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This Day in Observe & Discipline-November 11 (Veterans Day)
1868–From Wally Donovan’s Historical past of Indoor Observe & Discipline
“On a chilly and wet night time, indoor observe was born in New York Metropolis. The newly fashioned New York Athletic Membership carried out the primary organized observe and discipline meet ever held in the USA in a constructing that was beneath development for a skating rink at Third Avenue and 63rd Avenue.
The constructing (later often known as the Empire Metropolis Skating Rink) had solely a partial roof, so tarpaulins had been rapidly gathered by the devoted membership members, sewn collectively and stretched over the yawning gap atop the construction.
Inside, the middle of the rink had not been floored, so the athletes competed on a staked out eighth-of-a-mile clay observe, with 4 straight and slim sides and 4 uncomfortably sharp corners.
On Wednesday night, November 11, 1868, it was pouring rain as the group arrived in horsecars and carriages. They had been greeted by a 42-piece band and the place was aglow with gaslights. Nevertheless, this didn’t hold the two,000 spectators (each female and male) and the athletes of their flimsy observe fits from shivering.
Spiked sneakers had been used for the primary time, however there was just one pair in order that they had been shared by (some) athletes. The sneakers had been useful in successful a prize in each occasion they had been used, three firsts, one second and one third being the whole for the night. When it’s remembered that not one of many customers had ever earlier than worn a spiked shoe and that the observe was virtually as laborious as a concrete flooring, it could be realized that the brand new fashion sneakers had been considerably uncomfortable, to say the least.
Using the pistol in beginning was not as basic because it later turned, and a bass drum was used at this assembly to present the beginning sign. Whereas will probably be usually admitted that such a sound can be audible not solely to the starters however even to the entire spectators, but a contestant in a single warmth of the 75 yard run requested for an additional trial as a result of he ‘didn’t hear the drum’.
The marks made by every winner had been the primary newbie data ever claimed in America.”
Winners
75 yards—William B. Curtis NYAC 9.0
220y—Frank Johnson NYAC 28.0
440y—H.S. Magrane NYAC 1:02.0
880y— H.S. Magrane NYAC 2:26.0
Hurdles (distance not said)—Frank Johnson NYAC 24.0
Operating Bounce—F.W. Stone Woods’ Gymnasium 5’-2”
Operating Broad Bounce—John Goldie Caldeonian Membership 17’-0”
Standing Broad Bounce (with weights)—P.M. Broderick NYAC 11’-6 1/5”
Standing Excessive Bounce—John Goldie Caldeonian Membership 4’-5”
Standing Three Jumps—P.M. Broderick NYAC 33’-8”
Pole Vault—W.L. Campbell Caledonian Membership (NYAC?) 8’-3”
Shot Put—Alexander Graham Caledonian Membership 35’-5”
Hammer—W.L. Campbell Caledonian Membership (NYAC?) 73’-0”
Mile Stroll–J.E. Russell NYAC 7:50.5
1882–Lon Myers lowered his American File within the mile to 4:27.6 in New York. A constitution member of the Nationwide Corridor of Fame (1974), Myers additionally set American Information within the 100y, 220y, 440y and 880y and gained a complete of 15 U.S. titles within the 100y (2), 220y (4), 440y (6) and 880y (3)
WIki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Myers
https://www.usatf.org/information/2020/myers-earns-throwback-athlete-of-the-week-honors
1963—Identical to the mile has its’ 4-minute barrier, the benchmark for the normal 2-1/2 mile highschool cross nation course at NY’s Van Cortlandt Park is 13-minutes. Whereas he didn’t garner the extent of consideration that Roger Bannister obtained when he ran his historic 3:59.4 in 1954, Invoice Leahy, a 17-yeard previous senior at Boston’s Catholic Memorial H.S., turned one other barrier-buster when he ran 12:58.6 on this date on the “Irish Christian Brothers Championship”!
