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This Day in Track & Field/X-Country, December 9, Dathan Ritzenhein wins 2000 Foot Locker XC, by Walt Murphy
Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-December 9 1989--Melody Fairchild (Boulder,Co), 2nd to Celeste Susnis...
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This Day in Track & Field/X-Country–December 8, Frank Shorter wins 4th Fukuoka (1974), First Kinney XC (1979), photo by Walt Murphy
Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field/X-Country--December 8 1929—For the 2nd year in a row, Gus...
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This Day in Track & Field/X-Country, December 7, Tim Hacker wins first US title after 15 US Championshipsby Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-December 7 1996—Lynn Jennings (21:06/6.5k) had won...
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This Day in Track & Field, December 6, Rob De Castella wins Fukuoka in 2:08:18 (1981), should have been recognized as World Best, by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-December 6 1913-Abel Kiviat, the silver...
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This Day in Track & Field–December 1, Ron Delaney wins Melbourne Olympic 1,500 meters (1956), Did you know that he almost did not attend? Read the story! by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field--December 1 This Day in Track & Field is written, curated and...
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This Day in Track & Field/X-Country–November 28, Lee Calhoun wins 110 meter hurdles (1956), written by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field/X-Country--November 28 1956--Cordner Nelson wrote in Track...
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This Day in Track & Field/X-Country–November 27, Al Oerter wins his first Olympic discus title (1956), written by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field/X-Country--November 27 1956--No one suspected it at the...
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This Day in X-Country/Track & Field, November 25, Greg Meyer over Alberto Salazar at US XC Champs! (1978), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field/X-Country--November 25 1908--The dramatic ending to...
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This Day in X-Country/Track & Field, November 21: Greg Rice wins first NCAA XC Individual and Indiana wins first NCAA XC team title (1938), written by Walt Murphy )
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in X-Country /Track & Field-November 21 1889—The inaugural U.S....
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This Day in X-Country/Track & Field-November 19, Steve Prefontaine wins NCAA Cross-Country over Nick Rose (1973), written by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in X-Country/Track & Field-November 19 1928- Maine’s Francis Lindsay...
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