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This Day in Track & Field–November 5
1890—Princeton’s Luther Cary ran 11.2 for 100 meters in New York to equal the American Record he had already shared with Yale’s Charles Sherrill. Cary won the 100y and 220y at the 1891 IC4A and U.S. Championships.
1904—Great Britain’s Alfie Shrubb set 7 World Records in one race at Glasgow’s Ibrox Park:
6-miles 29:59.4
10,000m 31:02.4
7-miles 35:04.6
8-miles 40:16.0
9-miles 45:27.6
10-miles 50:40.6
I-Hour 18,742 meters (11.645 miles)
The race was billed as a 10-miler, but when Shrubb reached the finish line, spectators urged him to continue running so he could get the
1-hour record! Said Shrubb, “I managed it, but with a bad stitch. Had it not been for losing 25 seconds at the end of the 10 miles, through hesitation, the Hour record would have been something better” (From the Progression of IAAF World Records)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Shrubb
1994–It was a preview of things to come, with senior Carrie Tollefson beating junior Kara Wheeler (now Kara Goucher) to win the AA division at the Minnesota High School State meet (14:09.2-14:10.5). It was a dream matchup between two returning Foot Locker finalists (5th & 9th, respectively) and two defending state champions (in different divisions).
About a mile into the 4k race, Tollefson (Dawson-Boyd) turned to her rival and said, “Let’s take over the race and see what happens.” Wheeler (Duluth-East) responded to the friendly…
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