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This Day in Observe & Discipline—March 14
(Delany, ’70 NCAA, ’81 NCAA, ’81 AIAW, ’86 NCAA, ’93 WIC, The “X-Man”, Casey Combest/Dueling H.S. Nationals, Final meal atCoogan’s/Born On This Day-Bumbalough, Kim Conley, Tessa Sanderson/R.I.P.- Dorothy Odam)
1958—Villanova’s Ron Delany, spurred by competitors from steeper Phil Coleman and an introduced 3/4-mile cut up of three:01 (it was truly 3:05.3!), bought his first World Indoor Document within the Mile, working 4:03.4 on the Chicago Each day Information meet to interrupt the earlier mark of 4:03.6, set by Denmark’s Gunnar Nielsen on the 1955 Millrose Video games.
“Folks anticipated me to interrupt the file all 12 months. I’m not a machine. I can’t be turned on and off. I simply felt good on the finish of three-quarters and I made a decision I may do it.”
Delany would decrease the file twice extra in New York the next 12 months, first to 4:02.5 on the U.S. Championships after which to 4:01.4 on the NY Knights of Columbus meet. Jim Beatty completed a distant 4th in 4:15.6 in Chicago, who would finish Delany’s reign as record-holder when he ran the primary indoor sub-4 (3:58.9) in 1962!
http://www.si.com/vault/1958/03/24/572473/occasions–discoveries
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITva5FBaxQ4
1964—John Uelses, the primary man to clear 16 toes indoors, jumped 16-4 ½ (4.99m) in Cleveland to regain the American Indoor Document within the Pole Vault.
1970—A repeat 1-2-3- sweep within the Shot Put enabled Kansas to win the group title over Villanova (27-1/2 to 26) on the 6th NCAA Indoor Championships in Detroit.
For the twond 12 months in a row, Junior Karl Salb (67-2 ½ [20.48+) was the winner over teammates Steve Wilhelm (64-7 ½ (19.69+) and Doug Knop (61-1 ½ [18.63). It was Salb’s 2nd of 3 wins in the event.
Michigan State’s Herb Washington equaled the World Record in the 60y-dash with his winning time of 5.9.
Villanova’s Larry James won the 440y and anchored the Wildcats to a win in the Mile Relay (3:15.3). Villanova had been favored to win the team title, but suffered upsets in the Distance Medley (3rd in a blanket finish with unheralded Manhattan and Missouri-9:49.2/9:49.3/9:49.3) and the Mile (Marty Liquori-4:03.6) finished 2nd to William & Mary’s Howell Michael-4:03.1).
The homegrown foursome for Manhattan, the last team to qualify for the meet, was John Lovett (1:54.1/Power Memorial), Mike Kenny (49.6/Nazareth), Al Novell (2:58.4/Power), and Tom Donahue (4:07.1/Bishop Ford). All of them were products of the CHSAA (Catholic H.S. league). The last three were all “walk-ons” for the Jaspers.
The race had to be re-started after Lovett fell on the opening leg, and Donahue’s late spurt gave him enough of a lead to hold off a challenge from Villanova’s Chris Mason, who was passed right before the finish by Missouri’s Mike Kelly.
Harvard’s Ed Nosal (63-6 ¼ [19.36]) and Keith Colburn (2:09.9), the respective winners of the Weight Throw and the 1000y, wore Yale shirts on the victory stand to protest the NCAA’s choice to bar the man Ivy League college from post-season competitors due to a violation by the college’s basketball group.
Different notable winners/occasions:
600y-Rick Wohlhuter (Notre Dame) 1:09.5
880y-Mark Winzenried (Wisconsin) 1:51.7
2-Mile-1.Jerry Richey (Pittsburgh) 8:39.2…3.Dick Buerkle (Villanova) 8:40.9, 4.Gary Bjorklund (Minnesota) 8:42.6
60y-Hurdles-Thomas Hill (Arkansas State) 6.9
Triple Bounce—Milan Tiff (Miami/Ohio) 51-11 ½ (15.83+)
Outcomes (for subscribers) NY Occasions Protection Day 1 Day 2 Wikipedia
https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/03/23/field-day-for-kansas
1975 South Africa’s John Van Reenen set a World Document of 224-8 (68.48) within the Discus in Stellenbosch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_discus_throw_world_record_progression