Day in Track & Field History, April 15: Larry Rawson begins his Boston Marathon broadcasting(1974)
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) Clarification--Marathon Records The IAAF (now World Athletics) didn’t recognize World Records in road...
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This Day in Track & Field, April 14, Khalid Khannouchi sets WR (2002), Paula Radcliffe just nine seconds from WR!
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 14 1946—Italy’s Adolfo Consolini improved his 5-year-old...
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This Day in Track & Field History: April 13, Allyson Felix wins double at Arcadia Invitational (2002)
This Day in Track & Field--April 13 (1st Drake Relays, Warmerdam, Melissa Price, Felix/Hastings, Gatlin, Radcliffe/Born On This Day-Ryan Bailey, de Reuck,...
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