This Day in Track & Field History, June 7, The first Prefontaine Classic, by Walt Murphy News and Results Service
1975—This was the first edition of the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, named for the local legend who died tragically ...
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 28, László Tábori runs 3:59.0, third man under 4 minutes (1955)
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 19, Dave Simes ran 9.3 for 100 yards (1956), Francie Larrieu sets AR at Mile (1973),
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 10, 2024, Frank Wycoff sets 100 yard WR(1930), John Carlos equals 100 WR (1969), Eamonn Coglan runs his first sub 4 minute mile (1975), by Walt Murphy’s News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 5, 2024, Jim Bailey goes sub-4 (1956)
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track statisticians that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that ...
This Day in Track & Field History, May 1, 2024, Jackson Scholtz wins Penn 100 yard dash (1920), Carey Pinkowski runs 8:56.2 (1975), Jos Hermans sets WRs at 20k/Hour run (1976), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
This Day in Track & Field--May 1 1920—A combined Oxford/Cambridge team set a World Record of 7:50.4 in ...
Coffee with Larry, April 24, 2024, AAA founded (1880), Spec Towns wins Penn Relays hurdles (1937), Harrison Dillard wins Penn Relays 120m hurdles (1943), Mt.SAC Relays founded (1959), by Walt Murphy News and Results Service
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track geeks that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that ...
This Day in Track & Field History, April 21, 2024, John Lyman sets WR Shot Put (1934), Bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon (1975), Ingrid Kristianssen sets WR in London Marathon (1985), by Walt Murphy News and Results Service
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This Day in Track & Field History, April 13, 2024, Snowy Drake Relays (1910), Dutch Warmerdam PV WR (1940), Paula Radcliffe sets WR in Marathon (2003), by Walt Murphy News and Service
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This Day in Track and Field History, April 10, 2024, Frank Hart (1880), Spiridon Louis (1896), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
1880—Frank “Black Dan” Hart won the O’Leary Belt walking competition before a full house at Madison Square Garden, covering a record 565 ...
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