by Larry Eder
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Track & Field/X-Country–March 28
1903–The first-ever International X-C Championships were held in Hamilton, Scotland, and involved only one race (men–12.9k) among the 4 British “home” countries–England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. England’s Alf Shrubb won the first of his two consecutive titles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903_International_Cross_Country_Championships
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Shrubb
1914—Elliot Ballistier, a junior at Morris H.S. in the Bronx, won the 880y at the Clinton Games in 2:04.8 to set the first of what would become a multitude of National High School Records at NY’s Armory over the next 100+ years.
The next time you visit the Armory, take the time to notice the small plaques on the wall as you walk up both sets of stairs to the track level. They commemorate every record (H.S., College, American, World) ever set at the Armory (the brainchild of Jack Pfeifer)!
1943 Cornelius “Dutch” Warmerdam jumped 15-8 ½ (4/79) in Chicago to set his last World Indoor Record in the Pole Vault. https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/cornelius-dutch-warmerdam
1959–In a great Shot Put competition in Santa Barbara that featured three past and future Olympic Champions (and World Record holders), 18-year old Dallas Long (1964 gold) equalled Parry O’Brien’s World Record of 63-2 (19.25m) to beat Bill Nieder (62-9 [19.12+m]/gold-1960) and O’Brien (62-1/4 [18.90+m]/gold–1952-1956).
1965—When Lieutenant Billy Mills, the winner of the 10,000-Meters at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, was told by U.S. Marine Corps Special Services that he had been invited to compete in a race appropriately called the Cinqui Mulini(Five Mills) Cross Country event in San Vittore Olona, Italy, he immediately accepted, since the event organizers had also invited his wife Patricia to join him on the trip, which would include some sightseeing in Rome.
But the AAU, the U.S. governing body at the time, wasn’t happy with the arrangement. Said Mills, “They informed me Patricia could not go! Our AAU would not allow her to accept her invitation and if she did I would lose my amateur standing and no longer be allowed to compete in the sport of track and field, cross country or road racing”.
When the hosts were told that Mills would now have to decline the invitation, they came up with a creative solution. “Patricia became the guest of the people of San Vittore Olona, Italy”, said Mills. “We were told they actually went door to door collecting donations for Patricia’s expenses. The compassion, unity and commitment they displayed in getting her to their community is forever etched in the depths of my heart and soul, filling Patricia and me with love, respect and thanks for their kindness”!
With the AAU’s approval, Mills and his wife made their way to Italy, where Billy could now concentrate on the unique race, which included running through the 5 mills that lined the 12k course. “When we jogged the course yesterday, I noticed running through five wheat mills could be challenging if you are in a tightly bunched group of lead runners. Also, I don’t hurdle very well, so jumping over various obstacles including ditches could be extra dangerous for me. My decision was to lead from the start”! Which he did, and went on to win by almost 30 seconds, an unheard of margin of victory in this prestigious event.
For Mills’s full account of the trip (along with photos), go to:
https://indianyouth.org/road-to-tokyo-after-the-tokyo-olympics-new-friends-and-new-races-appear/
The race has been held continuously since 1933 and is currently part of the World Athletics Cross Country Tour. Here are some of the notable past winners:
Men: Michel Jazy (FRA/1962, 1963), Kip Keino(KEN/1969), David Bedford (GBR/1972), Frank Shorter(USA/1973), Filbert Bayi (TAN/1975,1976), Rob DeCastella (AUS/1983), John Ngugi (KEN/1989), Paul Tergat(KEN/1996,1998), Kenenisa Bekele (ETH/2002). Others who competed included Great Britain’s Seb Coe and Steve Ovett.
Women: Grete Waitz (NOR/1978-1982, 1984), Faith Kipyegon (KEN/2014, 2016), Letesenbet Gidey (ETH/2018).
American women had success in the 1980s, with Margaret Groos winning in 1983, Betty Jo Springs in 1985, and Lynn Jennings in 1986 and 1987.
