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This Day in X-Country/Track & Field–November 13, Olga Fikotová (Connolly) born (1924), Greg Beardsley wins NCAA Div. II in brutal weather (1982), compiled and written by Walt Murphy News & Results
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This Day in Track & Field/–November 12, Peter Snell sets 1000m WR (1964), Dale Kramer (Carlton) wins second NCAA Div III XC (1977), German Silva wins second NYC Marathon (1995), compiled by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field History, November 9, The Vassar College Games (1895) , first U.S. Indoor Championships (1906), Greg Rice won U.S. Cross Country (1941), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field, November 5, Alf Shrubb sets 7 WRs in one race (1904), Carrie Dawson-Boyd battles Kara Wheeler (1994), Hellen Obiri wins NYC (2023), photo by Walt Murphy News & Results
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This Day in Track & Field, November 4, the NYC Marathon , by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field, November 3, Liz McColgan wins NYC Marathon (1992), Ryan Shay (2007), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field, October 31, First Women’s Track & Field Association founded (1921), Frank Shorter, two time Olympic marathon medalist, born (1947), by Walt Murphy News and Results
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This Day in Track & Field, October 28, Gaston Roelants sets WR at 20k and Hour run (1966), breaking Ron Clarke’s WRs, by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field, October 23-Sándor Iharos runs 13:40.6 for 5,000mWR (1955), Bill Rodgers/Miki Gorman win NYC Marathon (1977), The Real story behind Rod Dixon’s 1983 NYC Marathon, by Walt Murphy
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This Day in Track & Field, October 22, Emil Zatopek regains WR at 10,000m (1949), Grete Waitz wins her debut marathon at NYC (1978), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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