Athletics history
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...
Read moreDetailsThis 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)...
Read moreDetailsThis 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...
Read moreDetailsThis 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...
Read moreDetailsThis 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...
Read moreDetailsThis 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...
Read moreDetailsThis 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...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, February 1, Track & Field News Founded (1948), Mo Greene sets WR for 60m (1998), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field--February 1 2003--The Columbia Shuttle broke up “16...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field–January 28, “The Longest Mile” (1950), Millrose moves to the Armory (2012), written by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field--January 28 1925—Paavo Nurmi, who had set a World Record in the ¾-mile the night...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field–January 26, Mel Sheppard sets the WIR at mile (1906), Steve Prefontaine breaks AR (1974), Born This Day, Jeanette Pickens-Bolden (1960), complied and edited by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field--January 26 1906—Mel Sheppard set a World Indoor Record of 4:25.2 for the Mile at...
Read moreDetails
- Trending
- Comments
- Latest
Recent News
RunBlogRun comments on the global world of athletics, sports & ethics, and the Olympic movement. @runblogrun