Jenny Simpson writes about her experience at the 2014 edition in the article linked below(Tracksmith).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Mulini
https://www.tracksmith.com/journal/article/the-cinque-mulini
1975–Dave Roberts, whose previous best was 18-1/4 (5.49+), jumped 18-6 ½ (5.65) at the Florida Relays to break Bob Seagren’s World Record in the Pole Vault. A 3-time NCAA Champion while at Rice (1971,1972,1974), Roberts went on to win the bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics.
1981–One of the more memorable World X-Country Championships, which were held this year in Madrid, Spain. Making their debut, and changing the face of the Championships forever, were teams from Kenya and Ethiopia. Towards the end of the 3rd of 4 loops, a group of Ethiopians, thinking they were coming to the end of the race, suddenly sprinted to the front of the pack and stopped one loop short! If that had been the correct finish, Ethiopia would have swept the top six places and the individual champion would have been Mohamed Kedir. Instead, early leader Craig Virgin, the defending champion, found himself back in the lead, joined by Portugal’s Fernando Mamede, England’s Julian Goater, and Kedir, who realized his mistake sooner than most of his teammates.
Remarkably, Kedir (who would win the title the following year) regained the lead and held it until the last 200-meters, when Virgin edged by him to retain his title. The rest of the Ethiopian squad, which obviously hadn’t fully extended themselves in the early stages of the race, recovered well enough to beat the U.S. for the team title (81-114). Kenya took the bronze medals and thus began the domination of World Cross by runners from Ethiopia and Kenya.
Miruts Yifter, the gold medalist at 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, was the 5th scorer for Ethiopia (15th). The other scorers for the U.S. were Thom Hunt (8th), Mark Nenow (17th), Bill Donakowski (18th), Bruce Bickford (19th), and George Malley (51st).
The U.S. also won the silver medals in the Women’s race, as Jan Merrill (14:07) finished 2nd to Norway’s Grete Waitz (14:07), who won her 4th straight individual title. The other Americans (4 scored):Betty Jo Springs (6th), Julie Shea (13th), Mary Shea (15th), Brenda Webb (30th), and Francie Larrieu (36th).
The U.S. got top-10 finishes from Keith Brantly (3rd), George Nicholas (4th), John Butler (6th), and Chris Hamilton (10th) to win its 5th Men’s Junior title. This would be the last year that a team other than Ethiopia or Kenya would win this race. Brantly ran with a plaster cast on his broken arm, the result of a pre-meet skirmish at a Ft.Lauderdale establishment (or so the story goes!)
Other Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Men(12km): 6.Rob de Castella (AUS), 11.Rod Dixon (NZL), 16.Martti Vainio (FIN), 31.Steve Jones (Wales), 33.Steve Binns (ENG), 63.Dan Dillon (USA), 80.Mike McGuire (USA), 82.Gerry Deegan (IRL), 91.Dave Moorcroft (ENG), 94.Alberto Cova (ITA), 118.Neil Cusack (IRL), 135.Emiel Puttemans (BEL), 168.John Hartnett (IRL); Team:1.Ethiopia 81, 2.USA 114, 3.Kenya 220;
Senior Women(4.41km):7.Svetlana Ulmasova (URS), 16.Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR), 18.Rosa Mota (POR), 65.Wendy Smith-Sly (ENG), 73.Aurora Cunha (POR), 79.Yvonne Murray (SCO), 92.Tina Krebs (DEN); DNF- Maricica Puică (ROM); Team:1.Soviet Union 24, 2.USA 36;
Junior Men(7.25km):1.Mohammed Chouri (TUN), 3.Keith Brantly (USA), 4.George Nicholas (USA), 6.John Butler (USA), 8.Salvatore Antibo (ITA), 9.Francesco Panetta (ITA), 10.Chris Hamilton (USA), 17. Abel Antón (ESP), 18.Paul Donavan (IRL), 22.Peter Warner (US), 23.Michael Pyeatt (USA); Team:1.USA 23, 2.England 61, 3.Canada 66;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
1993—Kenya swept all 4 team titles at the World X-Country Championships in Amorebieta, Spain.
Lynn Jennings, the 3-time defending Women’s champion, made it onto the medal podium again, holding off Zola Budd-Pieterse to win the bronze medal this time, not long after undergoing an appendectomy! Kenya’s William Sigei won the 1st of his 2 consecutive Men’s titles.
