Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
This Day in Observe & Discipline–February 27
1926—Lee Barnes set an American Outside Report of 13-5 1/8 (4.09) in Los Angeles. Barnes was solely 17 when he received the gold medal two years earlier on the 1924 Olympics. He later turned a stunt double for actor Buster Keaton.
He was a member of the inaugural class of athletes inducted into the Nationwide H.S. Observe & Discipline Corridor of Fame in 2018.
https://clovisxc.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=movies&video_id=236422
https://www.olympic.org/information/teenager-barnes-leaps-to-pole-vault-gold
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78078
1941–Leaping in an exhibition in Eugene, Oregon, Les Steers, a constitution member of the Nationwide Corridor of Fame, turned the primary man in historical past to clear 7-feet within the excessive bounce (7-1/2[2.15]). It could take 15 years earlier than Charlie Dumas obtained the primary official 7-footer in 1956.
1970–The AAU Championships at NY’s Madison Sq. Backyard was the setting for one of many nice indoor battles of all time, as Martin McGrady and Lee Evans attached as soon as once more at 600-yards. Advised by coach Brooks Johnson to run the race as if it was solely a 1/4-mile lengthy, after which hold on for pricey life, McGrady did simply that, passing 440-yards in 48.6, as Evans struggled by way of the turns making an attempt to remain shut. Evans, the reigning Olympic champion at 400-meters, was closing on the finish, however McGrady held on to win in 1:07.6 to smash his earlier World Report of 1:08.5, which was set on Louisville’s larger 8-lap observe. Evans additionally obtained beneath the previous report, clocking 1:08.0 in 2nd place. McGrady’s mark would final for 22-years till Mark Everett ran 1:07.53 on the 1992 Millrose Video games.
McGrady wasn’t executed for the night–he got here again later within the Championships with a 47.0 cut up in his 4th race of the day (heats within the 600 and relay) to steer Sports activities Worldwide to victory within the Mile Relay (3:14.0). Taking part in supporting roles in McGrady’s large present have been two athletes who went on to change into long-time faculty coaches (now retired). Mark Younger (Yale) ran a 48.4 cut up on the profitable relay and Pete Schuder (Columbia, Boston College) completed third within the 600 (1:10.6).
The Backyard had lengthy been the positioning of many fights, each in hockey and in boxing, and virtually obtained one on the finish of the Males’s Mile. Marty Liquori, upset at Henryk Szordykowski’s try to chop in on the final lap, crossed the road in first place, then circled to shake a fist at his Polish rival. That was the top of it, however Liquori then needed to stand up to a attainable disqualification for pushing Szordykowski when he tried to chop in. Referee Stan Wright dominated in Liquori’s favor, saying he was simply making an attempt to guard his rightful place on the observe.
For the 2nd yr in a row, Norm Tate received each the Lengthy Soar and Triple Soar.
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/03/09/he-knows-how-to-throw-his-weight-around
https://www.spokesman.com/tales/2022/feb/25/usatf-flashback-martin-mcgrady-produced-a-600-yard/
1971–As soon as upon a time, the flat 220-yard Tartan observe on the College of Delaware was the venue of alternative for relay groups that wished to run quick. Such was the case on at the present time when the College of Pittsburgh, with Jerry Richey working a 3:59.7 anchor mile, ran 9:39.7 (for yards) to interrupt William & Mary’s year-old American Indoor Report of 9:42.6, which had been set on the identical observe the earlier yr. Previous Richey have been Ken Silay (1:54.5), Smittie Brown (48.2), and Mike Schurko (2:57.3).
A Look Again (subscription required)
1981—Jeff Woodard set an American Indoor Report of 7-7 ¾ (2.33) within the Excessive Soar on the USA/Mobil Indoor Championships at NY’s Madison Sq. Backyard.
Eamonn Coghlan received the 3-mile in 12:54.80, simply lacking Emiel Puttemans’ World Indoor Report of 12:54.6.
Larry Myricks received the Lengthy Soar by two inches over 19-year previous Carl Lewis (26-8 ¼ [8.13] to 26-6 ¼ [8.08]).
