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This Day in T&F—October 30 Husband Christian Cantwell was the 2009 World Outdoor and 3-time World Indoor Champion (2004, 2008, 2010) in the SP. Son Jackson is the #1 prep in the U.S. with a SP best of 74-9 ¾ (22.80/12lb). He is also a highly recruited football player. 2/2

Dr.Greg Bell, the 1956 Olympic champion in the Long Jump, passed away on Jan.25, At 94, he had been the oldest living Olympic gold medalist in T&F.

Such is this new era of “Super Shoes”, that Ethan Strand's 3:48.32 mile has now bumped Eamonn Coghlan off the All-Time Top-10 indoor list. Coghlan’s 3:49.78 was a World Record at the time, and 7 of the 10 runners now ahead of him all achieved their times since 2022!

Which is not to take anything away from Strand’s performance. It just alters the way we have to assess all-time lists.

Owen Powell (Mercer Island,WA) just ran 3:56.66 in the mile at Boston University to break the U.S. High School Record of 3:57.66 that was set by Hobbs Kessler in 2021

This Day In T&F—March 14 1981--Nebraska sophomore Merlene Ottey set a Collegiate Record in the 60-meters (7.24) and Collegiate and World Indoor Records in the 300-meters (35.91-semi, 35.83-final) at the AIAW (pre-NCAA) Championships in Pocatello, Idaho. 1/2

The ageless wonder went on to compete in 7 Olympics, six for her native Jamaica, and one for her adopted country of Slovenia (she was 44 at the time). She won 9 Olympic medals (3-silver, 6-bronze) and 14 medals at the World Outdoor Championships (3-gold, 4-silver, 7-bronze). 2/2

This Day In T&F—March 14 1993--Mozambique’s Maria Mutola (1:57.55) won the first of her amazing seven World Indoor titles in the Women’s 800-Meters, and American Dan O’Brien set a World Record of 6476 in the Heptathlon at the World Indoor Championships in Toronto.

Peter Walsh, the heart & soul of Coogan’s, the greatest track-friendly bar/restaurant ever, passed away today after a long battle with cancer. R.I.P.

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There will be a Celebration of Life in honor of Peter Walsh, the legendary co-owner of Coogan's, at NY's Armory on Saturday at 2pm. The Armory is located at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between 168th-169th Streets, in Washington Heights.

Peter Walsh—A Tribute to a Life Well Lived The Celebration of Life that will take place at NY’s Armory on Saturday (2pmET) will be live-streamed at: tinyurl.com/5cu4wkst

This Day in T&F—May 16 1971-This was one race that lived up to the hype. In a battle between two of the best milers in U.S. history, Marty Liquori edged Jim Ryun in the Dream Mile at Philadelphia’s Franklin Field (3:54.6-3:54.8). tinyurl.com/ntt4cctm tinyurl.com/9zm4h7a6

This Day in T&F—May 17, 1957 2 legends-to-be led Kansas to its 6th straight Big-7 title. Wilt Chamberlain, a future NBA great, won the High Jump , while Al Oerter, who had won the first of his four Olympic gold medals in the Discus 6 months earlier in Melbourne, won the SP & DT

This Day in T&F—May 17 2019—Kenny Bednarek (Indian Hills C.C.), won the 200m at the Junior College Championships in 19.82 after running a very wind-aided (+6.1) 19.49 in his heat the day before. “Kung Fu” Kenny has since won silver medals in the 200 at the 2021 and 2024 Olympics

This Day in T&F—May 19 1990--Houston's Leroy Burrell ran a sensational, but very wind-aided (+4.0), 19.61 to beat Baylor's Michael Johnson (19.91w) in the 200m at the Southwest Conference Championships in College Station, Texas.

This Day in T&F—May 27 2001-Alan Webb ran 3:53.43 in the Bowerman Mile at the Pre Classic in Eugene to break Jim Ryun’s 36-year old U.S. High School Record of 3:55.3h! Bringing Webb along on his victory lap was race winner Hicham El Guerrouj (3:49.92). youtube.com/watch?v=niCWRb…

This Day in T&F—May 27 Among those congratulating Webb after his race was another prep superstar from almost 50 years earlier—Gerry Lindgren(l)! Photo by Walt Murphy)

This Day in T&F—May 27 2023—Ryan Crouser raised his World Record in the Shot Put to 77-3 ¾ (23.56) at the USATF L.A. Grand Prix at UCLA’s Drake Stadium. Video (with a description of the “Crouser Slide”): youtube.com/watch?v=8jmxGx…

This Day in T&F—May 30 It was 50 years ago today that Steve Prefontaine died when his car overturned as he was returning home from a post-meet party shortly after running his final race at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. klcc.org/sports/2025-05…