Other Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Men(11.75km): 1.William Sigei (KEN) 32:51, 2.Dominic Kirui (KEN) 32:56, 3.Ismael Kirui (KEN) 32:59, 4.Moses Tanui (KEN) 33:14, 6.Khalid Skah (MAR), 7.Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 10.Paul Tergat (KEN), 12.Domngos Castro (POR), 14. Martín Fiz (FRA), 16.Fita Bayissa (ETH), 20.Todd Williams (USA), 50.Matt Giusto (USA), 52.Abel Antón (ESP), 60.Ed Eyestone (USA), 66.Terry Croyle (USA), 80.Salah Hissou (MAR), 86.Aaron Ramirez (USA), 94.Pat Porter (USA), 110.Mark Coogan (USA), 119.Jon Hume (USA); DNF-Stefano Baldini (ITA), Arturo Barrios (MEX), Brad Schlapak (USA); Team:1.Kenya 25, 2.Ethiopia 82;
Senior Women(6.35km):1.Albertina Dias (POR) 20.00, 2.Catherina McKiernan (IRL) 20:09, 3.Lynn Jennings (USA) 20:09, 4.Zola Budd-Pieterse (RSA)20:10, 5.Liz McColgan (GBR, 6.Elana Meyer (RSA), 13.Olga Bondarenko (RUS), 18.Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 21.Annette Peters (USA), 23.Colleen de Reuck (RSA), 48.Berhane Adere (ETH), 57.Carla Sacramento (POR), 68.Kathy Franey (USA), 75.Anne Marie Letko (USA), 80.Tegla Loroupe (KEN), 89.Elaine Van Blunk (USA), 101.Gwyn Hardesty-Coogan (USA); Team:1.Kenya 52, 2.Japan 93;
Junior Men(7.15km):1.Philip Mosima (KEN/also won in 1994), 15.Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR), 71.Damion Brook-Kintz (USA), 100.John Castner (USA), 103.Theodore Martin (USA), 111.Jason Dunklee (USA), 145.Ted Molla (USA); Team:1.Kenya 10, 2.Ethiopia 27
Junior Women(4.45km):1.Gladys Ondeyo (KEN) 14:04, 2.Pamela Chepchumba (KEN) 14:09, 3.Sally Barsosio (KEN) 14:11, 11.Gabriela Szabo (ROM), 39.Amy Skieresz (USA), 46.Heather Hollis (USA), 61.Tara Carlson (USA), 64.Katy Hollbacher (USA), 86.Marie Davis (USA); Team:1.Kenya 10, 2.Japan 41, 3.Ethiopia 61;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Sports Illustrated-Jennings: https://vault.si.com/vault/1993/03/29/lynn-jennings
Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlYdxM2jGAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNBFK50QlCw
1999–It was cold, wet, and muddy at the World X-Country Championships in Belfast, Ireland, but that didn’t stop Kenya’s Paul Tergat from winning his record 5th consecutive long-course race on the 2nd day of competition. Top finishers for the U.S. in the six races were Deena Drossin-Kastor (10th-Women’s Long/3-27) and Adam Goucher (12th-Men’s Short/3-27).
