This Day in Observe & Discipline, January 15, Nurmi units 3 WRs in a single race (1925), Born this Day, Mark Carroll, by Walt Murphy

This Day in Observe & Discipline–January  15

1925–Paavo Nurmi, “The Flying Finn”, returned to NY’s Madison Sq. Backyard for the 2nd cease on his U.S. tour and got here away with three extra world data, though all of them got here inside one race.

After letting Ville “Willie” Ritola set the early tempo, Nurmi, dubbed the Athlete of the Century by the press, delighted the group by lapping many of the discipline and setting data at 1-3/4 miles (7:55.6), 3000-meters (8:26.8), and 1-7/8 miles (8:29.0). Joie Ray was the earlier file holder in any respect three distances. Shortly after the race, Nurmi hopped on a practice for Chicago, the place he was scheduled to compete the next night time earlier than instantly returning to NY for his third meet in as many days.

1965—Irishman John McDonnell gained a slow-paced mile in 4:22.5 on the Senior Metropolitan AAU Championships at NY’s 168^th Road Armory. McDonnell, after all, went on to have a Corridor-of-Fame profession as coach on the College of Arkansas.

Different notable winners included Fordham’s Sam Perry within the 60y (6.4), and Oscar Moore,Jr within the 3-mile (14:29.0).

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/01/16/101522396.html?pageNumber=20

1977–It didn’t draw a lot consideration on the time, however Steve Scott, a 20-year outdated junior on the College of California at Irvine, broke

4-minutes for the primary time when he ran 3:59.7 to complete third within the Mile on the Sunkist Invitational. Ending forward of Scott have been Paul Cummings (3:59.2) and Wilson Waigwa (3:59.7).

Scott went on to change into one of many biggest runners in historical past and ran a complete of 136 sub-4 minute miles, probably the most ever, in a Corridor of Fame  profession.  He held the American Indoor Report from 1979-2005 and the Out of doors mark from 1982-2007. Scott retired in 2018 as the pinnacle coach at Cal-State San Marcos, which gained three consecutive NAIA Ladies’s  X-Nation titles from 2009-2011.

Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/steve-scott

Steve Scott-The Miler/Marc Bloom’s Biography

http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Scott-Miler-Americas-Legendary/dp/0028616774

CSSM Bio: http://www.csusmcougars.com/coaches.aspx?rc=222&path=wcross

1978–Lengthy Island College’s Lorna Forde, a 2-time Olympian (1972,1976) for her native Barbados, set a World Indoor Report of 1:10.5 for 500-meters on the Dartmouth Relays. Forde was a 2-time winner of the 440y on the U.S. Indoor Championships and is a member of the Penn Relays Wall of Fame.

Ran on a outstanding 21 successful groups for the Atoms T.C. at Penn from 1975 by means of 1983

https://pennrelays.com/honors/hall-of-fame/lorna-forde/58

1984–20-year outdated Sergey Bubka, who had first gained worldwide fame when he upset the sector to win the gold medal on the earlier 12 months’s World Championships in Helsinki, bought his first World Report, indoors or open air, when he cleared 19-3/4 (5.81) in Vilnius. The earlier mark of 19-1/4 (5.80m) was set by Billy Olson in 1983.

1986–Bubka units one other World Report, leaping 19-3 (5.87) in Osaka, Japan

1987–Bubka returned to Osaka to set one other World Report–19-6  ½ (5.96). Two different world marks have been set–Ben Johnson ran 6.44 within the 60-meters (later annulled), and Oleg Protsenko gained the Triple Bounce with a leap of 57-11  ¾ (17.67m).

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_pole_vault_indoor_world_record_progression

2015—Akron’s (and Canada’s) Shawn Barber joined the 6-meter (19-8  ¼) membership on the Pole Vault Summit in Reno,NV. He would go on later within the 12 months to win the NCAA Indoor (his 2^nd) and Out of doors titles and he turned the World Champion in Beijing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawnacy_Barber

2022—Florida’s Jacory Patterson ran 31.99 for 300-Meters at Clemson to interrupt his personal Collegiate Report of 32.38.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbtnUSW24MQ

2022—Senior Will Sumner (Woodstock,GA) ran 1:01.25 for 500-meters on the Virginia Showcase in Virginia Seashore to interrupt the U.S. Excessive Faculty Indoor Report of 1:01.68 that was set by Strymar Livingston (Columbus, Bronx, NY) in 2012. He would take down one other of Livingston’s H.S. data (1:17:58) when he ran 1:15.58 for 600-meters every week later in Chicago.

The son of former Villanova All-American ½-milers Brad Sumner and Tosha Woodward, Sumner gained the 2023 NCAA 800 title as a Georgia freshman earlier than becoming a member of the skilled ranks. He was injured in 2024, however ran 47.23 for 400-meters final weekend.

https://georgiadogs.com/sports activities/track-and-field/roster/Will-Sumner/7110

https://trackandfieldnews.com/2-national-records-for-high-schooler-will-sumner/

https://www.letsrun.com/discussion board/flat_read.php?thread=11088703

https://www.thestridereport.com/publish/turning-pro-will-sumner-signs-with-adidas

2023—Emily Sisson completed 2^nd to Ethiopia’s Hiwot Gebrekidan (1:06:28) on the Houston Half-Marathon and got here away with a short-lived American Report of 1:06:52. (Keira D’Amato would run 1:06:39 in July). Sisson nonetheless holds the U.S. Report within the Marathon (2:18:29/2022).

