Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Track & Field-January 9
1965—Just 3 months after his stunning win in the 10,000-meters at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Billy Mills pulled off another surprise by winning the mile on the 11-lap indoor track at the Examiner Invitational in San Francisco.
After leading a strong field of mile specialists by as much as 10-meters in the slow-paced race, Mills barely held on for the win over Great Britain’s Alan Simpson, who had finished 4th in the 1500-meters in Tokyo (4:08.1-4:08.3).
1976—Villanova senior Eamonn Coghlan, who hadn’t yet been dubbed “Chairman of the Boards”, combined the first indoor sub-4 mile of his career (3:59.7) with a win on the 11-lap banked track at the CYO Invitational in College Park, Maryland. Coghlan had just arrived in Philadelphia from Ireland the night before and slept most of the day before reluctantly making it to the starting line.
Dan Ripley vaulted 18-1 ¼ (5.52) to better his previous World Record of 18-1 (5.51).
The Women’s Mile Relay also produced a World Record, with the Florida T.C. winning in 3:44.2, just a tenth ahead of the Atoms T.C., the previous record holder (3:47.0). Running for the FTC were Rose Allwood (56.5), Debbie Pastel (57.1), Robin Campbell (56.2), and Debra Armstrong (54.4), who held off the Atoms’ Lorna Forde (54.1). Forde had earlier won the 440y in 55.1.
19-year old senior Houston McTear won the 60-yards at the CYO Invitation in College Park, Maryland, running 5.9 to equal the U.S. High School Record that was set by Bill Gaines in 1966. McTear beat a field that included Hasley Crawford, who would win Olympic gold in the 100-Meters later in the year, Steve Riddick, and Delano Meriwether.
From Track and Field News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamonn_Coghlan
http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=240
1994–Bert Nelson, who co-founded Track and Field News with his brother Cordner in 1948, died after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Nelson was inducted into USATF’s Hall of Fame in 1991 (Cordner was inducted in 1988)
Said his brother at the time, “If you believe Track and Field News has contributed to the sport, then you have to credit Bert, because without him, there would be no T&FN”.
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