Mel Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/mel/ Experience the game beyond the screen Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:46:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://sandjack.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Sand-Jack-fav-32x32.png Mel Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/mel/ 32 32 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 https://sandjack.tv/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-wal/ Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:46:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/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-wal/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags This Day in Track & Field–January  26   1906—Mel Sheppard set a World Indoor Record of 4:25.2 for the Mile at a meet hosted by Columbia University at Madison Square Garden, and Lawson Robertson won the 300-yards in 33.4. Both events served as U.S. Championship races. From the NY […]

The post 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 appeared first on SandJack TV.

]]> 30674 This Day in Track & Field, July 21, Mel Shepard has a busy Olympics (1908), Lindy Remigino wins photo-finish at Helsinki (1952) 100 meters, Jane Frederick sets AR in heptathlon (1984) in Potsdam, Germany, by Walt Murphy News and Results Services https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-july-21-mel-shepard-has-a-busy-olympics-1908-lindy-remigino-wins-photo-finish-at-helsinki-1952-100-meters-jane-frederick-sets-ar-in-heptathlon-1984-in-potsdam-germ/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 17:51:13 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-july-21-mel-shepard-has-a-busy-olympics-1908-lindy-remigino-wins-photo-finish-at-helsinki-1952-100-meters-jane-frederick-sets-ar-in-heptathlon-1984-in-potsdam-germ/ This Day in Track & Field–July 21 1908–At the London Olympics, “Peerless Mel” Sheppard won the 800 meters with a World Record time of 1:52.8. Sheppard continued on to 880-yards (1:54.0). He later won gold in the 4×400 relay and silver in the 800 at the 1912 Olympics. For many years the “Mel Sheppard 600y” […]

The post This Day in Track & Field, July 21, Mel Shepard has a busy Olympics (1908), Lindy Remigino wins photo-finish at Helsinki (1952) 100 meters, Jane Frederick sets AR in heptathlon (1984) in Potsdam, Germany, by Walt Murphy News and Results Services appeared first on SandJack TV.

]]> 9447