Athletic History
This Day in Track & Field History, June 6, Lon Myers runs 48 4/5 for 400m (1885) Mildred Carl sets 7 Women’s PV World records (1915), Dutch Warmerdam sets 2 WRs in Men’s PV (1941), by Walt Murphys News and Results Service
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This Day in Track & Field History, June 5, Jim Ryun becomes first high school boy under 4 minutes in the mile (1964), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field History, June 4, Ron Clarke runs 5,000m WR, TFN called it “the Greatest Distance Race of All Times”, by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field History, June 3, the day Ted Meredith did not lose his 440 yard WR (1916), by Walt Murphy News and Results
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This Day in Track & Field History, June 2, Abel Kiviat sets WR at 1,500m (1912), Betty Robinson sets WR at 100 meters (1928), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field History, June 1, 2024, Emil Zatopek breaks 10,000m WR (1954), Drew Griffiths runs 3:57 at HOKA Festival of Miles (2024), by Walt Murphy News and Results
This Day in Track & Field-June 1 1917--BYU’s Clint Larson bettered the existing World Record in the High Jump with...
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 31, Lon Myers sets AR of 4:29.5 in Mile (1880), by Walt Murphy News and Results Service
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 30, the Day Steve Prefontaine died (1975), by Walt Murphy News and Results Service
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 27, Alan Webb breaks National H.S. Mile Record of Jim Ryun (2001), by Walt Murphy’s News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 22, Paavo Nurmi versus the wind (1935), Shorter, Rodgers, Kardong lead 1976 OT Marathon, by Walt Murphy’s News and Results Services
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