Athletics history
This Day in Track & Field History, June 12, Walter Tewksbury breaks 11 seconds , first time for American (1900), Women’s AR for Mile broken for third time in 8 days (1971), by Walt Murphy’s News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field History, June 7, The first Prefontaine Classic, by Walt Murphy News and Results Service
1975—This was the first edition of the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, named for the local legend who died tragically...
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 28, László Tábori runs 3:59.0, third man under 4 minutes (1955)
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 21, Bud Held sets Jav WR (1955), John Thomas clears 2.18m (1960), Natalia Mărășescu sets WR at mile (1977), by Walt Murphy’s News and Result Services
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 19, Dave Simes ran 9.3 for 100 yards (1956), Francie Larrieu sets AR at Mile (1973),
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 17, 2024, Eric Krenz sets WR discus (1930), Vasily Kuznetsov breaks WR in Dec (1959), and Filbert Bayi sets WR in Mile in 3:51.0 (1975), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
This Day in Track & Field-- May 17 1930—Eric Krenz, the U.S. Champion in 1927 and 1929, threw the Discus...
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This Day in Track & Field History, May 7, 2024, Raymond Clapp sets PV AR (1898), Fanny James sets 100 yard dash AR (1904), Tommie Smith ran 19.5 on 200m straight (1969), by Walt Murphy’s news and Results Service
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This Day in Track & Field, May 2, 2024, Fred Kelly (1914), Roger Bannister runs 4:03.6 (1953), by Walt Murphy News and Result Service
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This Day in Track & Field History, April 20, 2024, The Penn Relays were born (1895), Heartbreak Hill gets its name (1936) and Arne Khvalheim listens to his coach(1968), by Walt Murphy News and Results Service
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This Day in Track & Field History, April 13, 2024, Snowy Drake Relays (1910), Dutch Warmerdam PV WR (1940), Paula Radcliffe sets WR in Marathon (2003), by Walt Murphy News and Service
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