Senior Men-Long(12km): 1.Paul Tergat (KEN) 38:28…5.Evans Rutto (KEN), 7.Mohammed Mourhit (BEL), 21,Alan Culpepper (USA), 22.Gary Stolz (USA), 36.Tony Cosey (USA), 41.Lee Troop (AUS), 54.Clint Wells (USA), 64.Hendrick Ramaala (RSA), 70.Chris Graff (USA), 89.Ray Appenheimer (USA); DNF-Salah Hissou (MAR); Team:1.Kenya 12, 2.Ethiopia 57
Senior Men-Short(4.236km): 1.Benjamin Limo (KEN) 12:28, 2.Paul Kosgei (KEN) 12:31, 4.Million Wolde (ETH), 12.Adam Goucher (USA), 21.Mark Carroll (IRL), 31.Isaac Viciosa (ESP), 42.Kevin Sullivan (CAN), 45.Tom Nohilly (USA), 47.Jason Stewart (USA) 57.Dan Middleman (USA), 76.Dan Browne (USA), 93.Scott Strand (USA), 99.Marko Koers (NED); Team:1.Kenya 14, 2.Morocco 45;
Senior Women-Long(8.012km):1.Gete Wami (ETH) 28:00, 2.Merima Denboba (ETH) 28:12, 3.Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 28:12, 10.Deena Drossin-Kastor (USA), 14. Constantina Diţă (ROM), 23.Jen Rhines (USA), 48.Carmen Troncoso (USA), 55.Joan Nesbit (USA), 57.Donna Garcia (USA), 70.Laura Baker (USA); Team:1.Ethiopia 18, 2.Kenya 27
Senior Women-Short(4.236km):1.Jackline Maranga (KEN) 15:09, 11. Constantina Diţă (ROM), 18.Elva Dryer (USA), 48.Amy Rudolph (USA), 49.Catherine Palacios (USA), 65.Becky Spies (USA), 74.Molly Watcke (USA), 78.Shayne Culpepper (USA); Team:1.France 40, 2.Ethiopia 48
Junior Men(8.012km):1.Haylu Mekonnen (ETH) 25:38, 2.Richard Limo (KEN) 25:43, 9.Kenenisa Bekele (ETH), 17.Craig Mottram (AUS), 24.Fasil Bizuneh (USA), 29.Isaiah Festa (USA), 33.Luke Watson (USA), 40.Steve Slattery (USA), 55.Adam Tenforde (USA), 56.Alistair Cragg (RSA), 64.Jorge Torres (USA); Team:1.Kenya 16, 2.Ethiopia 24;
Junior Women(6.124km):1.Worknesh Kidane (ETH) 21:26, 2.Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN), 21.Erin Sullivan (USA), 42.Ashley Labudde (USA), 52.Caroline Annis (USA), 55.Cheryl Smith (USA, 66.Dana Boyle (USA), 73.Sara Gorton (USA); Team:1.Ethiopia20, 2.Kenya 31
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Videos
Men’s Long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxkZLPb01c
Men’s Short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbGuQ-UFbX0
2009–Kenya won three of the four team titles at the IAAF World X-Country Championships in Amman, Jordan, but needed a 4th-scorer tie-breaker to beat Ethiopia to secure the Senior Men’s crown, as both countries scored 28 points. It was Kenya’s 22nd men’s title in the last 24 years.
That tie-breaker also had to be used to determine the winner of the Junior Women’s race, with Ethiopia getting the nod over Kenya (both scored 18 points.
Ethiopia had three of the individual winners, with Gebre Gebremariam taking the Senior Men’s race and Ayele Abshero and Genzebe Dibaba, the youngest of the running sisters, winning the Men’s and Women’s junior races, respectively. Kenya’s Florence Kiplagat won the women’s senior race.
Top finishers for the U.S.: Senior Men-Ryan Vail (33), Senior Women-Julie Culley (21), Junior Men-German Fernandez (11), Junior Women-Neely Spence (19).
Other Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Men(12km): 3.Zersenay Tadese (ERI), 12.Feyisa Lilesa (ETH), 13.Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT), 33.Ryan Vail (USA), 37.Bobby Curtis (USA), 40.Max King (USA), 58.Ed Torres (USA), 60.Ed Moran (USA), 75.Brett Gotcher (USA); Team:1.Kenya 28, 2.Ethiopia 28;
Senior Women(8km): 8.Gelete Burka (ETH), 9.Maryam Jamal (BRN), 13.Kim Smith (NZL), 21.Julie Culley (USA), 33.Delilah DiCrescenzo (USA), 36.Rebecca Donaghue (USA), 40.Kathy Newberry (USA), 69.Samia Akbar (USA), 75.Lindsey Scherf (USA); Team:1.Kenya 14, 2.Ethiopia 28;
Junior Men(8km):11.German Fernandez (USA), 15.Chris Derrick (USA), 30.Luke Puskedra (USA), 48.Pat Dupont (USA), 52.Ryan Hill (USA), 62.Francisco Medrano (USA); Team:1.Kenya 20, 2.Ethiopia 22;
Junior Women(6km):2.Mercy Cherono (KEN), 26.Ashley Brosavan (USA), 35.Alexandra Dunne (USA), 44.Emily Pritt (USA), 65.Sara Vaughn (USA); Team:1.Ethiopia 18, 2.Kenya 18;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
2010–Kenya swept the team and individual titles at the World X-Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Emily Chebet (24:19) and Linet Masai (24:20) finished 1-2 to lead Kenya to the Senior Women’s team title, with Ethiopia taking 2nd (22). Getting top-20 finishes from Shalane Flanagan (12), Molly Huddle (19), and Magdalena Lewy-Boulet (20), the U.S. (76) won the bronze medals.
