This Day in Track & Field, April 3, Bud Houser sets WR at discus (1926),

This Day in Track & Field, April 3, Bud Houser sets WR at discus (1926),

Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  (wmurphy25@aol.com)   This Day in Track & Field–April 3   1868—William Gibbs set a World Record of 4:28.8 for the Mile at the Oxford-Cambridge dual meet in London 1915—Winthrop College’s Hazel Hutaff set a pre-IAAF World Record of 5-9  ¾ [1.77](yes, 5-9  3/4!) in the Pole Vault in Rock Hill, South Carolina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_pole_vault_world_record_progression   1926—Future Hall-of-F…