This Day in Track & Field, November 5, Alf Shrubb sets 7 WRs in one race (1904), Carrie Dawson-Boyd battles Kara Wheeler (1994), Hellen Obiri wins NYC (2023), photo by Walt Murphy News & Results

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This Day in Observe & Subject–November 5

1890—Princeton’s Luther Cary ran 11.2 for 100 meters in New York to equal the American Report he had already shared with Yale’s Charles Sherrill. Cary gained the 100y and 220y on the 1891 IC4A and U.S. Championships.

1904—Nice Britain’s Alfie Shrubb set 7 World Data in a single race at Glasgow’s Ibrox Park:

6-miles 29:59.4

10,000m 31:02.4

7-miles 35:04.6

8-miles 40:16.0

9-miles 45:27.6

10-miles 50:40.6

I-Hour 18,742 meters (11.645 miles)

The race was billed as a 10-miler, however when Shrubb reached the end line, spectators urged him to proceed operating so he might get the

Alf Shrubb wore sneakers made by Joe Foster, who turned Reebok. Paul Fireman bought Reebok in 1981, and the remaining is historical past.

1-hour file! Stated Shrubb, “I managed it, however with a foul sew. Had it not been for shedding 25 seconds on the finish of the ten miles, by means of hesitation, the Hour file would have been one thing higher” (From the Development of IAAF World Data)

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

1994–It was a preview of issues to come back, with senior Carrie Tollefson beating junior Kara Wheeler (now Kara Goucher) to win the AA division on the Minnesota Excessive Faculty State meet (14:09.2-14:10.5). It was a dream matchup between two returning Foot Locker finalists (fifth & ninth, respectively) and two defending state champions (in numerous divisions).

A couple of mile into the 4k race, Tollefson (Dawson-Boyd) turned to her rival and mentioned, “Let’s take over the race and see what occurs.” Wheeler (Duluth-East) responded to the pleasant problem, and the 2 pulled away from the pack, going shoulder-to-shoulder till Tollefson took command with 600 meters to go and went on to win her fifth State title! (From X-Nation X-Press)

The 2 went on to have excellent careers in faculty and past. Each gained NCAA titles in x-country and on the observe, each turned Olympians, and Goucher gained the silver medal within the 10,000-Meters on the 2007 World Championships. Tollefson is lively as of late as a TV commentator, on-line coach, and director of her personal operating camp, whereas Goucher, who was 4^th on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, made a quick transition to path operating in 2019. She debuted in 2021 as an NBC’s T&F broadcasting crew member.

Goucher: http://www.karagoucher.com/

https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/kara-goucher-14311212

Goucher-Path Working: https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a28065655/kara-goucher-leadville-debut/

Tollefson: http://carrietollefson.com/

https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/carrie-tollefson-14322879

Podcast: https://www.ctollerun.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctollerun

TCS NY Metropolis Marathon

1989—Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa gained the lads’s race on the NY Metropolis Marathon in 2:08:01, setting a Course Report that lasted till 2001, when Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Jifar ran 2:07:43.

Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen gained the ladies’s race in 2:25:30, only one second off Allison Roe’s CR of two:25:29. She was named to the NY Highway Runners Corridor of Fame in 2019.

Individuals completed 2^nd in each races—Ken Martin (2:09:38) and Kim Jones (2:27:54/4 weeks after successful the Twin Cities Marathon). Ending 3^rd within the males’s race was Italy’s Gelindo Bordin (2:09:40), who had gained Olympic gold in Seoul the earlier yr, and 9^th was Ethiopia’s Belayneh Dinsamo (2:13:42), who had set a World Report of two:06:50 in Rotterdam in April.

Italy’s Laura Fogli (2:28:43) compiled one of many biggest placings within the occasion’s historical past for somebody who by no means gained the race. She completed 3^rd this yr for the 4^th time, was 2^nd twice, and 4^th twice.

