This Day in Track & Field History, June 22, Paavo Nurmi gets his first WR (10,000m) in 1921! by Walt Murphy’s News and Results Services

This Day in Track & Field–June 22   

1921—Paavo Nurmi, the “Flying Finn,” set the first World Record of his storied career, running 30:40.2 for 10,000 meters in Stockholm.

WR Progression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men’s_10,000_metres_world_record_progression

Wiki Bio:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paavo_Nurmi

1935—USC won the 1st of its 9 consecutive team titles at the NCAA Championships in Berkeley,CA.

Ohio State sophomore Jesse Owens, who had set 6 World Records at the previous month’s Big-Ten Championships, was a 4-time champion, winning the 100y over Temple sophomore Eulace Peacock (9.8 into a headwind), 220y (21.5/straight), 220y-hurdles (23.4/straight) over defending champion Billy Hardin of LSU, and Long Jump (26-1  ¼ [7.955]). The crowd of 18,000 gave Owens a well-deserved ovation after he took his final leap in the LJ.

USC’s “Heavenly Twins”, Earle Meadows and Bill Stefton tied for 1^st in the Pole Vault (14-11 [4.55]/Meet Record), just as they would do the  following year. Sefton would win a 3^rd title (by himself) in 1937.

Emporia State junior Archie San Romani, Sr, won the Mile in 4:19.1. His son (of the same name) was 2^nd in the 1500-Meters at the 1964 NCAA Championships while competing for Oregon (5^th in the Mile in 1963.

NY Times(For Subscribers

6-21: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/06/22/94622592.html?pageNumber=9

6-22: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/06/23/93690033.html?pageNumber=109

Results: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1935.pdf

1940—Penn State’s Barney Ewell was a double winner at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis, finishing first in the 100y (9.6) and 220y (21.1). His 220y time set a pre-IAAF World Record, but was intrinsically inferior to Jesse Owens’ mark of 20.7 for 200-meters.

            Future Hall-of-Famer Fred Wolcott won the 220y-hurdles (23.0) and was 2^nd in the 120y-hurdles (he was the 2-time defending champion in the shorter event),

            3^rd in the mile was USC’s Lou Zamperini, whose incredible life story was told in the best-selling book “Unbroken”. The movie of the same name, produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, was released in 2014

Winner of the Long Jump was UCLA’s Jackie Robinson (24-10  ¼ [7.575?]), who went on to have a fair amount of success in another sport—baseball!

UCLA beat Stanford to win the team title (44-28  2/3).

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