Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Observe & Area–April 11
1914—19-year previous Harry “The Horse” Liversedge, a senior at San Francisco Polytechnic H.S., threw the javelin 184-9 ½ (56.32) at Stanford to not solely smash the earlier Excessive College File, but in addition the official American File of 169-10 ¼ (51.77), which was set by Bruno Brodd in 1913.
Per week earlier, Liversedge, in his debut within the occasion, had thrown 171-3 ¼ (52.20) in an exhibition occasion, additionally at Stanford. Later within the yr, Liversedge enrolled at Cal-Berkeley, the place he performed rugby and soccer along with competing in T&F. He was the 1916 IC4A champion within the Shot Put and went on to win the bronze medal in that occasion on the 1920 Olympics.
Along with his athletic achievements, Liversedge additionally had a stellar navy profession, rising to the rank of Brigadier Basic within the Marine Corps. He led the invasion of Iwo Jima throughout World Struggle II and it was a Marine patrol below his command that raised the flag on Mount Suribachi. Learn extra on the hyperlinks under.
Cal’s Most Heroic Olympian:
http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2012/6/13/3011285/harry-liversedge-cals-most-heroic-olympian
Marine Obituary: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.internet/hbliversedge.htm
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78707
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_B._Liversedge
H.S. File: http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19140406-01.2.12#
1959–The World File of 63-2 (19.25) within the Shot Put, shared by Parry O’Brien and Dallas Lengthy, was bettered by Lengthy and Invoice Nieder on at the present time, however neither acquired credit score for a brand new file. Competing in separate “exhibitions”, Lengthy and Nieder threw 64-5 ½ (19.645m?) and 63-8 ½ (19.415m?), respectively.
1981–Willie Banks bettered his personal American File within the Triple Bounce together with his successful leap of 56-9 ½ (17.31) in San José,CA.
1987–Djibouti’s Ahmed Saleh (2:10:55) repeated as the lads’s particular person champion on the primary day of the 2nd World Cup Marathon, which was held on the identical course in Seoul, Korea, that may be used for the 1988 Olympic race. The Soviet Union’s Zoya Ivanova (2:30:39) received the ladies’s race the next day(4-12).
NBC had deliberate all alongside to ship a crew, together with announcers Charlie Jones and Frank Shorter, to cowl the occasion, since it will assist function a costume rehearsal of types for his or her Olympic broadcast the next yr. However I wasn’t a part of that plan till Jones satisfied NBC to convey me alongside, since I had been a part of the community’s T&F manufacturing workforce on the 1983 and 1987 World Championships and would serve in the identical function on the 1988 Olympics.
A part of the journey concerned a cease on the radio station that was a part of the Armed Forces Community, the place Jones and Shorter have been interviewed previous to the races.
2024 (New)—Making her debut within the occasion, Florida’s Parker Valby set a Collegiate File of 30:50.43 for 10,000-meters on the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California.
Full Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCyxF265kzo
https://www.runnersworld.com/information/a60475120/parker-valby-collegiate-10000-meter-record/
Born On This Day*
Patrick Sang—Kenya 61 (1964) silver medalist within the Steeplechase on the 1992 Olympics and 1991 and 1993 World
Championships; 3-time All-American at Texas (NCAA-4th/1984, 2nd/1985, 5th/1986);
PB-8:03.41 (’97)
Among the many athletes he coaches is Eliud Kipchoge, arguably the best marathoner in historical past.
www.tallahassee.com/story/life/household/2019/10/15/moon-and-back-less-than-two-hours/3984166002/
https://www.ineos159challenge.com/workforce/eliuds-team/patrick-sang/
John Ngeno–Kenya 72 (1953) 3-time NCAA Champion-6m/10k (Washington State/’74y, ‘75y, ‘76m)
1975 NCAA Champion-3-miles (4th-1973, 1974, 2nd-1976)
3-time NCAA Indoor Champion—3-miles (1974-1976)
NCAA X-Nation/1973-9th, 1974-2nd, 1975-3rd
1974 U.S. X-Nation Champion
PBs:13:20.6 (1976), 27:58.80 (1977)
https://journal.wsu.edu/web-extra/chaplins-athletes/
Bob Frey 81 (1944) 1966 NCAA Champion-mile relay (UCLA/Anchor)
Ran lead-off leg on U.S. workforce that set a World File of two:59.6 within the 4×400 relay on the L.A. Coliseum in 1966
(first workforce to interrupt 3-minutes)
Bob Frey (46.3), Lee Evans (44.5), Tommie Smith (43.8), Theron Lewis (45.0)
Helped UCLA finish its 33-year dropping streak to USC of their annual twin meet in 1966 by successful the 440y and
operating on each successful relays.
https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/05/16/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-try-33-more-times