This Day in Track & Field-June 1
1917–BYU’s Clint Larson bettered the existing World Record in the High Jump with a leap of 6-7 7/8(2.025?) in Provo, Utah. Since it was an exhibition event, the mark was never ratified.
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1935–Yale senior Keith Brown set a World Record of 14-5 1/8 (4.39m) in the Pole Vault at the IC4A Championships at Harvard. Brown had tied for 1st at the 1933 and 1934 IC4A Championships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Brown_(pole_vaulter)
WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_pole_vault_world_record_progression
1954–Emil Zátopek set his 5th (and final) World Record for 10,000-meters, running 28:54.2 in Brussels.
WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10,000_metres_world_record_progression
29:35.4 Viljo Heino FIN August 25,1944
29:28.2 Emil Zátopek CZE June 11, 1949
29:27.2 Heino 1949 September 1, 1949
29:21.2 Zátopek October 22, 1949
29:02.6 Zátopek August 4, 1950
29:01.6 Zátopek November 1, 1953
28:54.2 Zátopek June 1, 1954
28:42.8 Sándor Iharos HUN July 15, 1956
2023–HOKA Festival of Miles–St. Louis, MO, June 1
For the first time in history, 4 high school boys broke 4 minutes for the Mile in the same race. The winner in 3:57.53 was Simeon Birnbaum (Rapid City Stevens, SD), and he was followed by Rocky Hansen (Christ School,NC-3:58.23), Tinoda Matsatsa (St.Andrew’s, MD-3:58.70), and Jackson Heidesch (Dowling, IA-3:59.08). They moved into the 4-8-9-11 positions on the All-Time list (At the time–See below).
Pre-race talk of a possible challenge to Alan Webb’s national record of 3:53.43 was a little too optimistic, but pacer extrodinaire Erik Sowinski did his best to ensure a fast race, taking the field through the first half mile in 1:58.0, with Connor Burns (Southern Boone County, MO) right behind in 1:58.2. Burns, who ran 3:58.83 in the Open Mile here in 2022, would fade to 7th (4:03.25).
There are now 22 members of the prep sub-4 club, with 10 of those runners joining in the last 3 years!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4exvXtcqzU
https://festival-of-miles.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=info&event_id=6471
https://trackandfieldnews.com/4-high-schoolers-break-4-in-same-race/
Boys Sub-4 Club (From T&F News)
(i-indoor, *-Junior)
3:53.43 Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, VA) 2001
3:55.3h Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, KS) 1965
3:56.24 Colin Sahlman (Newbury Park, CA) 2022
3:57.53 Simeon Birnbaum (Stevens, Rapid City, SD) 2023
3:57.66i Hobbs Kessler (Skyline, Ann Arbor, MI) 2021
3:57.72 Drew Griffith (Butler,PA) 2024
3:57.81i Drew Hunter (Loudoun Valley, Purcellville, VA) 2016
3:57.89 Gary Martin (Wood, Warminster, PA) 2022
3:58.23 Rocky Hansen (Christ, Arden, NC) 2023
3:58.70 Tinoda Matsatsa (St.Andrew’s, Potomac, MD) 2023
3:58.83 *Connor Burns (Southern Boone, Ashland, MO) 2022
3:59.08 Jackson Heidesch (Dowling, IA) 2023
3:59.30 Reed Brown (Carroll, Southlake, TX) 2017
3:59.33 Rheinhardt Harrison (Nease, FL) 2022
3:59.38 Matthew Maton (Summit, Bend, Oregon) 2015
3:59.38 Grant Fisher (Grand Blanc, Michigan) 2015
3:59.4h Tim Danielson (Chula Vista, California) 1966
3:59.53 Michael Slagowski (Rocky Mountain, Meridian, ID) 2016
3:59.54 Leo Daschbach (Highland, Gilbert, AZ) 2020
3:59.71 *Lukas Verzbicas’ (Sandburg, Orland Park, IL) 2011
3:59.8h Marty Liquori (Essex Catholic, Newark, NJ) 1967
3:59.87i JoJo Jourdon (Olympus, Salt Lake City, Utah) 2024