This Day in Track & Field History, February 16, 2024, Yomif Kejelcha, Anna Hall, by Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service

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This Day in Observe & Discipline–February 16

by Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service  (wmurphy25@aol.com), used with permission.

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(’63 Mason-Dixon, ’68 NYAC-Boycott, Coghlan, ’13-Millrose/Born On This Day-Kallur Twins, Cathy Freeman, Cacho/R.I.P.-Ferdinand Bie[Jim Thorpe Connection])

2019—An Ethiopian broke the World File within the Males’s 1500 meters on the IAAF World Indoor Tour assembly in Birmingham, England, however it wasn’t pre-race favourite Yomif Kejelcha, who had come oh-so-close to breaking Hicham El Guerrouj’s document (3:48.45) for the Mile the week earlier than when he ran 3:48.46 within the Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games at NY’s Armory. As an alternative, it was his countryman, Samuel Tefera, the 2018 World Indoor Champion on the distance, who overtook Kejelcha with 100 meters to go to win in 3:31.04, breaking El Guerrouj’s 22-year-old mark of three:31.18. Kejelcha completed 2^nd in 3:31.58, the three^rd-fastest time in historical past.

The pacers did a wonderful job in establishing the document, with the Netherlands’ Bram Som, 4 days in need of his 39^th birthday, taking the sector by means of 400-meters in 55.69, and former Villanova star Jordy Williamsz main on the 800m (1:52.70) and 1000m (2:21.27) splits.

It was “solely” a British File, however Scotland’s Laura Muir gained the Ladies’s Mile in 4:18.75, good for the #3 place on the All-Time indoor checklist (on the time, now #8 performer). Alongside the best way, she additionally lowered her British File for 1500-meters to 4:01.83

IAAF/World Athletics Report: https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/world-indoor-tour-birmingham-tefera-record

Video(1500): https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/video-samuel-tefera-3-31-04-1500m-indoor-wr-birmingham-2019/

2021—Baylor’s Okay.C. Lightfoot cleared 19-5  ¾ (5.94) within the Pole Vault in Lubbock, Texas, breaking South Dakota’s Chris Nilsen’s Collegiate File of 19-5  ½ (5.93).

2021—Texas A&M frosh Athing Mu made her collegiate debut on her residence observe, working 2:01.07 for 800-Meters to interrupt Sammy Watson’s American Junior Indoor File of two:01.78.

2023—Anna Corridor acquired the U.S. Indoor Championships in Albuquerque off to a rousing begin by setting an American File of 5004 factors within the 5-event Pentathlon. She smashed the earlier mark of 4805 that was additionally set in Albuquerque in 2014 by Sharon Day-Monroe.

Corridor, the bronze medalist within the Heptathlon on the 2022 World Championships in Eugene (she would win silver in 2023), wanted to run 2:05.10 within the remaining occasion, the 800m, to interrupt the World File of 5013, set by Ukraine’s Nataliya Dobrynska in 2012.  She went for it in Albuquerque’s skinny air however fell simply brief together with her time of two:05.70. She’s now #2 on the All-Time World checklist, transferring forward of Nice Britain’s Katrina Johnson-Thompson (5000).

“I knew the altitude was going to be a bit of little bit of an element (within the race),” Corridor stated. “I do know I’m going to note it, however I used to be simply telling myself that the adrenaline makes up for it, and it simply means that it’ll harm extra, however it doesn’t imply that I’ve to run slower. I ran it the identical manner I might regardless of the place I used to be on the earth, and I simply gave it every thing I had and waited to see what occurred.”

The previous Florida Gator, who nonetheless trains in Gainesville, acquired off to a very good begin by setting private bests within the 60m-Hurdles (8.04) and the Excessive Bounce (6-3  ¼ [1.91].  She adopted with an honest throw of 45-3  ½ (13.80) within the Shot Put and a leap of 20-9  ¾ (6.34) within the Lengthy Bounce.

https://www.usatf.org/news/2023/hall-shatters-american-record-in-pentathlon-on-day

(There are some studies stating that she had indoor bests within the SP and LJ, however that’s not the case).

Interview: https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=videos&video_id=349691

https://results.usatf.org/

Movies(for subscribers): https://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?do=videos&mgroup_event_id=25&mgroup_id=45365&year=2023

From Corridor’s Twitter account

Anna Corridor@annaahalll

# 2 in world historical past and never going to lie it stings

however American File ️‍

one of the best is but to return!!