The meet marked the start of a sponsorship cope with the Mobil Company.
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/12/sports activities/indoor-track-aided.html
1982—Abilene Christian’s Billy Olson cleared 18-10 (5.74) on the NAIA Championships in Kansas Metropolis to set his 4th World Indoor Report of the season within the Pole Vault.
1983–A serious snowstorm had pressured a 2-week postponement of the Vitalis/Olympic Inv. on the Meadowlands in New Jersey. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Eamonn Coghlan, who was capable of get in two extra weeks of high quality coaching as he ready for one more assault on the indoor mile world report. When he set the present report of three:50.6 in San Diego in 1981, Coghlan expressed some remorse that he hadn’t gone beneath 3:50, which had been his secret objective. John Walker had change into the primary man to interrupt 3:50 open air when he ran 3:49.4 in 1975, and Coghlan wished to be the primary to do it indoors.
The Irishman had “warmed up” for his report try by profitable the AAU mile in 3:58.5 two days earlier than at Madison Sq. Backyard. After spending the afternoon serving to the Meadowlands employees fine-tune the quick 10-lap observe, Coghlan adopted pace-setter Ross Donoghue by way of the 1/2-mile in 1:56.1. Coghlan was then pushed by his fierce rival, Steve Scott, by way of the three/4-split in 2:54.8 and the gang rose to its collective ft as they sensed that the report may fall.
Coghlan was by himself now, and went on to cross the end line in 3:49.78–one other barrier had fallen! Typical of the miles of that period, there was an excellent mass-finish behind Coghlan–Ray Flynn (3:51.20, the quickest 2nd-place time in historical past till Nick Willis ran 3:51.06 behind Matthew Centrowitz on the 2016 Millrose Video games), Steve Scott (3:52.28), Spain’s Jose Abascal (3:52.56), Jay Woods (3:54.40), and Todd Harbour (3:56.48). (With the flurry of sub-3:50 milers in recent times (10 in 2025 alone!), Coghlan has dropped to #17 on the All-Time Indoor listing!)
From Sports activities Illustrated’s Vault: “Coghlan had vowed weeks earlier, following the sudden loss of life of his father from a coronary heart assault, that he would break the world indoor report of three:50.6 he had set in San Diego in 1981. “I need to do it for my dad, and for my coach, Gerry Farnan, who died final Could 4, and for Jumbo Elliott, my faculty coach at Villanova, who handed away two years in the past,” stated Coghlan.
Video (Race name by Larry Rawson and Don Paige!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGXGTfGB_wc
Full story https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/03/07/he-had-the-time-of-his-life
http://citiusmag.com/eamonn-coghlan-first-sub-350-indoor-mile/
Coghlan Interview (2014): http://deadspin.com/how-i-broke-the-indoor-mile-record-an-interview-with-a-1525556046
1987–Leaping in the course of the daytime session of the U.S. Indoor Championships at Madison Sq. Backyard, in entrance of perhaps a pair hundred followers, coaches, different athletes, and Backyard ushers, Mike Conley strengthened his repute as a clutch jumper by coming from behind within the ultimate spherical and setting a World Indoor Report of 58-3 ¼ (17.76) within the Triple Soar. Ending a crushed 2nd was the Soviet Union’s Oleg Protsenko (57-11 ¾ [17.57]), who not solely misplaced the occasion, but in addition the World Report. (Conley is now #6 on the All-Time Indoor listing/nonetheless holds the American Report)
In that very same early session, East Germany’s Heike Drechsler broke her personal World Report within the Lengthy Soar together with her leap of 24-1/4 (7.32m), the primary indoor 24-footer. She would elevate the report to the present normal of 24-2 ½ (7.37) the next yr.
Protsenko and Drechsler have been among the many many worldwide stars who stopped in New York on their method to the inaugural World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis.
Highlights from the night session:
Diane Dixon, who set an American Report of 52.00 in her afternoon warmth of the 400m, received the ultimate in 52.20, and Eamonn Coghlan (3:59.25) received the Mile over Ray Flynn (4:00.15) and Jim Spivey (4:00.58).
