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V7 N. 40 Clarence Robinson U. of New Mexico R.I.P. FIrst to win the LJ/TJ...
Clarence Robinson with his coach Hugh HackettClarence Robinson, University of New Mexico passed away recently. He was one of only five men who ever won the NCAA Long Jump and Triple Jump in the...
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V 7 N. 40 Leon Patterson and the First High School 60 Foot Shot Put
Since our blog has been filling with obituaries lately, we thought we would continue in that vein with a sad story of the young man who was the first sixty foot high school shot putter. This came...
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V 7 N. 42 Some old photos, musings, and maybe even a rant
I mentioned in the last post that I would put some older photos up from back in the day. These are from a T&FN Newsletter from 1963. You can expect more of the same in the next postings.Ron...
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V 7 N. 43 The Women's 800 Controversy
In the previous post on this blog, I spoke briefly about the issues of hyperandrogenous female competitors in the 800 meters and stated that not many people are talking about it. I thought I was taking...
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V. 7 N. 44 JIM BUSH R.I.P.
Jim Bush passed away today. Wikipedia listed his biography as follows:Jim Bush (born September 15, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a National Track and Field Hall of Fame[1] track and field coach. He is...
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V 7 N. 45 Jon Hendershott's Most Memorable Women's Sprints & Hurdles
JON’S MOST MEMORABLE:Part VII—Women’s Sprints & Hurdles.by Jon Hendershott100 METERS:Gail Devers won the ’92 Olympic century title in Barcelona by 1/100th of a second over Jamaica’s Juliet...
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V 7 N. 46 A Day at the Races (1979) in Nairobi
We're privileged to have made the acquaintance of Roy Gachuhi, a long time journalist in the nation of Kenya. Roy recently wrote his reminiscence of an international meet in Nairobi in 1979. This...
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V 7 N. 47 Ted Haydon's Alibi Check List
Two posts the same day? Why not. This came from Ned Price, former U. of Chicago Track Club Member with Coach Ted Haydon's list of excuses for not running well. Here it is on the orginial...
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V 7 N. 48 Jon Hendershott's Favorite Women's Middle Distance Races
JON’S MOST MEMORABLE:Part VIII—Women’s Middle-Distances.by Jon Hendershott800 METERS: It still is the fifth-fastest women’s two-lapper in history. And the 1:54.68 race was made most memorable for me by...
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V 7 N. 50 Margaret 'Gretel' Bergmann Lambert R.I.P.
Gretel BergmannGretel Bergmann, the Jewish girl who was European High Jump Champion, but excluded from competing in the 1936 Olympics because of her heritage, passed away this week. She was 103 years...
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V 7 N. 51 Jon Hendershott's Most Memorable Women's Distance Races and Marathon
JON’S MOST MEMORABLE:Part IX—Women’s Distances & Marathon.by Jon HendershottSTEEPLECHASE:Ruth ChebetIn 2016, at the age of 19, Ruth Jebet—born in Kenya but Bahrani since ’13—lowered her steeple...
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V 6 N. 52 Bob McMillen and John Barnes, Two Oxy Heroes
Our friend Phil Scott dug this story out of the past. He has an uncanny ability to search out old characters from the sport. Long forgotten yet easily remembered. We'll bring up another one...
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V 7 N. 53 Jon Hendershott's Favorites - Women's Jumps
JON’S MOST MEMORABLE:Part XI—Women’s Jumps.by Jon HendershottHIGH JUMP:Among the slew of things (not sure how many a “slew” is, but it’s a lot!) I love about our sport is that there are young athletes...
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V6 N. 52 (12)Jon Hendershott's Most Memorable Women's Throws and Heptathlon
(12) JON’S MOST MEMORABLE:Women’s Throws & Heptathlon.by Jon HendershottSHOT:Michelle CarterTwo more thrilling examples of rising to the competitive occasions gave me my most memorable women’s shot...
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V 6 N. 55 Betty Cuthbert , R.I.P.
Betty CuthbertBetty Cuthbert, four time Olympic gold medalist for Australia passed away today. In 1956 before her home fans in Melbourne she won the 100, 200, and ran on the victorious 4x100 relay....
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V 6 N. 56 Some Musings, Observations, and Rants on the World Championships
This has been the first time in my life that I've been able to watch a Track and Field World Championship, unencumbered by distractions, like work, lack of video coverage, alternative responsibilities...
View ArticleV 6 N. 57 Some Survey Questions for Our Readers
G'day, Guten Tag, Bonjour, Habari Gani, Ni Hao, Ola, Everyday about 900 to 1200 people around the world read this blog. We only send out a notice to about 100 people each time there is something new...
View ArticleV 7 N. 57 (10) Jon Hendershott's Most Memorable Women' s Relays
JON’S MOST MEMORABLE:Part X—Women’s Relays.by Jon Hendershott4 x 100:This one is easy—my most memorable women’s 4x1 also set the standing World Record: the barrier-breaking 40.82 by the U.S. quartet at...
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V 6 N. 58 Dick Gregory, Comedian and Southern Illinois Saluki 1:52 880 R.I.P.
Dick Gregory's passing was announced today. We will have more on him at a later date. His brother Ron was also an outstanding half miler at Notre Dame. He will be more remembered for his Civil...
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V 6 N. 59 David Torrence UC Berkeley Miler and Olympian Dies in Swimming Pool...
David Torrence, former University of California at Berekely miler and distance runner died Monday August 28, 2017 in an accident in a swimming pool in Arizona. He had reportedly come back from a...
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