This Day in Track & Field, September 29, Maxey Long sets WR at 440 yards (1900), Norb Sander wins NYC (1974), Christian Taylor wins 4th WC Title at Triple Jump, Allyson Felix wins first Mixed Relay (2019), photo by Walt Murphy News and Results Services

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This Day in Track & Field–September  29

1900—World Records were set by newly-crowned Olympic champions Maxey Long (440y-47.8) and John Flanagan (Hammer/168-0 [51.21], 169-4 [51.61]) at the NYAC Fall Handicap Games on NY’s Travers Island. Long got credit for the first IAAF-ratified mark in the 400m/440y. Both men are members of the National Hall of Fame

Long(scroll down): https://www.usatf.org/news/2021/usatf-announces-2021-hall-of-fame-class

Wiki Bio (Flanagan): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flanagan_(hammer_thrower)

1912—Sweden’s Eric Lemming, who had won his 2^nd Olympic title in the Javelin in July, threw 204-5 (62.32) in Stockholm to set the first IAAF-ratified World Record in the event. He had previously set 14 unofficial records from 1899-1907. He also won gold in the “freestyle” Javelin at the 1908 Olympics.

Since the Javelin hadn’t yet been added to the Olympic program, he competed in six other field events at the 1900 Olympics, finishing 4^th in the High Jump, Pole Vault, and Hammer Throw!

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76253

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Lemming

Video(1912 OG): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIJZ4pPBdYs

1923-The 1^st U.S. Women’s Championships were held in Newark,NJ

Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_USA_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships

1959–Hungary’s foursome of Lajos Kovács (4:07.4), Béla Szekeres (4:07.6), Sándor Iharos (4:09.2), and István Rózsavölgyi (4:00.9) ran 16:25.1 (ratified as 16:25.2) in Budapest to break Australia’s 6-month old World Record (16:25.6) in the 4xmile relay.

1962-Valeriy Brumel set the 5th of his 6 World Records in the High Jump, clearing 7-5  ¼ (2.27) in Moscow.

WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_high_jump_world_record_progression

1974–Norb Sander, 2^nd in 1973, won the 5th NY City Marathon in Central Park (2:26:30). Finishing 5^th in 2:35:59 was one Bill Rodgers, who would begin a 4-year winning streak in New York…