Sports activities Illustrated Vault—Hovering to Unseen Heights
1990–Nice Britain’s Peter Elliott set a World Indoor Report of three:34.20 for 1500-meters in Seville, Spain. The earlier report of three:35.6 was set in 1989 by Eire’s Marcus O’Sullivan.
1999—American Indoor Information have been set by Rohsaan Griffin within the 200 (20.32) and Jeff Hartwig (19-5 [5.92]) on the U.S. Indoor Championships in Atlanta.
Outcomes: https://www.flashresults.com/1999_Meets/indoor/USATF-AP.htm
2005–Tennessee’s Nicole Prepare dinner ran 2:00.75 on the SEC Championships in Fayetteville to set a Collegiate Indoor Report for 800-meters.
2011–Jenn Suhr set an American Indoor Report of 15-11 ¼ (4.86) within the Pole Vault on the U.S. Indoor Championships in Albuquerqu e(2-26,27).
One other American Report was set by Jill Camarena-Williams within the Shot Put (65-2 ¼ [19.87]). The earlier mark of 65-3/4 (1983), held by Ramona Pagel, had lasted since 1987. She would enhance the report to 65-3 ¼ (19.85) in 2012 (now #3-U.S.)
After profitable the 3000 (9:02.20) the day prior to this (2-26), Jenny Simpson accomplished her double by profitable the Mile in 4:34.96.
Bernard Lagat (7:57.17) beat Galen Rupp (7:59.91) to win the Males’s 3000(2-26).
Prime 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_USA_Indoor_Track_and_Field_Championships
Full Outcomes: http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/indoor/02-26-USATF/Day1.htm
2011—Arkansas’ Tina Šutej, a junior from Slovenia, set a Collegiate Indoor Report of 14-10 ¾ (4.53) within the Pole Vault on the SEC Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Outcomes: https://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/indoor/02-25-SECChamps/Day2.htm
2016—Texas’ Ryan Crouser threw 71-3 ½ (21.73) on the Large-12 Championships in Ames, Iowa, to equal Ryan Whiting’s Collegiate Report (since damaged).
2016—Villanova’s Angel Piccirillo set a Collegiate Indoor Report of two:40.82 for 1000-meters on the Large East Championships on the Ocean Breeze Complicated on Staten Island(NY). (Now #6-School)
2020—The gifted crew from the Bowerman Observe Membership made the cross-country journey from Portland, Oregon, to Boston College’s quick observe worthwhile by re-writing the report books and the U.S. All-Time Lists.
The featured occasion was the Ladies’s 3000-Meters, the place Karissa Schweizer (8:25.70) was the shock winner over teammates Shelby Houlihan (8:26.66), and Colleen Quigley (8:28.71), with all three working nicely beneath Shalane Flanagan’s 13-year previous American Report of 8:33.25! All three broke into the top-10 on the All-Time World listing (5-7-9[on the time}).
Josh Thompson received the Males’s 1500-Meters with a private greatest time of three:34.77. He not solely moved to #2 on the All-Time U.S. listing, he additionally obtained beneath the Olympic qualifying normal of three:35.00! Ending 4th was Oregon’s James West, a junior from England, who ran 3:36.93 to interrupt the Collegiate (and Oregon) Report of three:37.01 that was set on the identical observe by Edward Cheserek in 2017.
Germany’s Konstanze Klosterhalfen, who skilled with the BTC group, set a European Indoor Report of 14:30.79 (#4 A-T World) within the Ladies’s 5000-Meters and was adopted throughout the road by Individuals Vanessa Fraser (14:48.51/#2 A-T U.S./now #4), Emily Infeld(14:51.91/#3 U.S./now #7), and Courtney Frerichs (15:02.91/#7 U.S.-at the time). All 4 have been beneath the Olympic normal of 15:10.0.
Different BTC members breaking into the U.S. Prime-10 Indoor Lists (positions on the time)
Males’s 3000-1.Lopez Lomong (7:37.74/#6), 3.Evan Jager (7:38.25/#7).
Males’s 5000 (2-28)-1.Shadrack Kipchirchir (13:08.25/#7/bettered OG normal of 13:13.50)…Eric Jenkins was already #2 on the U.S. listing, however his 13:10.07 in 4th place additionally gave him an Olympic qualifier.
