This Day in Track & Field, June 8, Abel Kiviat runs first IAAF WR (1912), Helen Stephens sets WR for 100m (1936), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field-June 8 1912–Hall-of-Famer Abel Kiviat set the first recognized World Record (by the IAAF) in the Men’s 1500, running 3:52.8 in front of 20,000 fans at the U.S. Eastern Olympic Trials at Harvard. Same for Dartmouth’s Marc Wright, who cleared […]