This Day in Track & Field, March 1, Eleanor Montgomery sets AR of 1.80m in HJ (1968), by Walt Murphy

Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  (wmurphy25@aol.com)

This Day in Track & Field–March 1

1935–Ted Ellison, a 20-year old senior at DeWitt Clinton (Bronx,NY) H.S., won the 220-yard dash at the Columbia Interscholastic Meet at the 13^th Regiment (aka 245^th Coast Defense) Armory in Brooklyn. His winning time of 22.2 broke the 10-year old World Indoor Record of 22.4 that was set by Loren Murchison on the same track in 1925.

There were two other winners who went on to have long careers as announcers!

In addition to qualifying for the Berlin Olympics the following year, Marty Glickman (James Madison-Brooklyn,NY), the winner of the 100 here in 10.2, most notably became the radio voice of the NY Knicks (21 years) and the NY Football Giants (23 years), but he covered many sports (including T&F). He also became a mentor to many younger announcers, including Marv Albert, and is a member of the announcing wing of the NBA Hall of Fame.

Running the 3^rd leg on the Brooklyn Prep team that won the 2-Mile Relay was Jack “Legs” O’Reilly, who had a successful radio career (he was the announcer for the popular show, “The Shadow”) before becoming the long-time PA announcer at the NCAA Indoor Championships, the Penn Relays, and the IC4A Championships.

For Subscribers?: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/03/02/97144869.html?pageNumber=8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Glickman

1958–For the 2nd year in a row, Ron Delany’s unusual double win in the 1000y and 2-miles led Villanova to the team title at the IC4A championships at NY’s Madison Square Garden. Manhattan’s Tom Murphy won the 600y in 1:11.2.

For Subscribers?: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/03/02/89057006.html?pageNumber=246

1968  High-jumper Eleanor Montgomery set an American Indoor Record of 5-10  ¾ (1.80) in Cleveland.

Hall of Fame Bio(2013):

https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/eleanor-montgomery

http://www.cleveland.com/timstake/index.ssf/2014/01/recognition_comes_late_but_ele.html

1968–Tracy Smith ran 13:15.2 for 3-miles at the Toronto Maple Leaf Games to break his year-old World Record of 13:16.2. Willie Davenport tied Hayes Jones’s World Record of 5.9 in the 50y-hurdles.

1969—In what was thought at the time to be the last race of his Hall-of-Fame career, George Young set a World Indoor Record of 13:09.8 for 3-Miles at the U.S. Indoor Championships in Philadelphia. However, Young, a 3-time Olympian in the Steeplechase (winning the bronze medal in 1968), would go on to make his 4^th Olympic team in the 5000-Meters in 1972 (1^st round).

Other Winners/Highlights:

Norm Tate was a double winner in the Long Jump (25-8 [7.82]) and Triple Jump (53-1 [16.18]).

Poland’s Henryk Szordykowski (4:05.0) beat Marty Liquori (4:06.3) in the Mile.

Martin McGrady nipped Jim Kemp in the 600y, with both clocked in 1:12.3.

1000y-1.Herb Germann (2:08.0), 2.Tom Von Ruden (2:08.7), 3.Dave Patrick (2:08.7)

60y-1.Charlie Greene (6.0), 2.Bill Gaines (6.1)

60y-Hurdles-1.Willie Davenport (7.0), 2.Erv Hall (7.0)

NY Times (for subscribers)

1983—A New Zealand quartet of Tony Rogers (3:57.2), John Bowden (4:02.5), Mike Gilchrist (4:02.8), and John Walker (3:57.1) broke the 16-minute barrier in the 4-Mile Relay with their winning time of 15:59.57.

1986—Spain’s José Luís González ran 3:36.04 for 1500-Meters in Oviedo, Spain, breaking the World Indoor Record of 3:37.4 that was set by New Zealand’s John Walker in 1979.

1992—France’s Christian Plaziat set a World Record of 6418 points in the Heptathlon at the European Indoor Championships in Genoa, Italy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Plaziat

1996–On the first day of the U.S. Indoor Championships in Atlanta, Stacy Dragila set an American Record of 13-5  ¼ (4.10) in the Women’s Pole Vault, which was still just an exhibition event.

1997—Cuba’s Aliecier Urrutia set a World Indoor Record of 58-6 (17.83/now =#3 All-Time) in the Triple Jump in Sindelfingen, Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliecer_Urrutia

2002–The U.S. Indoor Nationals moved from Atlanta to the legendary Armory in New York City. Alabama’s Miguel Pate stunned everyone in the sport by winning the Long Jump on the first day of competition with a great leap of 28-2  ¼ (8.59/#4 All-Time) to break Carl Lewis’s Collegiate Record (27-10 ¼ [8.49]).

Trying to attract more fans to the meet, the folks at the Armory added some high school events to the schedule, and Brooklyn’s Boys & Girls H.S. treated the crowd to a National H.S. Record of 8:53.67 in the Girls’ 4×800 (since broken).

