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This Day in Observe & Discipline/X-Nation–March 23
1963–Arizona State sophomore Henry Carr, a future Corridor-of-Famer, set World Information for 200 meters and 220 yards by operating 20.3 in a triangular meet on his dwelling monitor in Tempe, Arizona. He additionally gained the 100-yard sprint in 9.5, completed 2nd within the Lengthy Leap (23-9 [7.24]), anchored the profitable 440y-relay, and ran a 46.0 2nd leg on a Mile Relay that set a Collegiate File of three:07.2. Carr went on to win gold medals within the 200-meters and 4×400 relay on the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. HOF Bio(1997): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/henry-carr
1963–In Memphis, John Pennel, who was inducted into the U.S. Corridor of Fame in 2004, bettered the World File within the Pole Vault together with his clearance of 16-3 (4.955m?)., however, for unknown causes, the AAU by no means submitted that mark and a subsequent soar of 16-4 (4.98m) on April 10 to the IAAF for official recognition.
HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/john-pennel
1963—4 American Information had been set or tied on the U.S. Girls’s Indoor Championships, which had been held at French Discipline Home in Columbus, Ohio:
220y–Marilyn White 24.8
440y—Sue Knott 57.0
880y—Leah Ferris 2:13.6
70y-Hurdles—Janell Smith 9.2(=AR)
Different winners included:
50y—Willye White 5.9
100y—Edith McGuire 11.1
Excessive Leap—Eleanor Montgomery 5-5 ½
Lengthy Leap—19-4 (2. Willye White 19-2, 3. Martha Watson 18-9)
1968–Doris Brown (4.5k/15:00) gained her second straight Worldwide/World X-Nation title in Blackburn, England, and led the U.S. to its first workforce title (a 1-point win over England/19-20).
Tunisia’s Mohammed Gammoudi (35:25.4) beat England’s Ron Hill (35:26.8) to win the Males’s title.
Different notable/U.S. finishers
Senior Males(12.1km):10.Ian McCafferty (SCO), 18.Lachie Stewart (SCO), 27.Invoice Clark (USA), 30.Michel Bernard (FRA), 31.Gaston Roelants (BEL), 34.Herb Lorenz (USA), 36.Don Lakin (USA), 39.Tom Heinonen (USA), 66.Donal Walsh (IRL), 69.Invoice Reilly (USA), 82.Moses Mayfield (USA); Crew: England
Senior Girls(4.5km):2.Vicki Foltz (USA), 5.Linda Mayfield (USA), 11.Cheryl Bridges (USA), 18.Natalie Roche (USA), 26.Laurie Schutt (USA)
Junior Males(7km):1.John Bednarski (ENG) 20:59.6, 2.Pierre de Freyn (BEL) 21:00.6…6.Ian Stewart (ENG), 24.Karel Lismont (BEL); Crew: England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_International_Cross_Country_Championships
1986–The U.S. males obtained top-15 finishes from Pat Porter (sixth), John Easker (tenth), Ed Eyestone (thirteenth) and Bruce Bickford (fifteenth) on the World X-Nation Championships in Neuchatel, Switzerland, however needed to accept the bronze medals behind Kenya, which ended runnerup Ethiopia’s 5-year profitable streak and commenced its personal 18-year run on the prime (1986-2003). Kenya was led by John Ngugi, who gained the 1st of his 5 World Cross titles!
Different members of the U.S. workforce (6 scored)–Alan Scharsu (79th), 2-time World Champion Craig Virgin (1980-1981/81st), Jeff Drenth (87th), Randy Reina (99th), and Keith Brantly (DNF).
Within the Girls’s race, England’s Zola Budd (14:49.6), operating in her typical barefoot model on a slippery course, simply retained her title as American Lynn Jennings (15:07.8) took the silver medal. Successful the bronze medal was France’s Annette Sergent, who would win gold in 1987 and 1990. Nan Doak was sixth, however the U.S. completed one place out of the medals in 4th. With just one end chute, there was a pileup on the finish of the race, resulting in some confusion within the workforce scoring. New Zealand was initially introduced because the winner, however officers corrected themselves and rightly topped England because the workforce champion. Ethiopia made a modest debut within the Girls’s race, ending a distant seventeenth within the workforce standings.
Different notable/U.S. finishers
Senior Males(12k):2.Abebe Mekonnen (ETH), 5.Paul Kipkoech (KEN), 6.Pat Porter (USA), 9.Alberto Cova (ITA), 10.John Easker (USA), 13.Ed Eyestone (USA), 14.Rob de Castella (AUS), 15.Bruce Bickford (USA), 22.Steve Moneghetti (AUS), 23.Gelindo Bordin (ITA), 25.Steve Binns (ENG), 27.Mohammed Kedir (ETH), 31.Domingos Castro (POR), 48.Markus Ryffel (SWI), 79.Alan Scharsu (USA), 87.Jeff Drenth (USA), 99.Randy Reina (USA), 127.Karel Lismont (BEL), 129.John Treacy (IRL), 140.Martti Vainio (FIN ), 157.Gerry Deegan (IRL); DNF-Keith Brantly (USA), Fernando Mamede (POR)
Senior Girls(4.65km): 5.Rosa Mota (POR), 22.Aurora Cunha (POR), 28.Paula Ivan (RUM), 3Betty Springs (USA) , 38.Yvonne Murray (SCO), 39.Sabrina Dornhoefer (USA), 41.Charlotte Teske (FRG), 54.Leslie Seymour (USA), 67.Brenda Webb (USA), 80.Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG), 120.Angela Chalmers (CAN): Crew: England 65, 2.New Zealand 67;
Junior Males(7.75km):1.Melese Feissa (ETH), 7.Brahim Boutayeb (MAR), 9.William Mutwol (KEN), 10.Peter Rono (KEN), 15.Scott Fry (USA), 18.Mark Dani (USA), 24.Chris Borsa (USA), 35.John Nuttall (ENG), 37.Harry Inexperienced (USA), 47.Reuben Reina (USA), 68.Khalid Skah (MAR), 76.Greg Whiteley (USA); Crew:1.Ethiopia13, 2.Kenya 32;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships
Movies(Elements 1-4):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2SynXt8JPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPAQ8_99IhE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KwiIs3vV0o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f54DtAuspQ
1991—Sergey Bubka jumps 20-1 (6.12m) in Grenoble to set his third World Indoor File within the Pole Vault in eight days. He cleared 20 toes even (6.10m) on March 15 and 20-1/2 (6.11m) on March 19.