This Day in Track & Field History, March 30, 2024, Arturo Barris sets Hour run, Deena Drossin, Kenenisa Bekela, by Walt Murphy’s News and Results

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This Day in Monitor & Area—March 30 

1991—Mexico’s Arturo Barrios set World Information for 20,000 meters (56:55.6) and the 1-hour run (21,101m/13.11 miles) in La Flèche, France.

2003(3-29/30)–Deena (Drossin) Kastor completed 2nd for the 2nd yr in a row, and 38-year-old Colleen DeReuck completed seventh to steer the U.S. staff to the bronze medals within the Girls’s Lengthy Race on the primary day(3-29) of competitors on the World X-Nation Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. The opposite American scorers have been Katie McGregor (fifteenth) and Elva Dryer (seventeenth), with Milena Glusac (25) and Sara Wells (39) offering backup.

        Drossin, who was coaching for the upcoming London Marathon (she would set an American Document of two:21:16), mentioned, “I really like cross nation. It’s my ardour. I wish to return to this race till my legs give out on me.”

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele received the Males’s Brief and Lengthy races for the 2nd yr in a row, and future greats Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) and Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) received the Junior races.

Different notable/U.S. finishers

Senior Males-Lengthy(12.355km/3-30): 2.Patrick Ivuti (KEN), 3.Gebre Gebremariam (ETH), 4.Richard Limo (KEN), 7.Sileshi Sihine (ETH), 9.Zersenay Tafesse (ERI), 11.Meb Keflezighi (USA), 35.Abdi Abdirahman (USA), 51.Ed Torres (USA), 52.Simon Bairu (CAN), 71.Dave Cullum (USA), 79.Nick Rogers (USA): DNF-Domingos Castro (POR); Workforce:1.Kenya 17, 2.Ethiopia 23

Senior Males-Brief(4.03km/3-29):25.Kevin Sullivan (CAN), 31.Sandu Rebenciuc (USA), 35.Salah Hissou (MAR), 37.Dan Browne (USA), 41.Adrian Blincoe (NZL), 56.Luke Watson (USA), 59.Karl Savage (USA), 60.Dan Wilson (USA), 51.Ian Connor (USA),  74.Mo Farah (GBR), 87.Julius Achon (UGA), 91.Nick Willis (NZL); Workforce:1.Kenya 14, 2.Ethiopia 31

Senior Girls-Lengthy(7.92km): 1. Worknesh Kidane (ETH) 25:53, 2.Deena Drossin (USA) 26:02; Workforce:1.Ethiopia 17, 2.Kenya 30, 3.USA 36;

Senior Girls-Brief(4.03km/3-29):1.Edith Masai (KEN) 12:43, 2.Worknesh Kidane (ETH), 7.Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH), 38.Sarah Toland (USA), 40.Jo Pavey (GBR), 53.Heather Sagan (USA), 55.Ann Marie Brooks (USA), 61.Kim Smith (NZL), 69.Collette Liss (USA), 76.Molly Austin (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 18, 2.Ethiopia 24:

Junior Males(7.92km/3-30):26.Invoice Nelson (USA), 34.Tim Moore (USA), 44.Brett Gotcher (USA), 45.Andy Weilacher (USA), 46.James Hower (USA), 63.Bret Schoolmeister (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 15, 2.Ethiopia 28;

Junior Girls(6.215km/3-29):3.Gelete Burka (ETH), 5.Emily Chebet (KEN), 20.Amy Hastings (USA), 25.Rebecca Walter (USA), 39.Clara Horowitz (USA), 41.Julia Lucas (USA), 51.Angela Homan (USA), 58.Laura Hodgson (USA); Workforce:1.Ethiopia 14, 2.Kenya 22;

IAAF Protection:

www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-championships/31st-iaaf-world-cross-country-championships-2960

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships

Movies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3nnG0GBqKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y42oP2zTb5c

2008–Regardless of stopping to regulate a free shoe early within the race and giving up 15-20 seconds to the leaders when he stopped to place it again on, Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele (34:38) reaffirmed his greatness by coming from behind to win his report sixth World X-Nation 12k title in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was a really satisfying win for Bekele, who had dropped out within the brutal circumstances in Mombassa, Kenya, the yr earlier than.

