This day at Track & Field – May 7
1898—Yro’s Raymond Clapp established an American record of 11-6 (3.50) in the pole jump in his local field in New Haven. Clapp was the IC4A champion in 1898 and 1899.
1904—VeSar’s Fanny James established an American record of 13.0 in the 100 -yard race on the annual field field day in Poughkeepsie, New York.
1966-Track & Field News described him “the greatest performance in the history of athletics” after Tommie Smith of the state of San José ran 19.5 in the single at a meeting of all on his track of origin to establish world records for 200 meters and 220 yards. The magazine used the Portuguese scoring tables, which assigned points to actions in all events, as the basics for their claim.
1976—Mon the winners of the heptagonal championship in Kingston, RI (May 7-8) were Craig Masback of Princeton (1500/3: 51.3), Dave Merrick of Penn, who overcame the Army’s Curtz alitz in 5000 (14: 04.0 for bone), penn for both), for both), (14.3/52.0), and Harvard Mel Embembe (7-3 [2.21]). Penn won the title of the team in a fugitive, beating the Navy, 83-1/3-40.
The announcer of the AP for the match was none other than Chris Berman of ESPN, who was Junior at Brown University at that time!
Berman: https://brownbears.com/honors/hall-of-fame/christopher-j-berman/124
https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/chris-berman/
1978Amarican records were established in the Pepsi Inv. In UCLA by James Butts in the triple jump (56-5 ½ [17.21]) and Patty van Wolvelaere in the obstacles of 100 meters (13.21). Finishing 2NORTH DAKOTA To Butts was the future families of Willie Banks
(55-11 ¼ [17.05]).
In a battle of the great futures, Greg Foster of UCLA won the 110 doors with a better personal time of 13.34, beating Maryland renaldo nehemiah’s president, who established a world record of Junior of 13.37 (since he broke it).
Other notable winners at this upper class meeting were Henry Ron [21.01]), Mac Wilkins (DT: 227-11 [69.46?]), Francie Larrieu (Mile-4: 31.0) and Joni Huntley (HJ: 6-2 [1.88]).
1988–Jackie Joyner-Kersee ran 12.70 in Modesto, California, to break the American Gail Devers record (12.71) in the obstacles of 100 meters.
2005—An the day before he turned 19, Galen Rupp ran 28: 15.52 for 10,000 meters at the Twilight meeting in Eugene to break the official Junior American record of 28: 32.7, established by Indiana Prep Rudy Chapa (Hammond Hs) in 1976. The RUPP-Es-gerry Lindgren brand, a first-year student in the state of Washington At the time, he ran for 6 thousand in the 1965 championships in the United States. He lost a photographic photographic to Billy Mills in that race, but both received credit for a world record of 27: 11.6.
On the other side of the country, the current AJR in the 10,000 female was established by Harvard Frosh Lindsey Scherf, who ran 32: 51.20 while finishing 2NORTH DAKOTA In the heptagonal/Ivy League championship at Columbia University. The previous brand or 32: 52.5 was established 26 years before (1979) by Mary Shea, last year student at Cardinal Gibbons Hs (NC).
Helmet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lindsey_scherf
2015—Lofomore Madison Wiltrout (Connellville, PA) threw the 185-8 javelin (56.59) in North Huntington (PA) to establish the current records of the US High School. UU. And American Junior. That remained his best personal brand until he launched 187-4 (57.11) on April 15, 2022!
He suffered an elbow injury at the 2015 state meeting that required “Tommy John” surgery. Despite not receiving an adequate rehabilitation program, he recovered to win the HS Javelin in the 2017 Penn relays. Compeating for North Carolina, he won the javelin of the university championship in the 2022 Penn relays and would end 3RD in the NCAA championship.
She is trained by former Jabalina Gorski javelter, a voluntary assistant of UNC, who provides some background on her trip: “Her first year (2017-18) here on UNC, we made a UCL hybrid re-hab of UCL, so she had problems of discussion of the lower back that required a total technique renovation. She was a monkey throw, not diagnosed at that time.
This season (2022) has been the only one since it has been here in Chapel Hill that has had a complete autumn and winter training and the results are shown, as you have seen. It is a bone trip a Helluva trip so far, and it is great to see a young woman who has pressed so much to have fun and be free of pain. Good things have bones in training now while we prepare for great meetings. ” (Wiltrout is currently the US leader in 2025 with a 190-9 launch [58.14]).
https://goheels.com/sports/track-and-field/Rester/Madison-wiltrout/22952
https://www.tfrs.org/athletes/6588923/north_carolina/madison_wiltrout
2022-Moally recovered from a battle recently with COVID-19, Emily Sisson won the American half marathon in Indianapolis and established an American record of 1:07:11.
Leonard Korir (1:02:35) surpassed Fitzum Zienasellassie (1:02:36) to win his 3RD Title of half American marathon for men.