Joseph Ebuya’s individual win led Kenya (20) to an easy win in the men’s race over Eritrea(46) and Ethiopia(69). The U.S. finished 9th, with Patrick Smyth(36th) as its top individual.
Kenya scored a perfect 10 points to win both Junior races(4 scored), with Mercy Cherono and Caleb Ndiku taking the individual titles. Cherono, 2nd a year earlier, won the 3000-meters here at the 2008 World Junior Championships. Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba, the 2-time defending champion, finished a surprising 11th.
Ethiopia(30) and Uganda(81) finished 2-3 in the Women’s race, with the U.S. placing 6th (123). Emily Sisson (18th) was the top American finisher. Ethiopia (32) and Uganda(56) also won the silver and bronze medals in the Junior Men’s race. The U.S., with Trevor Dunbar (29th) as its top finisher, finished 8th (169).
Other Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Men(11.611km): 10.Gebre Gebremariam (ETH), 12.Simon Bairu (CAN), 20.Mo Farah (GBR), 25.Feyisa Lilesa (ETH), 34.Patrick Smyth (USA), 43.Ryan Vail (USA), 46.Bobby Curtis (USA), 51.Scott Bauhs (USA), 65.Bobby Mack (USA), 78,Ben Bruce (USA): Team:1.Kenya 20, 2.Eritrea 44, 3.Ethiopia 66;
Senior Women(7.759km): 4.Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH), 9.Werknesh Kidane (ETH), 25.Amy Hastings (USA) 38.Renee Metivier Baillie (USA), 41.Emily Brown (USA); Team:1.Kenya 14, 2.Ethiopia 22, 3.USA 76;
Junior Men(7.759km):29.Trevor Dunbar (USA), 42.Andrew Colley (USA), 44.Walter Schafer (USA), 54.Andrew Kimpel (USA), 66.Ammar Moussa (USA), 84.Michael Lynch (USA); Team:1.Kenya 10, 2.Ethiopia 32
Junior Women(5.833km):4.Faith Kipyegon (KEN), 18.Emily Sisson (USA), 29.Shelby Greany (USA), 35.Juliet Bottorff (USA), 41.Emily Jones (USA), 45.Sophia Ziemian (USA), 51.Laura Tremblay (USA); Team:1.Kenya 10, 2.Ethiopia 30;
IAAF Coverage: http://www.iaaf.org/wxc10/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
2015—Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor, the 2011 Junior Champion, won the Men’s Senior race at the World X-Country Championships, which were held in China (Guiyang) for the first time.
Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Tirop, only 19, became the 2nd youngest winner of the Women’s Senior Race (Zola Budd is the youngest). 2-time Champion Emily Chebet (2010,2013) finished 6th.
