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This Day in Observe & Subject–Could 14
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1881–Lehigh defeated Lafayette of their first twin meet.
From Wikipedia: “The primary joint athletic monitor and discipline occasion held between the 2 establishments was on Could 14, 1881, on the grounds of the Lehigh College Athletic Affiliation. The meet consisted of fourteen occasions; Hundred Yards Sprint, Half-Mile Run, Throwing the Hammer, Working Excessive Soar, 440 Yards Sprint, Mile Stroll, Placing the Shot, Working Broad Soar, 220 Yards Sprint, Mile Run, Pole Vaulting, 120 Yards Hurdle Race, Bicycle Race, Standing Excessive Soar, and Tug of Warfare. Lehigh emerged with a decisive victory, successful ten of the fourteen occasions.
As an indication of the extraordinary rivalry that will develop between these two colleges, an article in Lafayette’s pupil newspaper, the Lafayette School Journal, referred to as the loss a “defeat in our current contest with Lehigh College, -a defeat, too, doubly humiliating, coming, because it did, from an adversary in each different respect our inferior.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rivalry_(Lehigh-Lafayette)
1885/1887—Penn’s Billy Web page grew to become the first American to high the 6-foot barrier within the Excessive Soar, clearing 6-1/4 (1.835) in Philadelphia. On the identical date two years later, he cleared 6-1(1.855), additionally in Philadelphia. He set a complete of 8 American Information within the pre-AAU period and received 3 IC4A and three U.S. titles (1885-1887).
1910—Harvard beat Yale, 52 ½-51 ½, on its house monitor as D. P. Ranney beat F. A. Reilly by inches to get 2nd place within the ultimate race of the day, the 220y, to win the meet for the Crimson.
1966—19-year-old Bob Seagren set the primary of his 4 World Information (and the primary of his seven American Information) within the Pole Vault, clearing 17-5 ½ (5.32) on the West Coast Relays in Fresno, CA. Fred Hansen set the earlier document of 17-4 in 1964 (ratified as 5.28/17-3 3/4).
Seagren had a Corridor-of-Fame profession, together with a gold medal on the 1968 Olympics.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_pole_vault_world_record_progression
https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/bob-seagren
https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/04/23/bob-seagren-pole-vaulter-february-20-1967
1966—Washington State sophomore Gerry Lindgren ran 12:53.0 for 3 miles in Seattle to smash his personal American Report of 13:04.2, which was set in 1965.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Lindgren
1967—Germany’s Kurt Bendlin scored 8319 factors (8235 new tables) in Heidelberg to interrupt Russ Hodge’s World Report of 8230 (8120). He would win the bronze medal on the 1968 Olympics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Bendlin
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70151
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decathlon_world_record_progression
1977-Jan Merrill ran 4:30.98 at West Level to interrupt Francie Larrieu’s American Report (4:31.69) within the mile. Merrill-Morin was a finalist (eighth) within the 1500 meters on the 1976 Olympics.
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77915
1993—Tennessee freshman Lawrence Johnson, who would turn into higher identified for his exploits within the Pole Vault, received the Decathlon on the SEC Championships at his house facility in Knoxville. His rating of 7576 nonetheless has him in fifth place on the All-Time U.S. Junior/Underneath-20 listing.
“LoJo” went on to win gold within the Vault on the 2001 World Indoor Championships and silver on the 2000 Olympics and 1997 World Indoor Championships, and held the Collegiate Report of 19-7 ½(5.98) from 1996 till LSU freshman Mondo Duplantis cleared 19-8 ¼ (6.00) on the 2019 SEC Championships.
2006— UCLA senior Chelsea Johnson received the Pole Vault on the PAC-10 Championships in Eugene,OR, with a clearance of 15-1 (4.60) to interrupt the Collegiate Report of 15-1/4 (4.58), which was set by Florida State’s Lacy Janson earlier within the yr. Janson would beat Johnson to win the NCAA title in June.
2010—The IAAF Diamond League made its debut in Doha, Qatar. Among the many highlights:
Males
100-Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.81w
800-David Rudisha (KEN) 1:43.00
5000-Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:51.21
400 Hurdles-Bershawn Jackson (USA) 48.66
Shot Put-Christian Cantwell (USA) 71-7 ¼ (21.82)
Ladies
400-Allyson Felix (USA) 50.15
1500-Nancy Langat (KEN) 4:01.63
100 Hurdles-Lolo Jones (USA) 12.63w
Excessive Soar-1.Blanka Vlašić (CRO) 6-6 (1.98), 2. Chaunté Lowe (USA) 6-6 (1.98)
Outcomes: https://doha.diamondleague.com/programme-results/results-archive/
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aJUjXtghc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_IAAF_Diamond_League
2011—Arkansas’ Tina Šutej, a Junior from Slovenia, set a Collegiate (and Nationwide) Report of 15-1 ½ (4.61) within the Pole Vault on the SEC Championships in Athens, GA. UCLA’s Chelsea Johnson set the earlier mark of 15-1 (4.60) 5 years earlier on this identical date(2006).
2011—Oregon freshman English Gardner received the 100 on the PAC-10 Championships in 11.03 to set an American Junior/Underneath-20 Report (now #9).
2012—Columbia’s Kyle Merber ran 3:35.59 at Swarthmore School to set an American Collegiate Report for 1500 meters (since damaged). It was the quickest time run by a university pupil since Villanova’s Sydney Maree (South Africa) set the general CR of three:35.30 in 1981. The present document holders are Notre Dame’s Yared Nuguse (3:34.68/2021) and Alabama’s Eliud Kipsang (Kenya-3:33.74/2022).
Merber has contributed to 3 World Relay Information:
4×800(i)-7:11.30 NJ*NY TC 2017 Boston College
(Joe McAsey 1:49.1, Kyle Merber 1:47.1, Chris Giesting 1:47.4, Jesse Garn 1:47.7)
4xmile(i)-16:12.81 NJ*NY TC 2017 NY’s Armory (since damaged)
(Donn Cabral 4:05.0, Ford Palmer 3:59.9, Graham Crawford 4:08.6, Kyle Merber 3:59.3)
Distance Medley-9:15.50 USA (2015 World Relays)
(Kyle Merber 2:53.6, Brycen Spratling 46.0, Brandon Johnson 1:44.7, Ben Blankenship 3:51.2)
Now retired from competitors, he spent the previous few years publishing The Lap Depend, and now he’s joined Michael Johnson’s workforce that guarantees to revolutionize the presentation of the game!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Merber
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/kyle-merber-246990
