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V 11 N. 47 Byron Berline Oklahoma Univ. Javelin Thrower and Bluegrass Music...
July 11, 2021It's been some trying times for the U. of Oklahoma track and field family. Two leading lights in our history have recently passed away. The first in March was Anthony Watson, member of...
View ArticleV 11 N. 48 Why Has the Progression in World Records in Track and Field’s...
July 12, 2021 Sometimes the editorial staff at our humble blog put in a piece by a guest writer who has something of importance to say or in this case to ask. Today is one of those days. What,...
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V 11 N. 49 A Book on The Kansas Relays by Joe Schrag Reviewed by Kevin Haskin
Many years ago I spent some fun weekends in Lawrence, Kansas running in the Kansas Relays, the middle jewel in the crown of Midwest relays along with the Texas and Drake Relays. The following is a...
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V 11 N. 50 Milka Singh Obituary Appears in "The Economist"
It is not always that a track and field athlete is honored by his obituary appearing in such a distinguished journal as The Economist on July 3, 2021. Milka Singh the 1960 Olympic 400 meter runner...
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V 11 N. 51 Finally the 2020 Games Have Begun and Who Was the First American...
Even though the posters around Japan are calling this Tokyo 2020, most of us know this is 2021. Finally, Finally, Finally. The opening ceremonies came off okay and TV viewers hardly knew the...
View ArticleV 11 N. 52 Is Tokyo 2021 Becoming the Mental Health Games?
July 28, 2021For all but the least informed, we were all affected in various ways by the news that a highly favored gymnastics competitor Simone Biles, walked away from the competition in the early...
View ArticleV 11 N. 53 Stalking a World Class Runner
At the end of our last post, I mentioned I would bring to your attention the story of another serious battle that women athletes sometimes encounter during their careers. It's not just the athletes...
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V 11 N. 54 Did An Engineering Project Influence a World Record on the Track?
Thanks to Richard Mach who brought the following article to the attention of our team. I've sent this article to two runners/engineers who work in carbon composite materials for their read. This of...
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V 11 N. 55 Jewett - Amos Collision, an Opinion from Richard Mach, Relay...
Isaiah Jewett and Nigel Amos collided in the semis of the 800 in Tokyo last week. I've been hard pressed to find a good film of the fall, but the one below does show that Jewett appears to have...
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V 11 N. 56 What to Look Forward to This Weekend at the Pre
From Richard Mach:Daniel KomenJoshua Cheptegai, The Man Who Would Be KingUganda’s Joshua Cheptegei, WR @ 5,000 and 10,000 m, has been said to be going after the Kenyan Daniel Komen’s phenomenal 2 mile...
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V 11 N. 58 Comment on Rai Benjamin from Richard Mach
from our Western Michigan correspondent Richard MachThe remarkable thing about Rai Benjamin is even in his 400 m H Tokyo final he never looked like he was putting a whole lot of effort into it .........
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V 11 N. 59 US Sub 4 Milers, Juantorena Documentary, and An Old Photo
Track and Field News recently published a list of US sub 4 minute milers in chronological order, no metric conversions. It's an interesting list to peruse. Tom Von Ruden had a first sub 4 at 3:56+....
View ArticleV 11 N. 60 Request for Old AAU Books and a T&FN Giveaway
We have some requests for documents to relay to our readers. First from Russ Reabold of Trojan Force who is looking for some of those old AAU annual books that came out annually with results of...
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V 11 N. 60 Have You Seen This Man?
????????????????????????We recently received a copy of the above picture of an unnamed discus thrower. The sender was hoping we might be...
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V11 N. 61 America's Most Unheralded Gold Medalist - Valerie Allman
Valerie AllmanSince our previous post was on the identification of an unknown discobolus (discus thrower), we shall continue in the event to bring light on...
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V 11 N. 62 Passing of Bill Dotson, Those Track and Field News, a Good Read?...
The first sub four minute miler in Kansas history was.... Jim Ryun? Billy Mills?, Glenn Cunningham? Wes Santee? If you guessed any of the above luminaries you would be dead wrong.The answer is...
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V 12 N. 62 Passing of US Olympian Anthony Watson Long Jump Rome 1960
I received word a few weeks ago that former University of Oklahoma teammate and US Olympian (Rome 1960) Anthony "Tony" Watson had passed away last March 9, 2021.In May of 1960, Anthony was on a...
View ArticleV 11 N. 64 Shakespeare Understood Cross Country Methinks
Each year to kick off the cross country season we try to rehash this reminder of the origins of cross country running going back into the 15th century and William Shakespeare's attempt to preserve it...
View ArticleV 11 N. 65 from THE NEW YORKER "Why Were So Many Running World Records Broken...
Today our Western Michigan correspondent, Richard Mach responds to the following article which appeared in this week's New Yorker magazine (Sept. 7, 2021) by Jacob Sweet. You can open the article,...
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V 11 N. 66 Great Analysis of the 2 WR's in 400IH by Sylvain Dubail of France
Yesterday we received a link to an analysis of the two world records set in Tokyo in the men's and women's 400IH. Jose Sant in Montreal was our connector. The English version has obviously been...
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