(Akilah Vargas 2:14.3, Keziah Fernandez 2:16.7, Meisue Francis 2:15.8, Stacey Ann Livingston 2:06.9)

            The following day (March 2), Nicole Teter set an American Record of 1:58.71 in the Women’s 800-meters. (Broken by Ajee’ Wilson at the 2019 Millrose Games).

Complete Results:

Men: http://www.flashresults.com/2002_Meets/indoor/usaindoor/usa-m.htm

Women: http://www.flashresults.com/2002_Meets/indoor/usaindoor/usa-w.htm

H.S. Coverage: https://archive.dyestat.com/us/2in/USAnat/index.htm

2003–Gail Devers set an American Indoor Record of 7.74 in the qualifying round of the Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles at the U.S. Indoor championships (2-28/3-2) at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury Crossing,MA. She won the final in 7.85.

Complete Results: http://www.flashresults.com/2003_Meets/indoor/usaindoor/index.htm

2009—Jenn Stuczynski (Suhr) won the Women’s Pole Vault at the U.S. Indoor Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury Crossing,MA, with a clearance of 15-10 (4.83), breaking her  previous American Record of 15-9  3/4 (4.82).

Hurdlers Lolo Jones (7.84) and Terrence Trammell (7.37) won their respective 60-meter events and each collected $25,000 as winners of the VISA series.

https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/stuczynski-raises-american-record-to-483m-in

Results: https://www.flashresults.com/2009_Meets/indoor/usatf/index.htm

Recaps(800 and up)

Day Two: https://www.letsrun.com/2009/usatf0301.php

Day One: https://www.letsrun.com/2009/usatf0228.php

Stuczynski Interview

Pre-Meet: https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=25&do=news&news_id=5064

2013—Lopez Lomong ran 13:07.00 for 5000-meters at NY’s Armory to break Bernard Lagat’s year-old American Indoor Record of 13:07.15. Chris Derrick finished 2^nd in 13:12.00.

https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20842955/lopez-lomong-breaks-u-s-indoor-5-k-record/

American Record Progression (from 1982)

13:20.55      Doug Padilla       1982

13:18.12      Galen Rupp        2009

13:11.50      Bernard Lagat    2010

13:11.44      Galen Rupp        2011

13:07.15      Bernard Lagat   2012

13:07.00    Lopez Lomong  2013

13:01.26      Galen Rupp        2014

12:53.73      Grant Fisher       2022

12:51.61      Woody Kincaid   2023

12:44.15      Grant Fisher       2025

2014—Texas A&M set a Collegiate Record of 3:03.20 in the 4×400 relay on their home track at the SEC Championships in College Station,TX. (Shavez Hart 47.1, Aldrich Bailey 45.4, Carlyle Roudette 46.1, Deon Lendore 44.6).

Florida was 2^nd in 3:03.50, matching Arkansas’ previous CR.

Results: https://flashresults.com/2014_Meets/indoor/2-27-SEC/

2015—Casimir Loxsom set an American Indoor Record of 1:15.33 for 600-meters at the U.S. Indoor Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury Crossing,MA. (since broken).

Results: https://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Indoor/02-27_USA/index.htm

2024—Christian Coleman (6.41) edged teammate Noah Lyles (6.44) to win the Men’s 60-meters

on the first day of competition at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland (March 1-3). It was the 2^nd title for Coleman, who also won in 2018. He had finished 2^nd to Lyles at the U.S. Indoor Championships.

After winning 2 World and 2 Olympic titles in the Men’s Shot Put, Ryan Crouser  finally won his first World Indoor title with a Championship Record of 74-8  ½ (22.77), the 3^rd longest indoor throw of his career. 4 of his 5 fair throws would have been enough to beat New Zealand’s Tom Walsh (72-5 [22.07]). He would win his 3^rd Olympic gold in Paris later in the year.

Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers (6-6  ¼  [1.99]) upset Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh (6-5  ½ [1.97]) to win the

Women’s High Jump. She was trailing Mahuchikh on misses before clearing the winning height on her final attempt!

Canada’s Sarah Mitton (66-4  ¼ [20.22]) edged Germany’s Yemisi Ogunleye (66-3 [20.19]) to win the

 Women’s Shot Put. American Chase Jackson (64-6  ½ [19.67]) won the bronze medal.

Belgium’s Noor Vidts won the Pentathlon with a score of 4773 points.

Results

Videos: Men’s 60  Men’s SP (winning throw)  Men’s SP (complete) Women’s HJ  WSP(winning throw), WSP (compete),

Pentathlon

Significant Birthdays

Born On This Day*

Tyreek Hill  31 (1994)  2012 U.S. Junior/Under-20 Champion—100, 200

            2012 World Junior Champion—4×100

            All-American at Oklahoma State—5^th in the 200-meters at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships

            One of the best wide receivers in the NFL. Played his first 6 seasons (2016-2021) with the Kansas City Chiefs, the

   last 3 (2022-2024) with the Miami Dolphins.

            PBs: 6.64 (2014), 10.19 (2012), 20.14 (2012)

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyreek_Hill

            NFL Stats: https://www.nfl.com/players/tyreek-hill/stats/career

            Has claimed he’s faster than Noah Lyles…there’s a chance the two might soon face each other in a short sprint!

