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This Day in Track & Field, May 22, Paavo Nurmi races in front of 35,000 fans at Harvard (1925), Don Quarrie ties 100m WR of 9.9 (1976), by Walt Murphy

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Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  (wmurphy25@aol.com)   This Day in Track & Field–May 22   1925–35,000 fans packed Harvard Stadium, hoping to see Paavo Nurmi break his own World Record in the mile (4:10.4), but gusty winds held him to a time of 4:15.2. Paavo Nurmi was a huge proponent of cross country, photo by Wikipedia 1954—The University of Texas ran 40.5 at the California Relays in Modesto to equal USC’s 18-year old World Record in th…
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Run Blog Run broke the news in on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
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