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Randy Burt ate pepperoni pizza and drank red wine for dinner on Sept. 24, 1977. The next morning, he put on his old high school gym uniform and went to the starting line of the first Chicago Marathon.
Pages in category "Track and field athletes from Chicago" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Born in Chicago [1] Cesar Carrillo: Apr 29, 1984: MLB player Born in Chicago [2] Charles Comiskey: Aug 15, 1859: Oct 26, 1931: MLB player and team owner, namesake of Comiskey Park: Born in Chicago [3] Josephine D'Angelo: Nov 23, 1924: Aug 18, 2013: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Born in Chicago [citation needed] Irene ...
O'Hara was born in Chicago, Illinois. [2] He also held the world record for fastest mile indoors , which was set when he ran 3:56.6 on February 13, 1964. He beat that record on March 6 of the same year with a time of 3:56.4, a world record, later equalled by Jim Ryun but not beaten for ten years until Tony Waldrop ran 3:55.0 in 1974.
He also once held the world's best time in the 300 m. Johnson is generally considered one of the greatest and most consistent sprinters in the history of track and field. [3] [4] Johnson is the only male athlete to win both the 200 meters and 400 meters events at the same Olympics, a feat he accomplished at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Athletes, including Joaquim Cruz and Ben Johnson, expressed disbelief over Griffith Joyner's dramatic improvement over a short period of time. [48] Before the 1988 track and field season, her best time in the 100-meter sprint was 10.96 seconds (set in 1987). In 1988, she improved that by 0.47 seconds. [49]
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Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...