“Lyles is Scared” (at the 7:00 mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceYpI-cKDok

https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-wr-tyreek-hill-olympic-gold-medalist-noah-lyles-agree-to-race

A Mistake For Lyles?: https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a63798403/noah-lyles-tyreek-hill-race/

Tom Walsh–New Zealand  33 (1992)  2017 World Champion—Shot Put

              2-time Olympic bronze medalist—2016, 2021; 3 fouls in the final at the 2024 Olympics

              2-time World Indoor Champion (2016, 2018);

              Bronze medalist—2014 & 2022 World Indoor Championships and 2019 World Outdoor Championships; (4^th–

                  2015, 2022, 2023); silver medalist at the 2024 World Indoor Championships

              Ranked #1 in the world by T&F News in 2018, #2-2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, #3-2015, 2021, 2022, #7-2024

              Threw a personal best of 75-1  ¾ (22.90) in the opening round at the 2019 World Outdoor Championships—held

                  the lead until he was passed in the final round by Americans Joe Kovacs (22.91/75-2) and Ryan

                  Crouser (22.90/75-1  ¾ [better 2^nd throw])

              Oceania Record holder: 75—1  ¾ (22.90/2019/#6 All-Time), 73-2  1/2i (22.31/2018);

                  2024 SB: 72-8  1/2 (22.16); 2025 SB: 68-5   ¼ (20.86)

              2017 WC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFOpGSYppr8

              www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/95506744/new-zealands-tom-walsh-wins-shot-put-gold-at-world-athletics-championships

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Walsh

              https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/new-zealand/tomas-walsh-14413007

Viola Cheptoo Lagat—Kenya 36 (1989)  2nd at the 2021 NY City Marathon in her debut at the distance—ran 2:22:44

              Older brother Bernard was part of the broadcast team that covered the event! He gave her a congratulatory hug

      from the booth after the race! Finished 5^th in 2022 (6^th in Boston)

              All-American at Florida State—8th in the 1500 at the 2012 NCAA Championships

              9^th in the 1500-Meters at the 2016 World Indoor Championships, was a semi-finalist in the 1500 at the 2016

                    Olympics.

              PBs: 2:02.05 (‘15), 4:04.10 (‘15), 4:28.82 (‘16), 15:14.20 (‘21), 31:11.09 (‘21), 1:06:47 (‘20), 2:22:44 (‘21)

              Last competed in 2023

              https://www.mozzartsportke.com/athletics/news/lagat-siblings-set-for-new-york-city-marathon-reunion/9398

              https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/violah-cheptoo-14372181

              https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/07/sports/nyc-marathon-highlights.html

Allen Johnson  54 (1971)   3-time U.S. Olympian—110m-Hurdles:1996 (gold), 2000 (4^th), 2004(2^nd round-DNF)

              4-time World Champion— (’95, ’97, ’01, ’03)

              3-time World Indoor Champion–(’95, ’03, ’04)

              Former Co-Holder of the American Indoor Record in the 60h–7.36;

              11-time U.S. Champion (7-outdoor, 4-indoor)

              All-American at North Carolina: NCAA-1992 (3^rd), 1993 (2^nd); 1992 NCAA Indoor Champion—55h (1992/2^nd–

                  1993)

              PBs: 7.36 (2004/=#4 All-Time World, =#2 U.S.), 12.92 (1996/=#10 A-T/=#6 U.S.), 26-8  ½I (8.14/1993)

              Inducted into the U.S. Hall of Fame in 2015

              Currently the head coach at North Carolina A&T

              Hall of Fame Bio(2015):

              https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/allen-johnson

              Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Johnson

              All-Time List: http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_110hok.htm

              Past U.S. Champions

          Indoor: https://www.flipsnack.com/USATF/usatf-indoor-champions/full-view.html

              Outdoor: https://www.flipsnack.com/USATF/usatf-outdoor-champions/full-view.html

              https://ncataggies.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/coaches/allen-johnson/523

Deceased

Ben Jipcho—Kenya 77 (1943-July 24, 2020)   1972 Olympic silver medalist—Steeplechase

              Set two world records 8 days apart in 1973—8:19.3, 8:14.0 (1^st of 6 Kenyans to hold the WR

                   in the event)

              Paced Kip Keino to his win over Jim Ryun in the 1500-meters at the 1968 Olympics (see Apology link below)

              Was a member of the Professional ITA tour.

              Check out this video of Jipcho edging England’s Brendan Foster in the 5000-meters at the 1974 Commonwealth

                  Games in Christchurch, New Zealand (with legendary coach Arthur Lydiard offering commentary from the

                  stands!)…also won the Steeplechase and finished 3^rd in the 1500.

              There’s a street named after him in Christchurch—Jipcho Road!

          Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jipcho

              Apology to Ryun: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4253385

              1968 OG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_9AAy7yZTc

              Sports Illustrated Vault: www.si.com/vault/1975/03/31/617085/jipcho-was-socko

              https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72756

              NY Times Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/sports/olympics/ben-jipcho-dead.html

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCN2MxBGLVs

              https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-sport/kenyan-star-1974-commonwealth-games-dies