This Day in Track & Field, February 18, Doris Brown Heritage destroyed WR in Mile at 4:40.4 (1967), written by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com), used with permission. This Day in Track & Field–February 18 1950—Freshman John Joe Barry, Villanova’s first recruit from Ireland, won the mile (4:11.5) by 5 yards over Horace Ashenfelter at the U.S. Indoor Championships before 12,500 fans at Madison Square Garden. (Barry was born in Illinois, but grew […]