This Day in Track & Field, X-Country, December 3, Derek Clayton sets Marathon WR (1967), Brad Schlapak wins US XC (1995)), by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-December 3 1950-Brazil’s Adhemar da Silva set the first of his 5 World Records in the Triple Jump, reaching out to 52-6 (16.00) in São Paulo. He would win the gold medal at the 1952 Olympics. WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_jump_world_record_progression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhemar_da_Silva 1964-Australia’s Ron Clarke set a World Record of 13:07.6 for 3-miles in […]