1981-4^th

1982-4^th

1983-2^nd

1984-3^rd

1985-3^rd

1986-3^rd

1987-didn’t run)

1988-2^nd

1989-3^rd

Different Notable Finishers (Whole-24,572)

Males: 8. Steve Jones (Wales) 2:12:58…10.Pat Petersen (USA) 2:14:02…14.Gianni Poli (Italy/1986 winner) 2:15:47; DNF-Mark Nenow (USA), Mark Plaatjes (South Africa)

Girls: 12. Priscilla Welch (Nice Britain/1987 winner) 2:36:15, 13.Margaret Groos (USA) 2:37:33

Outcomes: https://results.nyrr.org/event/891105/finishers

Prime 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_New_York_City_Marathon

Sports Illustrated Coverage

Kim Jones(for subscribers):

https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20799009/how-i-placed-second-at-the-1989-nyc-marathon/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO06xAlrl8E

2000—The winners this yr had been Morocco’s Abdelkader El Mouaziz (2:10:09) and Russia’s Lyudmila Petrova (2:25:45).

Different Notable Finishers

Males: 2.Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) 2:12:30, 3.Shem Kororia (Kenya) 2:12:33…6.Josia Thugwane (South Africa/1996 Olympic Champion) 2:15:25…10.John Kagwe (Kenya/winner in 1997,1998) 2:17:02…14.German Silva (Mexico/winner in 1994,1995) 2:20:41…19.Paul Pilkington (USA) 2:23:33.

Girls: 2.Franca Fiacconi (Italy) 2:26:03, 3.Margaret Okayo (Kenya/would win in 2001, 2003-set the Course Report of two:22:31) 2:26:36…6.Tegla Loroupe (Kenya/winner in 1994, 1995) 2:29:35; DNF- Anuța Cătună (Romania/1996 winner)

Outcomes: https://results.nyrr.org/event/NYC2000/finishers

Prime 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_New_York_City_Marathon

www.nytimes.com/2000/11/07/sports/new-york-city-marathon-busy-day-for-the-winners-while-the-rest-simply-rest.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/sports/new-york-city-marathon-men-a-moroccan-running-like-the-wind.html

2006—Brazil’s Marílson dos Santos (2:09:58) was the shock winner of the lads’s race, with Stephen Kiogora (2:10:06) successful the battle for two^nd over fellow Kenyan Paul Tergat (2:10:10), the defending champion.

The winner of the ladies’s race for the two^nd yr in a row was Latvia’s Jeļena Prokopčuka (2:25:05).

Different Notable Finishers

Males: 6. Stefano Baldini (Italy/2004 Olympic Champion) 2:11:33, 7.Wilson Kipsang (Kenya/would win in 2014) 2:11:54…9.Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa/winner in 2004) 2:13:04…10.Peter Gilmore 2:13:13, 11.Dathan Ritzenhein 2:14:01…20.Meb Keflezighi (would win in 2009) 2:22:02.

Girls: 2.Tetyana Hladyr (Ukraine) 2:26:05, 3.Catherine Ndereba (Kenya/Olympic champion-2004,2008) 2:26:58…6.Deena Kastor (USA) 2:27:54…8.Lornah Kiplagat (Netherlands) 2:32:31…9.Katie McGregor (USA) 2:32:36…14.Sonia O’Sullivan (Eire) 2:42:05

Outcomes: https://results.nyrr.org/event/a61105/finishers/1901559

Prime 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_New_York_City_Marathon

NY Instances Protection: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/sportsspecial/

A Serving to Hand: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/sports/othersports/07runner.html?ref=sportsspecial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiGV355H2F4

2017—Shalane Flanagan (2:26:53) turned the primary American lady to win the NY Metropolis Marathon since Miki Gorman gained in 1977. Ending 2^nd was Kenya’s 3-time defending champion Mary Keitany (2:27:54).

It was candy redemption for the Massachusetts-raised Flanagan, who was devastated when an damage pressured her to withdraw from the Boston Marathon in April.

Shalane Flanagan, 2017 NYC Marathon, picture courtesy of NYRR Membership

Geoffrey Kamworor (2:10:53) edged fellow Kenyan Wilson Kipsang (2:10:56), the 2014 winner, to win the lads’s race. Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa (2:11:32), the 2018 race winner, got here in third!