“So far as the sixth Lengthy Course win is worried, I attempted to perform it final yr, however due to the climate, I couldn’t do it,” Bekele mentioned. “This has a really excessive honor in my life. I’ve received the double 5 occasions, however I feel this compares to that”. As for his early mishap, Bekele mentioned, “My shoe didn’t fall utterly off, however I needed to cease to undo it and put it again on, so it was as if it fell off due to the hassle wanted to place it again on.”

Ethiopia’s sweep of the person titles within the chilly, windy, and generally wet circumstances included two wins for the Dibaba household. With older sister Tirunesh anxiously watching from the sidelines (she interrupted her personal warmup for the  Senior Girls’s race), 17-year-old Genzebe Dibaba received the Junior Girls’s race. “Tiru” then proceeded to win her third Senior “long-course” title, giving her 5 complete profession wins (She additionally received two “short-course” titles).

The U.S. girls fought a race-long battle with Australia however fell three factors shy of successful the bronze medals. High U.S. finishers have been Jorge Torres (Sr.Males-Nineteenth), Emily Brown (Sr.Girls-18th), German Fernandez (Jr.Males-Twenty fifth), and Alex Gits (Jr.Girls-Thirteenth).

Different notable/U.S. finishers

Senior Males(12km): 2. Leonard Komon (KEN) 34:41, 3.Zersenay Tadese (ERI), 12.Augustin Choge (KEN), 15.Sileshi Sihine (ETH), 17.Gebre Gebremariam (ETH), 19.Jorge Torres (USA), 31.Craig Mottram (AUS), 43.Josh Rohatinsky (USA), 45.Ed Torres (USA), 51.Scott Bauhs (USA), 54.Max King (USA), 84.James Carney (USA), 96.Jonathan Pierce (USA), 109.Ryan Bak (USA); DNF-Alistair Cragg (IRL), Ed Moran (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 39, 2.Ethiopia 104

Senior Girls(7.905km):1.Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 25:10, 2.Mestawet Tufa (ETH) 25:15, 6.Gelete Burka (ETH), 18.Emily Brown (USA), 22.Katie McGregor (USA), 23.Molly Huddle (USA), 24.Kathy Newberry (USA), 49.Renee Metivier-Baillie (USA), 62.Amy Hastings (USA); Workforce: 1. Ethiopia 18, 2.Kenya 22, 3.Australia 84, 4. USA 87;

Junior Males(7.905km):1.Ibrahim Jeilan (ETH), 14.Feyisa Liesa (ETH), 18.Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH), 25.German Fernandez (USA), 26.Emil Heineking (USA), 35.Kevin Williams (USA), 51.Mohammed Ahmed (CAN), 52.Ryan Sheridan (USA), 72.Ben Johnson (USA), 86.Robert Moldovan (USA); Workforce:1.Kenya 21, 2.Ethiopia 28;

Junior Girls(6.04km):1.Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 19:59, 2.Irene Cheptai (KEN) 20:04, 13.Alexandra Gits (USA), 28.Emily Schwitzer (USA), 29.Lauryanne Chetelat (USA), 30.Emily Reese (USA), 38.Lauren Saylor (USA), 44.Marissa Treece (USA); Workforce:1.Ethiopia 16, 2.Kenya 20

IAAF Coverage

Movies:

Bekele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6qP4DHXP3Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3ZAjoWRxr8

2017—Texas A&M’s (& Grenada’s) Lindon Victor received the Decathlon on the Texas Relays with a rating of 8472 factors to interrupt the Collegiate Document of 8465, which was set by Texas’ Trey Hardee on the 2006 Relays.

Victor would enhance the report to 8539 factors in Could and received his 2^nd straight NCAA title in June.

10.63/1.3, 7.37(24-2  ¼)/1.8, 16.52(54-2  ½), 2.09(6-10  ¼), 48.24, 14.94/0.8, 53.00(173-11), 4.30(14-1  ¼), 66.69(218-9) 4:48.89

https://12thman.com/news/2017/3/30/track-and-field-collegiate-record-victory-for-lindon-victor-in-texas-relays-decathlon.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindon_Victor