This Day in Track & Field, April 28, Princeton sets 2 Mile Relay WR (1895), Charlie Paddock sets WR (1928) at 175 yard dash, Renaldo Nehemiah has a perfect day at Penn Relays (1979), edited and curated by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field-April 28 1900—Princeton set a World Record (pre-IAAF) of 8:05.0 in the 2-Mile Relay at the Penn Relays. Syracuse’s Myer Prinstein bettered the existing World Record in the Long Jump with a leap of 24-7 ¼ (7.50), but there were some reports that […]