Marc Bloom, a member of the Van Cortlandt Park Corridor of Fame (for his intensive protection of highschool occasions on the iconic web site), writes at size about Leahy’s life earlier than and after his shining second on this RunnerSpace article (Leahy was inducted into the VCP HOF in 2025):
https://www.runnerspace.com/information.php?news_id=647922
Born On This Day*
KC Lightfoot 26 (1999) Set an American File of 19-11 (6.07) within the Pole Vault in Nashville on June 2, 2023. The
earlier document of 19-10 ½ (6.06) was set by Sam Kendricks in 2019
2021 NCAA Indoor Champion (Baylor); 4th-2019 NCAA Championships, eighth Indoors
Tied for 4th on the 2021 Olympics, competed within the qualifying spherical on the 2019 World Championships
Tied for tenth on the 2022 World Indoor Championships
2nd on the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials; eradicated within the qualifying spherical on the 2024 Trials
third on the 2023 U.S. Indoor Championships, 4th Open air
2018 Nationwide Scholastic Champion
Stricken by accidents in recent times
PBs: 19-11 (6.07/2023/NR/#5 All-Time), 19-8 1/4i (6.00/2021/=Collegiate File/=#10 A-T, #4-U.S.);
Excessive College PBs: 18-5 (5.61+/2018/#3 A-T), 17-9i (5.41/2018/#10 A-T)
2025 SB: 18-10 ½ (5.75)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147335
https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/kc-lightfoot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC_Lightfoot
AR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh-mo-U7fxc
Submit AR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfNQ39RtVrg
Raymond Hecht—Germany 57 (1968) Bronze medalist within the Javelin on the 1998 European Championships
4th on the 1996 and 2000 Olympics
Finalist at 4 World Championships—1991 (twelfth), 1995 (4th), 1999 (fifth), 2001 (fifth)
Set a German File of 303-10 (92.60/#9 All-Time) in 1995 (since damaged)
Made the T&F Information High-10 World Rankings 10 instances from 1993-2003 (missed in 1997)…ranked #2 in 1995 &
1996
Rankings:
https://trackandfieldnews.com/mens-world-rankings-by-athlete-2/mens-world-javelin-rankings-by-athlete/
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70268
Deceased
Willie Might 75 (1936-March 28, 2012) 1960 Olympic silver medalist—110-Hurdles (misplaced a photo-finish to Lee Calhoun)
All-American at Indiana: NCAA (120y-hurdles)-1957 (seventh), 1958 (third), 1959 (2nd)
Silver medalist on the 1963 Pan-American Video games
Turned a coach and Athletic Director at Evanston Township(IL) Excessive College. Retired as the top coach in 2006,
however remained as an assistant up till the time he handed away in 2012.
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78748
OG(End): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sIwZKn2_6A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_May
https://www.chicagotribune.com/information/ct-xpm-2012-04-04-ct-met-willie-may-obit-20120404-story.html
Jan Johnson 74 (1950-February 23, 2025) 1972 Olympic bronze medalist—Pole Vault
1970 NCAA Champion whereas at Kansas (occasion held indoors as a result of inclement climate/set a World Indoor File of
17-7/5.36)
After transferring to Alabama, he gained the 1972 NCAA Indoor title
1971 U.S. and Pan-American Video games Champion
PB: 18-1/2 (5.50/1972)
Grew up on his household farm in Chicago Heights,IL. “I bought began in pole vaulting with a pitchfork leaping over hay
bales. That’s the trustworthy fact. We’d exit to take advantage of the cows after which we’d be dragging hay bales. Most likely my
earliest reminiscence of leaping over hay bales was once I was about 8 or 9.”
Coached his daughter Chelsea in highschool…she went on to win the silver medal within the Girls’s Pole Vault at
the 2009 World Championships in Berlin—(her husband is Trey Hardee, the 2-time World Champion–2009,
2011, and 2012 Olympic silver medalist within the Decathlon).
Daughter Chelsea’s Submit on Fb
“Among the pole vaulters he coached had been 1997 World Championships bronze medalist Dean Starkey
(19’5″), Greg Duplantis (19’0″)1988, Simon Arkell, the previous Australia File Holder (19’4) 1991, and
Shayla Balentine, the previous Nationwide HS document holder (13’8) 2001”.
Founding father of the Sky Jumpers Vertical Sports activities Membership in Atascadero, California.
Had been the Pole Vault Security Chair for USATF
Wrote about his journey to the 1972 Olympics in his autobiography, “The Excessive Flyer and the Cultural Revolution”
https://www.amazon.com/Excessive-Flyer-Cultural-Revolution-Journal/dp/1480986003/
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78614
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Johnson
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/olympic-medalist-jan-johnson-hasnt-forgotten-his-chicf8bd826540
Sky Jumpers: https://www.vstraining.com/skyjumperspv/
Aleksandr Baryshnikov—Russia 75 (1948-Sep. 15, 2024) 2-time Olympic medalist—Shot Put (1976 -bronze, 1980-silver)
Was one of many early practitioners of the spin method (however not the primary).
Former World File holder: 72-2 ¼ (22.00/1976). It was the primary World File utilizing the brand new method.
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77373
http://rethinkingathletics.blogspot.com/2016/08/are-shot-putters-becoming-spinners.html
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