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Coffee with Larry for June 30, Episode 759, Bill Dellinger, Nike Pre Classic, Breaking 4, Running Memories,
Coffee with Larry for June 30, Episode 759, Bill Dellinger, Nike Pre Classic, Breaking 4, Running Memories, #runblogrun, #billdellinger, #nikepreclassic,...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, June 14, Morgan Taylor sets WR at 400m hurdles (1924), Asafa Powell breaks WR (1997), HJ showdown at adidas Track Classic (2014)! by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--June 14 1924--Morgan Taylor bettered the World...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, May 29, Diane Leather becomes first women under five minutes for the mile (1954), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field-- May 29 1908--Dartmouth’s Art Shaw set...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field–May 28, Lazlo Tabori is 3rd man under 4 minutes (1955), Nafi Thiams goes 7,013 (2017), Anna Hall goes 6988 (2023), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--May 28 1927--M.I.T.’s Henry Steinbrenner, whose son...
Read moreDetails90th anniversary of Jesse Owens’ unmatched world record spree, by Chris Turner of World Athletics Heritage
Originally published on May 25, 2020. Special thanks to one of my spiritual leaders, Chris Turner. Today,...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, May 25, Wille Ritola breaks Nurmi’s 10,000m WR (1935), Jesse Owens sets 6 WRs in one hour (1935), the first Bruce Jenner Classic (1985), photo by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--May 25 1912-Competing on his home field,...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field History, May 11, Tom Moore wins 110m hurdles (1935) at West Coast Relays, Max Truex regains 5,000m AR (1957), Władysław Kozakiewicz sets Pole Vault WR (1980), edited by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track geeks that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field-May 9, Paavo Nurmi and trainer exonerated (1925), Hellen Obiri wins 3000m in Doha (2014), written by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field-May 9 1925--From the NY Times Archives: “Paavo...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, April 30, Joe McCluskey set steepe AR of 9:28.6 (1932), and other stories of the Penn Relays, curtated, edited and written by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 30 1921—Finishing in a 4-way...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field/Road Running, Nina Kusick becomes first official female to win Boston Marathon (1972), Grete Waitz sets WR at London (1983), edited and compiled by Walt Murphy
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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