This Day in Track & Field, February 8, Howard Drew (USC) sets WR at 100 yards in 10 flat (1916), Joie Ray wins Wanamaker 1 1/2 mile for 4th time (1921), Sergey Bubka sets WR (5.92m),

This Day in Track & Field, February 8, Howard Drew (USC) sets WR at 100 yards in 10 flat (1916), Joie Ray wins Wanamaker 1 1/2 mile for 4th time (1921), Sergey Bubka sets WR (5.92m),

This Day in Track & Field–February 8   1916—USC’s Howard Drew set a World Record of 10-flat for 100-yards at the NYAC Games, which were held at the 22nd Regiment Armory (the current Armory). Drew had been favored to win the 100-meters at the 1912 Olympics, but pulled a muscle while winning his semi-final race […]