Thursday, January 27, 2011

World Record 4x880 Yards 1954

7:27.3y Fordham University (USA) Los Angeles 21.05.1954
Terrence Foley 1:54.7 - Frank Tarsney 1:53.3 - Bill Persichetty 1:51.1 - Thomas Courtney 1:48.2. Coliseum Relays, Memorial Coliseum, 20.50 Hr: 1. Fordham 7:27.3 (7:27.2 - 7:27.3 - 7:27.3), 2. California U. (Al Baeta 1:55.4, Ed Wilson 1:51.5, Len Simpson 1:52.1, Lon Spurrier 1:49.5) 7:28.5, 3. Occidental College (Everett Trander 1:55.1, Claude Fiddler 1:52.4, Edward Shinn 1:51.6, James Terrill 1:49.8) 7:28.9, 4. Oklahoma A&M 7:30.1, 5. Michigan 7:32.3, 6. Arizona State 7:35.3, 7. USC (Martel Montgomery, Fernando Ledesma, Ernie Amador, Bill Taylor) 7:44.5
Source: IAAF Progression of World Best Performances and Official World Records.

Thanks to Bill Taylor (USC; Coach of Sir Francis Drake HS, San Anselmo) for providing the USC lineup.

If anyone knows the lineups for Oklahoma A&M, Michigan, and Arizona State please let me know at keithconning@aol.com.

4 comments:

IGotYourBackMan said...

My dad ran in that race! 2nd leg for Fordham! His personal best ever.

IGotYourBackMan said...

My dad ran in that race - 2nd leg for Fordham. His personal best!

IGotYourBackMan said...

My dad ran in that race for Fordham - 2nd leg! His personal best. Then he puked.

finnref said...

I ran the second leg for Fordham in that race. One of the runners for Michigan, I believe was Ross. Oklahoma A&M had two men from Norway running the first two legs as I remember. Their anchor man was Heard.