This Day In Running... March 12th

2005- Kerron Clement of the University of Florida set a new Indoor World Record at the NCAA championships for the 400 meters.  Kerron's time of 44.57 beat all-time great Michael Johnson's previous record by .06 seconds.  Clement was born in Trinidad and Tobago and now represents the USA.  He is a 400m hurdles specialist and was the World Champion in 2007 and 2009 with a silver at the Olympics between those years.

Clement after silver at 2008 Olympics

This Day In Track- March 6th

1994- Colin Jackson of the UK set the indoor 60m hurdles world record in Sindelfingen, Germany with a time of 7.30 seconds.  Colin won three world championships and took home one silver at the Olympics in three tries.  Around the time of his record, 1993 to 1995, Jackson went 44 races without losing.  During this period he also won a Euro championships in the 60m with a record 6.49 seconds.

Colin Jackson

2011- Teddy Tamgho set the indoor triple jump world record.  He also set the second best indoor jump ever.  He set the record of 17.92 meters on his 2nd and 4th jumps of the 2011 European Championships.  Teddy is only 22 years old and already has a world championship.

Winning the Worlds

This Day In Running... March 4th

1995- Michael Johnson of the United States set the world record in the indoor 400 meters in Atlanta.  Michael's time was 44.63.  That time still ranks second all-time behind Kerron Clement, also of the United States, who beat Michael's record as a collegian in 2005.  Michael went on to win two gold medals and set two world records in the 200 and 400 at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.  His 400 record still stands and his 200 is #3 all time behind Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake of Jamaica.



1989- Javier Sotomayor of Cuba broke the indoor high jump world record set just one year earlier by one centimeter.  Javier's jump was 2.43 meters or 7'11 3/4".  Javier's career spanned 15 years from his World Junior Record in 1985 to his Olympic Silver in 2000.  He was among the best in the world for those years.

This Day in Running... March 3rd

2002- Jolanda Ceplak of Slovenia set a world indoor record in the 800m with a time of 1:55.82.  Jolanda is a Slovenian athlete who has never had great success on a big stage.  Her best finish at a major meeting is 3rd at the Athens Games in 2004.  In 2007 she tested positive for EPO and was banned for two years.

After Bronze in Athens

2001- Maurice Greene, who set his record March 2nd, 1998, tied his World Indoor Record for 60m.

This Day In Running... March 2rd

1998- Maurice Greene of the United States runs a world record 6.39 seconds in the 60m dash in Madrid, Spain.  Maurice went on to tie this record March 3rd, 2001.  Maurice was also a world record holder at 100m with a time of 9.79 seconds.  He has won 4 Olympic Medals and won 5 world championships.

Greene after winning Gold in Sydney