A day after pacing the Ladies’s 3000 by way of the primary 2k, Kate Grace received the 1000-Meters in 2:35.49 (#5).
Outcomes: http://lancertiming.com/outcomes/winter20/lastchance/index.htm
https://www.womensrunning.com/tradition/information/karissa-schweizer-sets-american-record/
FloTrack Movies(For Subscribers):
https://www.flotrack.org/occasions/6448286-2020-bu-last-chance-meet/movies?taking part in=6744129
Schweizer(post-race): https://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=298031
2021—Texas A&M freshman Athing Mu ran 1:58.40 on the SEC Championships in Fayetteville, simply lacking Ajeé Wilson’s American Report of 1:58.29. Mu smashed the Collegiate Indoor Report of two:00.69, set by one other A&M Aggie, Jazmine Frey, in 2017, and in addition bettered the Outside Report of 1:59.10, set by Oregon’s Raevyn Rogers in 2017.
2022–Cole Hocker was a double winner on the U.S. Indoor Championships in Spokane,WA (2-26,27). He first received the 3000 (7:47.50) on the opening day, then got here again a day later to win the 1500 (3:39.09).
Different notable winners in a meet that served as the choice occasion for the upcoming World Indoor Championships:
Males
60-Christian Coleman (6.45), 800-Bryce Hoppel (1:45.30), 60-Hurdles-Grant Holloway (7.37),
Pole Vault (2-26)-Chris Nilsen 19-4 ¾ (5.91), Shot Put—Ryan Crouser 73-10 ¼ (22.51);
Ladies
800—Ajee’ Wilson (2:01.72), 3000—Elle Purrier-St.Pierre (8:41.53), 2.Alicia Monson (8:43.86)
Excessive Soar—Vashti Cunningham 6-3 ¼ (1.91), Pole Vault—Sandi Morris 15-9 (4.80),
Triple Soar—Keturah Orji 46-10 ¼ (14.28)
Outcomes: http://www.flashresults.com/2022_Meets/Indoor/02-26_USATF/
USATF Protection: Day One Day Two
https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2022/02/2022-usatf-indoor-championships
Vital Birthdays
Born On This Day*
Ky Robinson—23 Australia (2002) 2023 NCAA Champion-5,000m, 10,000m (Stanford)
Different NCAA Placings: 2021—Steeplechase (6th), 2022-5000 (2nd Indoors, 4th Outdoor), X-Nation (10th), 2023-
5000i (7th), X-Nation (3rd)
Whereas competing within the Steeplechase on the 2021 PAC-12 Championships, he tripped over a barrier, falling to the
observe, into the trail of one other runner who inadvertently stepped on his face! Unaware of the severity of his
harm, he recovered in time to complete 3rd within the race. He was rushed to the medical tent, the place he acquired 27
stitches to shut the wound in his cheek! (See Tough Occasion hyperlink beneath)
PBs: 3:37.5hi (‘24), 3:42.99 (‘23), 3:52.79 (’25), 7:30.38i (2025), 13:06.42i (Dec.-’23), 13:15.61 (‘24),
27:44.33 (‘22), 8:32.01sc (‘21); 2024 SB: 28:15.12
https://gostanford.com/information/2023/11/16/cross-country-living-in-the-moment.aspx
Stanford Bio (’24): https://gostanford.com/sports activities/track-and-field/roster/ky–robinson/20398
Tough Occasion! (Subscription is likely to be required):
https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a36703043/ky-robinson-steeple-fall/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky_Robinson
Rob de Castella—Australia 68 (1957) 1983 World Champion—Marathon; 1987-DNF
4-time Olympian: 1980-26th, 1984-5th, 1988-8th, 1992-26th
World X-Nation Championships (9): ’77-37th,’79-62nd,’81-6th,’82-10th,’83-6th,’84-21st,’85-20th,’86-14th,’88-DNF
PB: 2:07:51(’86)
Australia Corridor of Fame: https://www.athletics.com.au/hall-of-fame-directory/robert-de-castella/