This Day in Track & Field, April 11, Harry Liversedge sets AR at javelin (1914), Parker Valby sets CR at 10,000m (2024), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–April 11 1914—19-year old Harry “The Horse” Liversedge, a senior at San Francisco Polytechnic H.S., threw the javelin 184-9 ½ (56.32) at Stanford to not only smash the previous High School Record, but also the official American Record of 169-10 ¼ (51.77), which was set […]