Vital Birthdays

Born on This Day*

Dylan Armstrong-Canada  44 (1981)  2008 Olympic bronze medalist—Shot Put;

            Didn’t obtain his medal till 2015, after the unique 3^rd-placer was retroactively disqualified for a doping violation

            2-time World Championships medalist (2011-Silver, 2013-Bronze)

            All-American at Texas—NCAA: 2001 (Weight Throw-4th, Hammer Throw-5^th)

            Was coached by Anatoliy Bondarchuk, the 1972 Olympic Champion within the hammer throw

            Delayed Olympic Medal: http://tinyurl.com/ArmstrongOlyMedal

            https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/117036

            2013 Article: https://spikes.worldathletics.org/publish/a-shot-at-success

            Tremendous Coach: http://tinyurl.com/hwo5tce

            Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Armstrong

Mark Carroll-Eire 53 (1972)   1995 NCAA Indoor Champion—5000m (Windfall/2^nd Outside)

            2000 European Indoor Champion—3000 meters; 2-time Olympian—5000m (1^st round-2000,2004)

            Finalist within the 5000 on the 1995 (12^th) and 1999 (14^th) World Championships.

            6^th on the 2002 NY Metropolis Marathon

            Irish Report Holder—3000m (7:30.36), Former Report holder—5000m (13:03.93), 10,000m (27:46.82)

            Different PBs: 3:34.91 (2000), 3:50.62 (2000), 3:54.50 (2001), 2:10:54 (2002)

            Named the Excessive Efficiency Coach of the Boston A.A. (B.A.A.) in December, 2019. Had beforehand coached at

                 Auburn and Drake

            Coached by Jim Harvey all through most of his profession

              https://www.baa.org/mark-carroll-announced-baa-high-performance-coach

            https://www.baa.org/baa-coaches

            https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87045

         2012 article: https://auburntigers.com/information/2012/7/20/Auburn_Olympic_Profile_Mark_Carroll

            Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carroll_(athlete)

Barbara Friedrich 76 (1949)  1968 U.S. Olympian—Javelin (9^th)

            1967 Pan-American Video games Champion

            1968 U.S. Champion

            1971 AIAW Champion(Newrk State/Now Kean)

            Set two Excessive Faculty and American Data in 1967 whereas at Manasquan(NJ) H.S.: 192-11 1/5(58.81), 198-8

                 (60.56)

            Inducted into the Nationwide Excessive Faculty T&F Corridor of Fame in 2019

            http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77834

            HOF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnrLnf7JlxQ

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Friedrich

            Wanting Again

            https://twitter.com/njsiaa/standing/1241712159232532481

Deceased

Dean Smith  91 (1932-February 24, 2023) 1952 Olympic gold medalist—4×100 (5^th within the 100); went on to have a profitable profession as a

               Hollywood stuntman. Appeared in 10 John Wayne films.

            All-American at Texas:NCAA-100y (1952-4^th, 1954-4^th, 1955-5^th)

            His memoir, “Cowboy Stuntman: From Olympic Gold to the Silver Display screen”, was printed in April, 2013.

            A lot Extra At: https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2019/12/v9-n-52-dean-smith-american-gold.html

            https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79055

         Smith & Gold Medalist Lindy Remigino Discuss In regards to the 1952 100.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_lPEPV8zcU

         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Smith_(athlete)

            http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/us/cowboy-stuntman-dean-smith-writes-a-memoir.html?_r=1&

            http://www.amazon.com/Cowboy-Stuntman-Olympic-Silver-Display screen/dp/0896727890

            http://deansmithcelebrityrodeo.com/index.html

Tom Burke 54 (1875-Feb.14,1929) First Olympic gold medalist within the 100 and 400 (1896); 3-time U.S. Champion

            440y (1895-  1897); 1896 & 1897 IC4A Champion (Boston School)—440y,

            1899 IC4A Champion—880y (Harvard grad scholar);

         Corridor of Fame Bio:

            https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/tom-burke

         Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burke_(athlete)

            https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78175

Lou Jones (74/1932-Feb.3, 2006)  1952 Olympic gold medalist—4×400;

            1955 Pan-American Video games Champion-400m—set a World Report of 45.4 (Mexico Metropolis)…lowered the file to 45.2 on the 1956

                 U.S. Olympic Trials, however solely completed 5^th within the Olympic ultimate in Melbourne in November.

         Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Jones_(athlete)

            https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78628

            WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_400_metres_world_record_progression

         Obituary:

            http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/sports activities/othersports/08jones.1.html?pagewanted=print

Janusz Kusociński-Poland 33 (1907-June 21, 1940)  1932 Olympic gold medalist—10,000-Meters

            Set two World Data in 1932 (3000-Meters, 4-Miles); PB: 30:11.42 (1932)

From Olympedia: Throughout World Battle II, Kusociński volunteered for the Polish Military and was wounded twice.

    Launched due to his accidents he served within the Polish resistance throughout German occupation, and he

   was arrested by the Gestapo on 26 March 1940 and was imprisoned within the Mokotów jail. He was

   executed by the Germans three months later, in Palmiry, close to Warsaw. In his honor, the perfect identified

   Polish athletics meet is known as the Kusociński Memorial.

               https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74775