Jun 1, 1954 – Emil Zatopek runs World Record 10,000 meters 28:54.2 |
Jun 1, 1957 – Don Bowden is first U.S. miler to run sub-4:00 with time of 3:58.7 |
Jun 2, 1979 – Villanova’s Don Paige wins NCAA 800 and 1,500 meters 40 minutes apart |
Jun 4, 1967 – Jim Ryun runs U.S. Record mile 3:53.7 in a precursor to his World Record |
Jun 4, 2017 – Camille Herron 1st USA woman to win Comrades Ultramarathon since 1997 |
Jun 5, 1964 – At Compton Invitational an amazing eight U.S. runners post sub-4:00 miles |
Jun 8, 1962 – Jim Beatty runs World Record 2-mile 8:29.8 |
Jun 9, 1930 – Finland’s Paavo Nurmi runs World Record 6-mile 29:36.4 |
Jun 9, 1965 – Frenchman Michael Jazy runs World Record mile in 3:53.6 |
Jun 10, 1984 – Zhu Jian Hua of China sets World Record high jump 7-10 |
Jun 11, 1967 – Ron Daws wins USA National Marathon that started at 1:00 pm in 92 degrees |
Jun 11, 1968 – Tommie Smith runs World Record 220 yards in 20.0 seconds |
Jun 12, 1965 – Morio Shigematsu runs World Record marathon 2:12:00 at Cheswick |
Jun 13, 1953 – Jim Peters runs his second World Record marathon 2:18:40.2 at Cheswick |
Jun 13, 1964 – Basil Heatley runs World Record marathon 2:13:55 at Cheswick |
Jun 14, 1952 – Jim Peters runs his first World record marathon 2:20:42.2 at Cheswick |
Jun 14, 1958 – Villanova’s Ron Delany caps college career with NCAA wins in mile and 880 |
Jun 14, 1991 – Leroy Burrell runs World Record 100 meters in 9.90 seconds |
Jun 14, 2005 – Jamaica’s Asafa Powell sets 100 meter World Record 9.77 seconds |
Jun 15, 1957 – Bob Gutowski breaks his own World Record pole vault with 15-9 3/4 |
Jun 15, 1963 – Buddy Edelen runs World Record marathon 2:14:28 at Cheswick |