This Day in Track & Field, February 22, James Saunders wins NYC 24 hour race (1882), Browning Ross organizes meeting to launch RRCA (1958), A Crazy US Indoor (2014)by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field–February 22
1882 – With 120 miles, James Saunders wins…
This Day in Track & Field, February 15, the first Boston A.A. meet held (1890), Ben Jipcho doubles (1974), Gary Murhcke wins first Empire State Run (1978), compiled and written by Walt Murphy
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This Day in Track & Field, January 27, Paavo Nurmi wows crowd of 10,000m at MSG (1925), David Krummenacker sets AR at Boston Indoor Games (2002), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field-January 27
1925–Capitalizing on the popularity of…
This Day in Track & Field-January 26, Mel Sheppard sets the WIR at mile (1906), Steve Prefontaine breaks AR (1974), Born This Day, Jeanette Pickens-Bolden (1960), complied and edited by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field–January 26
1906—Mel Sheppard set a World Indoor Record of…
This Day in Track & Field History, January 9, Billy Mills wins mile at the Examiner Invite (1965), Born this Day, Katerina Johnson-Thompson (1993), by Walt Murphy
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This Day in Track & Field, January 4, Grete Waitz Could a , Should a had the 3000m WR at Runners World Classic (1980), by Walt Murphy
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This Day in Track & Field, December 23, Frosh Tom O'Hara wins Ted Haydon Mile (1960), birthdays of Lisa Dobiskey (1983), and Rick Wolhuter (1948), by Walt Murphy
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