This Day in Monitor & Subject/Marathon-November 4
TCS NY Metropolis Marathon
1990—The race was devoted to race director and NYRR president Fred Lebow, who was battling mind most cancers.
Within the closest girls’s end so far, Poland’s Wanda Panfil (2:30:45) held off runner-up American Kim Jones (2:30:50) by simply 5 seconds. Trying a tenth New York Metropolis Marathon victory after two years of accidents, Norway’s Grete Waitz (2:34:34) completed fourth and shortly after introduced her retirement. 1988 U.S. Olympian Nancy Ditz completed eighth in 2:37:15.
Winner of the lads’s race was Kenya’s Douglas Wakiihuri (2:12:39), the 1987 World Champion and 1988 Olympic silver medalist. 4th was Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa (2:14:32), the defending champion.
Runners needed to cope with temperatures within the 70s.
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 2.Salvador García (Mexico) 2:13:19…5.John Campbell (41/New Zealand) 2:14:34…29.Gerry O’Hara (1st American!) 2:26:15; DNF-Ken Martin (USA)
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/901104/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/05/sports activities/new-york-city-marathon-wakiihuri-and-panfil-win-marathon.html
2001—The occasion took on added significance this yr, with town nonetheless reeling within the aftermath of 9/11.
The winners had been Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Jifar (2:07:43) and Kenya’s Margaret Okayo (2:24:21).
Deena Kastor completed Seventh in 2:26:58 to take the U.S. title.
The race had a major course change, with runners coming into Central Park at ninetieth Road as an alternative of 102nd Road and thereby eliminating a brief however steep hill.
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 2.Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) 2:09:19, 3.Rodgers Rop (Kenya) 2:09:51…5.Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa/would win in 2004) 2:11:18…7.John Kagwe (Kenya/winner in 1997, 1998) 2:11:57, 8.Joseph Chebet (Kenya/winner in 1999) 2:13:07…13.Scott Larson (1st American) 2:15:26
Girls: 2.Susan Chepkemei (Kenya) 2:25:12, 3.Svetlana Zakharova (Russia) 2:25:13, 4.Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya/would win in 2002) 2:25:51…6.Lyudmila Petrova (Russia/defending champion) 2:26:18…10.Elana Meyer (South Africa) 2:31:43
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/b11106/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_New_York_City_Marathon
www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/sports activities/marathon-2001-the-overview-celebrating-continuity-mourning-the-absent.html
https://www.911memorial.org/join/weblog/remembering-2001-nyc-marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeC-spxeH8A
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a24492717/nyc-marathon-after-september-11/
2007-2003 winner Martin Lel of Kenya returned for his second New York Metropolis Marathon and outsprinted Morocco’s Abderrahim Goumri (2:09:16) to win once more in 2:09:04, the day after Ryan Corridor ran 2:09:03 to win the U.S. Olympic Staff Trials – Males’s Marathon, hosted by the NYRR in Central Park. In a front-running tour de drive, Paula Radcliffe of Nice Britain led from the beginning and eventually dropped Ethiopia’s Gete Wami (2:23:32) with 400 meters remaining; Radcliffe received in 2:23:09, one second sooner than her successful time in 2004.
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 3.Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa/2004 winner) 2:11:25, 4.Stefano Baldini (Italy/2004 Olympic champion) 2:11:58…8.Marílson Gomes dos Santos (Brazil/winner in 2006, 2008) 2:13:47
Girls: 3.Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia/2-time defending champion) 2:26:13…5.Catherine Ndereba (Kenya/World Champion-2003,2007) 2:29:08, 6.Elva Dryer 2:35:15, 7.Robyn Friedman 2:39:19, 8.Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 2:41:58, 9.Melisa Christian 2:42:07, 10.Alvina Begay 2:42:46
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/a71104/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/sports activities/04iht-athletics4.8180917.html
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20791606/paula-radcliffe-wins-nyc-marathon-com/
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPJYc-_3aXk
2012—The official race might need been canceled the day earlier than, however nearly 2,000 entered runners, lots of whom had already traveled to NYC from all over the world, confirmed up in Central Park on the day the Marathon was purported to happen and ran 4 loops of the park, simply as runners did when the occasion began in 1970.
