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This 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...
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This 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...
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This 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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This Day in Track & Field, April 13, Drake Relays held in snowstorm (1910), Dutch Warmerdam sets first WR (1940), Paula Radcliffe runs WR Marathon (2003)2:15.25, by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 13 1910--The first edition of the...
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This Day in Track & Field, April 6, James Connolly wins first gold medal in Modern Olympics (1896), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 6 1896--The Olympic Games (April 6-15)...
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This Day in Track & Field, April 1, 2025, Oregon’s Ashton Easton and Brianne Theisen win decathlon and heptathlon at Texas Relays (2010), written, edited by compiled by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--April 1(No Foolin’) 1933—Ben Eastman set a World Record...
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This Day in Track & Field History, March 26, Ben Eastman sets WRs for 400 meters/440 yards (1932), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--March 26 1932--Stanford's Ben Eastman set World Records...
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This Day in Track & Field, February 26, Cheri Clark wins U.S. Olympic marathon Trials (2000), written and compiled by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--February 26 1966--Kansas freshman Jim Ryun, 2-months...
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This Day in Track & Field–February 20, Al Lawrence runs 3 mile WR (1960), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]), used with permission. This Day in Track & Field--February 20 1960—Befitting the early...
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This Day in Track & Field, February 16, Anna Hall sets AR in heptathlon of 5,004 (2023), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--February 16 1963--The 220-yard banked wooden track...
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