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This Day in Track & Field, May 8, Albert Raines sets marathon WR (1909), Earle Meadows sets PV WR (1937), Beth Bonner sets Marathon WR (1969), Born on this Day, Galen Rupp (1986),written and compiled by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Thu, 08 May 2025 16:20:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–May 8 1909–American Albert Raines won the Bronx-Marathon in 2:46:04.6, which was faster than the listed World Record, but Great Britain’s Henry Barrett ran 2:42:31.0 earlier in the day in London. (Some sources list the date for […]

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Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele returns to training and is on track to face Arsenal

SandJack TV — Mon, 05 May 2025 12:34:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Paris Saint-Germain star Ousmane Dembele returned to training on Monday and remains on course to play in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal on Wednesday night. The France forward has been instrumental to PSG’s progress in this season’s competition, as well as them retaining […]

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National Records Highlight Day 1 of Grand Slam Track’s Miami Slam, by Jay Holder for Grand Slam Track

SandJack TV — Sat, 03 May 2025 12:59:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags This is Day 1 of the Grand Slam Track Meeting, Day 1, May 2, 2025, written by Jay Holder for Grand Slam Track. Jay Holder is a keen observer of the sport. In his day job, Jay Holder works for the Atlanta Track Club and Running USA. Jay […]

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This Day in Track & Field, April 30, Joe McCluskey set steepe AR of 9:28.6 (1932), and other stories of the Penn Relays, curtated, edited and written by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:41:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–April 30 1921—Finishing in a 4-way tie for first place in the High Jump at the Penn Relays was Illinois’ Harold Osborn, who also won the Triple Jump (46-9 ½ [14.26]). He would win Olympic […]

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This Day in Track & Field, April 28, Princeton sets 2 Mile Relay WR (1895), Charlie Paddock sets WR (1928) at 175 yard dash, Renaldo Nehemiah has a perfect day at Penn Relays (1979), edited and curated by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:38:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field-April 28 1900—Princeton set a World Record (pre-IAAF) of 8:05.0 in the 2-Mile Relay at the Penn Relays. Syracuse’s Myer Prinstein bettered the existing World Record in the Long Jump with a leap of 24-7 ¼ […]

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This Day in Track & Field, April 24, AAA founded (1880), Mt.SAC Relays begins (1959), Rudy Chapa sets HS record for 10,000m, 28:32.7 at Drake Relays (1976), by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:33:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–April 24 1880 – Amateur Athletic Association(AAA), governing body for men’s athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England. http://www.englandathletics.org/the-amateur-athletic-association 1937–4 future Hall-of-Famers were winners at the Penn Relays (April 23, 24). Don Lash (1995) anchored […]

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This Day in Track & Field/Road Running, Nina Kusick becomes first official female to win Boston Marathon (1972), Grete Waitz sets WR at London (1983), edited and compiled by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:55:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–April 17 1937—Alton Terry (Hardin-Simmons), the 1936 NCAA Champion in the event (he was 6th at the Berlin Olympics), threw 229-2 ¼ (69.85) at the Kansas Relays to set his 3rd American Record in the Javelin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Terry 1948–Two […]

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RunBlogRun presents Socialing The Distance featuring Ryan Fenton, GM of Track & Field at FloTrack, episode 133

SandJack TV — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:29:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags RunBlogRun presents Socialising The Distance featuring Ryan Fenton, General Manager of FloTrack. Ryan Fenton is the General Manager of Track & Field at FloTrack/FloSports. Last June, we asked Ryan Fenton Ten questions just after it was announced that FLOTRACK had won The bid is to show Diamond League meets […]

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Coffee with Larry, April 14, 2025, European Road Champs a huge success, Arcadia Invitational opens hot prep track season and Boston Marathon 2025 is almost here!

SandJack TV — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:32:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Larry Eder Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry […]

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This Day in Track & Field, April 11, Harry Liversedge sets AR at javelin (1914), Parker Valby sets CR at 10,000m (2024), by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:42:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–April 11 1914—19-year old Harry “The Horse” Liversedge, a senior at San Francisco Polytechnic H.S., threw the javelin 184-9 ½ (56.32) at Stanford to not only smash the previous High School Record, but also the official American […]

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