Runners had been requested to donate meals, clothes and cash that will be given to victims of Superstorm Sandy.
“This may increasingly sound tacky,” stated Caroline Lewis, 39, from Wales, who was there to cheer for her husband David. “However that is such an awesome instance of that American spirit, that you simply discover a option to stand up and preserve going.”
https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/11/04/sports activities/SPTSMARATHON1104.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/11/03/sports activities/SPTSMARATHON1103.html?searchResultPosition=2
NY Occasions
2018—Kenya’s Mary Keitany and Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa had been the winners on the forty eighth working of the TCS NY Metropolis Marathon on a ravishing fall day.
It was the 4th NY win for Keitany, who additionally received in 2014, 2015, & 2016. She was 2nd in 2017 to Shalane Flanagan, who completed a creditable third (2:26:22) behind Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot (2:26:02) as we speak. Molly Huddle completed 4th (2:26:44), Des Linden Sixth (2:27:51), and Allie Kiefer Seventh (2:28:12) to provide the U.S. 4 top-10 finishers. Keitany’s successful time of two:22:48 was the 2nd-fastest ever run in NY on the time (Behind Margaret Okayo’s Course Report of two:22:31, set in 2003).
Keitany was inducted into the NYRR Corridor of Fame tonight
It was the primary win for Desisa, who had beforehand completed 2nd (2014) and third (2015, 2017) in NY. As with Keitany, his successful time of two:05:59 is the 2nd quickest ever run in NY (behind Geoffrey Mutai’s CR of two:05:06, set in 2011). And Ethiopia’s Shura Kitata (2:06:01) and Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor (2:06:26), the defending champion, at the moment are 3-4 on the all-time NY listing). Desisa pulled away from Kamworor within the final mile, then held off a late cost by Kitata.
The U.S. additionally had 4 top-10 finishers within the males’s race-6.Jared Ward (2:12:24), 7.Scott Fauble (2:12:28), 9.Shadrack Biwott (2:12:52), 10.Chris Derrick (2:13:08).
Bernard Lagat, a month shy of his forty fourth birthday, completed 18th (2:17:20) in his debut on the distance.
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/M2018/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_New_York_City_Marathon
NY Occasions Protection
Submit Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyhlhUbYzXs
https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2018/11/2018-tcs-new-york-city-marathon
Previous NY Metropolis Marathon Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Media Information (2025)
By way of The Years:
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports activities/nydn-sports-44-years-new-york-city-marathon-history-1-47895-photogallery.html
Born On This Day*
Damian Warner—Canada 36 (1989) 2021 Olympic gold medalist—Decathlon (2016-bronze, 2012-Fifth); DNF on the 2024
Olympics after no-heighting within the Pole Vault—had been in gold medal rivalry at that time.
2022 World Indoor Champion-Heptathlon
4-time World Championships medalist—2013 & 2019 (bronze), 2015 & 2023 (silver)/2017-Fifth. 2022-DNF
An harm compelled a last-minute withdrawal from the 2025 World Championships—Had scored 8527 factors on the Hypo
Assembly in early June
Silver medalist within the Heptathlon on the 2018 World Indoor Championships (2014-Seventh)
2014 Commonwealth Video games Champion; 2015 & 2019 Pan-American Video games Champion
7-time winner of the Hypo assembly in Götzis, Austria (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024)
PBs: 9018 (Olympic Report/#4 All-Time); Hep PB: 6489 (2022/#6 A-T)
2025 SB: 8527
All-Time Record
9126 Kevin Mayer (France) 9/16/18
9045 Ashton Eaton (US) 8/29/15
9039 ————Eaton 6/23/12
9026 Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 5/27/01
9018 Damian Warner (Canada) 8/05/21
8995 ————Warner 5/30/21
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Warner
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/122729
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/canada/damian-warner-14173337
Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7SceKfDC2c
OG Report: https://www.nbcolympics.com/information/decathlon-tracker-live-updates-results-highlights-each-event
Making ready For The 2021 Olympics:
https://theprovince.com/sports activities/olympics-pmn/ed-willes-canadas-warner-hopes-new-coach-helps-vault-him-to-olympic-gold
https://www.cbc.ca/sports activities/olympics/summer time/trackandfield/damian-warner-indoor-training-tokyo-olympics-1.5785135
Paris Disappointment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=857eYsuKhcA
2025 Disappointment
George Stanich 97 (1928) 1948 Olympic bronze medalist—Excessive Leap
At 97, he’s the oldest dwelling male Olympic medalist in Monitor & Subject
All-American at UCLA—Seventh on the 1948 NCAA Championships, 4th in 1949
Performed basketball for coach John Picket, and in addition performed baseball at UCLA. Went on to play minor league baseball.
