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This Day in Track & Field-February 11, The Millrose Games moved to the Armory (2012), compiled and edited by Walt Murphy
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This Day in Track & Field, February 8, Howard Drew (USC) sets WR at 100 yards in 10 flat (1916), Joie Ray wins Wanamaker 1 1/2 mile for 4th time (1921), Sergey Bubka sets WR (5.92m),
This Day in Track & Field--February 8 1916—USC’s Howard Drew set a World Record of 10-flat for 100-yards at...
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This Day in Track & Field, February 5, Glenn Cunninghamd wins his 5th Wanamaker Mile (1938), Vashti Cunningham wins USATF HJ indoor (2016), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field--February 5 1938--Glenn Cunningham won his 5th Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in front...
Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field-January 30, Joie Ray wins Millrose Wanamaker One and one half mile for 7th time! (1924), compiled and edited by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field--January 30 1924-Future Hall-of-Famer Joie Ray(6:48.8) surprised those who...
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This Day in Track & Field, January 29, Alistair Cragg upsets Kenenisa Bekele (2005) at Boston Indoor Games, by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field--January 29 1949—Wisconsin junior Don Gehrmann won the 1st...
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This Day in Track & Field, January 27, Paavo Nurmi wows crowd of 10,000m at MSG (1925), David Krummenacker sets AR at Boston Indoor Games (2002), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field-January 27 1925--Capitalizing on the popularity of Finland’s Paavo Nurmi, who had won 5 gold...
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This Day in Track & Field–January 25, Bob Seagren sets WR PV in MSG (1968), Tony Waldrop gives MSG/Millrose Games its first sub 4 minute mile (1974)! by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) Used with permission. This Day in Track & Field--January 25 1936--Virtually pushed into the...
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This Day in Track & Field–January 24, Ted Meredith wins close 600 yards (1917), Ron Clarke wins 3 mile in Oakland, sets WR (1969), Mary Cain sets WJindoor record at mile (2014), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy's News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field--January 24 1917—Running in front of 10,000 fans...
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This Day in Track & Field-January 21, The AAU began (1888), Nurmi gets 2 more WR (1925), Rono battles Nyambui and Rose over 2 miles (1978), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field-January 21 1888—The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) was formed https://aausports.org/timeline.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Union https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amateur-Athletic-Union-of-the-United-States 1925--After taking a...
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This Day in Track & Field–January 18, Hannes Kolehmainen wins 10 mile handicap race (1913), Mary Slaney sets 2000m WR (1985), Born this Day, Willie Ritola (1896), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field--January 18 1913--The featured event at the early editions of the Millrose Games was a road...
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