Indy Star coverage (includes the subsequent interview with Sisson’s career)
https://www.usatf.org/news/2022/sson-breaks-american-record-at-the-usatf-half-M
Born on this day*
Fred Kerley 30 (1995)–2024 Olympic Bronze Medalist: 100 meters
One of the best in the world 400 meters in 2018 and 2019, challenged experts who questioned why
Concentrated in the “short” sprints in 2021 by winning the silver medal in 100 at the 2021 Olympic Games in
Tokyo, and ending 4Th In the 200 in the US Olympic trials.
He continued in 2022 winning 100 in the 2022 World Championship in Eugene.
Silver Medist in the 4 × 100 in the 2023 worlds in Budapest, eliminated in the semifinals of the 100
With the best personnel of 9.76, 19.76 and 43.64, he is now one of the best sprinters in history
The goal is to establish world records in the 3 Sprint events!
2 times champion of the United States-400m (2017, 2019); 2022 United States champion-100M
Bronze Medista in 400 in the 2019 World Championship in Doha; Finalist in the 2017 World Championship in
London (7Th)
2019 World Champion – 4 × 400; Silver Medist in the 4 × 400 in the 2017 World Championship and
The 2018 World Interior Championships
2017 NCAA INDOOR & OUTDOOR CHAMPION – 400M, 4 × 400 (Texas A&M)
Establish a university record of 43.70 in 2017 (since it broke); Brother Mylik has run 44.85
PBS: 6.55i (2024), 9.76 (’23/=#6 world of all time, =#3 in US), 19.76 (’21), 43.64 (’19/#10 World of all time/#7-
US), 44.85i (’17/#7 in US); 2025 SBS: 10.23, 20.39, 44.73
University PBS: 43.70 (2017/#2 at)… also 44.09 (’17/#7-rendering), 44.10 (’17/=#8);
44.85i (2017/#9 at);
https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-interview-fredkerley/
https://www.worldathletics.org/news/feature/fred-kerley-400m
HTTS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fred_kerley
Carl Lewis in Kerley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0uxgref6y4
https://fkerley.com
https://olympics.com/en/news/usa-sprinting-star-fredkerley-records
OG 100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnilko5_pv4
’22 WC 100:
Pulmonary version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc_d8t87a9a
Short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kf9CMHSGD8
Natosha Rogers 34 (1991) 2012 NCAA champion: 10,000m (Texas A&M)
X-Country Champion of 2020 USA.
2NORTH DAKOTA In the 10K in the US Olympic tests. UU. 2012, but did not meet the qualification standard for London; 7Th In 10k
In 2021 tests
5Th In 5000, 3RD In the 10,000, in the United States Championship 2022 … 15Th In the 10000 in the world 2022
Championships in Eugene … 3RD In 5000 in the 2023 United States Championship, he competed in the first round in
The 2023 World Championship
2017 US ½ marathon champion; X-Country Champion of 2020 USA.
He did not compete that he became his last year in A&M after suffering a serious knee injury when he fell during a training
Run. I resumed running in 2014, but did not have its first full season until 2016. It finished 13Th In the 10,000-
Meters in the US Olympic tests. UU. 2016.
He made his marathon debut in the US Olympic testsTh (2:34:51)
PBS: 14: 52.21i (’23), 14: 55.39 (’23), 30: 48.69 (’23), 1: 08.35 (’25)” 2:23:51 (2025)
http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/why-an-ncaa-10-k-kampion-quit-running
http://www.runnersworld.com/rt-web-exclusive/5-minutes-with-natosha-rogers?nopaging=1
http://www.12thman.com/news/2012/6/23/205498060.aspx
Lawrence “Lojo” Johnson 51 (1974) 2000 Olympic silver medista – pole jump; 2001 World Indoor Champ. (2NORTH DAKOTA-’97)
8Th—1996 Olympic Games; 4 times champion of the NCAA (Tennessee/’94 -indoor, ’95, ’96 -on/out)
4 times American champion (’96, ’97, ’00, ’01); 3 times Interior of the United States. UU. (’97, ’00, ’01);
Establish a university and American record of 19-7 ½ (5.98) in 1996/now #4 of all time, #8 in the USA) (Broken
By the double Mondo of LSU in 2019)
CONSUMED MUSIC: OR SEE TO SEE THE PIANO IN THE HOTEL HARBLANDS IN THE T&F CIRCUIT
(It should not be confused with Arkansas women’s coach Lawrence “Boogie” Johnson)
Online coaching: http://lojoVaultassault.com/
In the armory: https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45586&do=videos&video_id=258443
Linda Somers-Smith 64 (1961) 2 times American champion-marrathon (’93, ’94); 1996 American Olympic (31stem);
He competed in 7 US Marathon Olympic Tests. UU., The last one in 2012 at the age of 50! (28Th-2: 37: 36); PB: 2: 30: 06 (’96).
Member of the fame rrca and masters
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/linda_somers
Deceased
Bill Hoyt 59 (1875-Dec.1, 1954) 1stem Olympic gold medista in pole jump (1896)
1896 IC4A Camampeón (Harvard)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletas/78578
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48338653/william-welles-hoyt
https://vaultermagazine.com/connecticuts-st-summer-olympics-hamp-bill-hoyt/