Other Notable/U.S. Finishers
Senior Men(12km): 1.Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) 34:52, 2.Bedan Muchiri (KEN) 35:00, 3.Muktar Edris (ETH) 35:06, 4.Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH), 24.Chris Derrick (USA), 34.Ryan Vail (USA), 36.Patrick Smyth (USA), 37.Bobby Curtis (USA), 57.Maksim Korolev (USA), 90.Andrew Colley (USA); Team:1.Ethiopia 20, 2.Kenya 20
Senior Women(8km):20.Sara Hall (USA), 29.Laura Thweatt (USA), 34.Mattie Suver (USA), 45.Brie Felnagle (USA), 51.Jen Rhines (USA), 64.Elaina Balouris (USA); Team:1.Ethiopia 17, 2.Kenya 19
Junior Men(8km):1.Yasin Haji (ETH) 23:42, 27.John Dressel (USA), 29.Conner Mantz (USA), 34.Cerake Geberkidane (USA), 42.Eric Hamer (USA), 59.Paul Roberts (USA), 74.Paul Miller (USA); Team:1.Kenya 19, 2.Ethiopia 33;
Junior Women(6km):1.Letesenbet Gidey (ETH), 27.Kaitlyn Benner (USA), 33.Lauren Gregory (USA), 55.Katie Rainsberger (USA), 62.Valerie Constien (USA), 66.Kelsey Schrader (USA), 68.Shaelyn Sorensen (USA), 69.Jessica Hull (AUS); Team:1.Ethiopia 11, 2.Kenya 33;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Videos:
Senior Men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCdQTQyo7jU
Senior Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL9c996r1Mk
World Cross-Past Winners (from 1973 to present)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships
Born On This Day
Tigist Assefa-Ethiopia 30 (1994) 2024 Olympic silver medalist—Marathon
2-time winner of the Berlin Marathon (2022, 2023). Set the current World Record of
2:11.53 in the 2023 race. Shattered the previous record of 2:14:04 by 2:11!
Like many other recent record-breakers, she wore a pair of (adidas) “supershoes” (See Guardian article)
2nd at the 2024 London Marathon (2:16:23)
Competed in the 800-meters at the 2016 World Indoor Championships and 2016 Olympics. Her race in Rio was her
last on the track due to an ongoing achilles injury, Took 2017 off to recover from the injury, then switched to the
roads in 2018. Didn’t compete in 2020-2021 due to the pandemic, then ran her first marathon in 2022. Ran
2:34:01 in March when she was 17 pounds over her normal running weight (“she needed a paycheck”), then
broke through when she won in Berlin in September with a time of 2:15:37.
PBs: 1:59.24 (2014), 2:11:53
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigist_Assefa
2023 Berlin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Jn3I2c5eA
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC9qR9FD6e0
Her Story: https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a41430669/who-is-tigist-assefa-berlin-marathon-winner/
WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
Cameron “Cam” Levins—Canada 36 (1989) 2012 NCAA Champion—5000,10,000 (Southern Utah)
3-time Olympian—2012 (5000/14th), 10,000/11th), 2021 (Marathon/71st), 2024 (Marathon/36th)
4th in the Marathon at the 2022 World Championships
Improved his National Record in the Marathon to 2:05:36 in Tokyo on March 5, 2023…was a DNF at the 2023 NY City
Marathon
After training with the Nike Oregon Project for a few years, he’s now back with his college coach-Southern Utah’s Erik
Houle.
PBs: 1:49.73 (’16), 3:36.88 (’13), 3:54.74i (2015), 4:55.35i (‘14), 7:41.59i (’14), 2-mile(i)-8:14.69 (’13),
13:15.19 (’13), 13:19.16i (’14), 27:07.51 (’15), 60:18 (’23NR), 2:05:36 (’23NR); 2024 SB: 2:12:56
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Levins
https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/cam-levins-was-patient-and-it-paid-off/
Perseverance: https://olympic.ca/2024/07/22/marathoner-cameron-levins-career-is-a-lesson-in-perseverance/
Brad & Brent Hauser 48 (1977) Brad: 1998 NCAA Champion—10,000m (Stanford);
2-time NCAA Indoor Champion—5000m (1998,1999)
2000 Olympian—5000m (1st round)
PBs: 7:51.20i (2001), 13:27.31 (2000), 27:58.02 (2002)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89133
Brent:2nd to his brother in the ’98 NCAA 10k and indoor 5k in ’99; also 2nd in the NCAA Indoor 5k on
2000; 1996 U.S. Junior champion—5000m
PBs: 7:59.10i (2000), 28:23.37 (2000)
Deceased
Martin Sheridan 36 (1881-March 27, 1918) 3-time Olympic gold medalist-Discus (1904, 1908-standard & Greek style/
bronze-standing Long Jump)
4-time U.S. Champion-Discus(1904, 1906, 1907, 1911)
1904 U.S. Champion-Shot Put
Three-time AAU all-around champion (1905/07/09), set a world record each time he w
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