From FloTrack:

Throughout the problematic factors within the race, Flanagan mentioned that she tried to recollect one other runner who had impressed her and lots of others all through his profession. Within the males’s race, 2009 winner Meb Keflezighi accomplished his twenty sixth and closing profession marathon (11^th-2:15:29). “I used to be pondering of Meb, and I used to be pondering of how I wished to make him proud immediately, and I believe I did,” she mentioned.

Different Notable Finishers

Males: 7.Abdi Abdirahman (USA) 2:12:48…10.Shadrack Kiptoo (USA) 2:14:57

Girls: 4. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya/2010 winner) 2:29:36, 5.Allie Kiefer (USA) 2:29:39…8.Kellyn Taylor 2:29:56, 9. Diane Nkuri 2:31:21, 10.Stephanie Bruce (USA) 2:31:44…13.Aliphine Tuliamuk (USA) 2:33:18

Outcomes: https://results.nyrr.org/event/M2017/finishers

Prime 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_New_York_City_Marathon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQzqVii3v1Y

www.letsrun.com/news/2017/11/shalane-Flanagan-wins-2017-new-york-city-marathon-1st-american-winner-40-years/

Flanagan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrcCP0VUU_s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xzYA0LPDX0

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/sports/nyc-marathon.html

https://www.flotrack.org/articles/6032563-shalane-flanagan-wins-the-new-york-city-marathon

2023(New)—It was one of many biggest battles within the illustrious historical past of the NY Metropolis Marathon. Coming into the ultimate mile of the ladies’s race, Kenya’s Hellen Obiri and Sharon Lokedi and Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey had been operating stride-for-stride by means of Central Park. Lokedi, the defending champion, was the primary to drop again. On the identical time, Obiri, 6^th in her marathon debut in final yr’s race, quickly pulled away from Gidey (2:27:29), the World Report holder at 10,000 meters, and gained going away in 2:27:23. For Obiri, who’s coached by Dathan Ritzenhein, it was her 2^nd main victory of the yr, having gained the Boston Marathon in April. Lokedi (2:27:33) held on for 3^rd. Former World Report holder Brigid Kosgei (2:27:45), who had been with the lead group for a lot of the race, completed 4^th.

The lead pack at 5, TCS New York Marathon
New York, New York, USA
November 5, 2023, picture by Kevin Morris

7^th was 43-year outdated Edna Kiplagat (KEN/2:29:40), adopted by Individuals Kellyn Taylor (2:29:48) and Molly Huddle (2:32:02).

The boys’s race winner with a brand new Course Report of two:04:58 was Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola, the winner of the Marathon on the 2022 World Championships. He would go on to win Olympic gold in Paris in 2024. Ending a distant 2^nd was Kenya’s Albert Korir (2:06:57), the winner in 2021.

Different Notable/U.S. Finishers

Males:…4. Abdi Nageeye (NED) 2:10:21…would win the 2024 race…8.Edward Cheserek (KEN) 2:11:20…10.Futsum Zienasellassie (USA) 2:12:09, 11.Elkanah Kibet (USA) 2:12:23…48.Garrett Heath (USA) 2:29:46, 49.Elliott Heath (USA) 2:29:47; DNF-Cam Levins (CAN)

NYRR Results

That Final Mile(W)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2F62UtYR4Y

https://www.letsrun.com/events/2023/11/2023-tcs-new-york-city-marathon

https://www.flotrack.org/events/11304578-2023-tcs-new-york-city-marathon/news

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/11/05/nyregion/nyc-marathon

https://trackandfieldnews.com/nyc-womens-marathon-obiri-triumphs-in-second-try/

https://trackandfieldnews.com/nyc-mens-marathon-tola-clips-course-record/

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

LetsRun Interviews

Lokedi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4gBJhkdumQ

Huddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0M1OSN3bXM

Ritzenhein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtJwUsN8T2s