This Day in Track & Field–January 19, Mary Decker set WR for 1000 yards at 2:26.7 (1974), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–January 19 1957–Two recent Olympic Champions had different outcomes at the Boston Knights of Columbus meet. Charlie Jenkins, who won the 400-meters in Melbourne in late 1956, beat Reggie Pearman to win the 600y for the 4th year in a row, but 800-meter […]