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This day in athletics – November 9
1895— The Vassar College Games, the first college field day for women in the U.S., were held in a light rain in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Limited to Vassar students, the meet saw the first American records in their respective events set by Annie Wilkinson (100 years of heat). /15-1/4), Helen Haight (220 years/36-1/4), Laura Brownell (High Jump/). 4-0 (1.22m) and Emma Baker (long jump/11-5 (3.48m)).Team scores were 97/24 class, 98/14 class, 96/5 class
(From “American Women’s Track and Field: A History, 1895 to 1980” by Louise Tricard)
1906– The first US indoor championships were held at Madison Square Garden in New York (November 9-10). Winners included Mel Shepard, who set the indoor record in the 1000 (2:17.8), AC Gilbert in the pole vault (10-9/ 3.25) and Martin Sheridan, who won three of the five tournaments he entered.Irish-American AC’s Sheridan won the 8-pound shot put (61-8/18.79+), the long jump (27-1 1/4/8.26) and the 56-pound shot put (15-3/4.64 +)! He also finished 2nd to Ray Eury in the standing long jump and 3rd in the triple jump (known in those days as the hop-step and jump).
(From Wally Donovan’s Indoor Track Story)
Past indoor champions
https://www.flipsnack.com/USATF/usatf-indoor-champions/full-view.html
1941– Future Hall of Famer Greg Rice (29:18.7) won the USA X-Country title (just under 6 miles) at Empire City Race Track 2 in New Yorkth and 3th His NYAC teammates were Jim Rafferty (29:56) and Joe McCluskey (30:23) as the club won the team title.
The National Marathon Championships, held after the XC race at the same venue, were won by an unknown Joseph Smith in 2:36:06.8.
NY Times obituary:
Past winners(XC). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Cross_Country_Championships
NY Times coverage (for subscribers): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/11/10/87688617.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