PB: 6-8 ¼ (2.04/1948)
Oldest Residing Olympians: https://oldestolympians.sdsu.edu/
Learn Gary Cohen’s interview for extra on this unlikely Olympian!:
http://www.garycohenrunning.com/Interviews/Stanich.aspx
2022 Article
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79088
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stanich
https://uclabruins.com/honors/hall-of-fame/george-stanich/275
Deceased
Max Truex 55 (1935-March 24, 1991) 2-time U.S. Olympian-10,000m (1956-DNF, 1960-Sixth)
3-time U.S. Champion-3 Miles (1957, 1961, 1962—completed 2nd to worldwide runners annually)
3-time U.S. Champion—10,000m (1956, 1959, 1960/third behind 2 int’l runners)
(I’m not 100% sure that he was truly declared the U.S. Champion within the years he didn’t end first!)
1957 NCAA-Nation Champion (USC)
NCAA: 1956—5000 (4th), 1958-2 Miles (third)
Former American Report holder:
3-miles-13:35.7/1957, 13:21.0/1961
5000m-14:22.8/1956, 14:14.5/1957, 14:04.2/1957, 14:03.6/1960, 13:49.6/1962
6-miles/10,000m-28:50.2/1960
Reported elsewhere that he set a Nationwide H.S. Report of 4:20.4 on the 1954 Indiana State meet (Warsaw,IN), however
that was most probably the report for a “H.S.-only” race, for the reason that “absolute” HSR on the time was no slower than
4:18.2.
PBs: 4:06.6 (1957), 8:44.6 (2-mile)/1960), 13:49.6 (1962), 28:50.2 (1960)
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/26/obituaries/max-truex-55-dies-star-runner-of-50-s.html
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79140
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Truex
Mildred “Tex” McDaniel 70 (1933-Sep. 30, 2004) 1956 Olympic gold medalist—Excessive Leap
Set a World Report of 5-9 ¼ (1.76) within the Olympic closing—it was additionally her 4th American Report
3-time U.S. Champion (1953, 1955, 1956; 2-time U.S. Indoor Champion(1955, 1956)
1955 Pan-American Video games Champion
Was additionally a basketball participant at Tuskegee Institute.
Inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 1983…coach at Tuskegee was fellow Corridor-of-Famer Cleve Abbott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_McDaniel
HOF Bio: (Presently unavailable)
https://blackthen.com/mildred-mcdaniel-excelled-basketball-gained-famed-track-field-athlete/
Kamila Skolimowska-Poland 26 (1982-Feb.18, 2009) First Olympic gold medalist within the Girls’s Hammer Throw (2000)
Was a month shy of her 18th birthday when she received in Sydney (youngest ever Olympic champion within the occasion—man
or lady)
Additionally competed on the Olympics in 2004 (Fifth) and 2008 (qual.spherical).
Died from a pulmonary embolism in 2009 on the age of 26.
The Kamila Skolimowska Memorial is an annual monitor and discipline meet held in Chorzów, Poland
PB: 252-0 (76.83/2007)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/88379
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamila_Skolimowska
