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shetuck
What do you need water for, Sunshine?
Anybody got a decent picture (at a reasonable resolution without all the shadows) of the Jesse Owens plaque that's mounted outside Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium?
I'd like to print it out and put it up in my son's room as a reminder.
I'd like to print it out and put it up in my son's room as a reminder.
ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Everybody remembers the 1936 Berlin Olympics; however, this has to one the greatest accomplishments in the history of sports:
Greatest 45 minutes ever in sports
Four world records in three-quarters of an hour. Not 45 weeks or 45 days but 45 minutes.
Seventy-five years ago Tuesday, at the 1935 Big Ten Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., Jesse Owens didn't rewrite the record book -- he tore it up.
In less than an hour, the 21-year-old Ohio State sophomore tied the world record in the 100-yard dash and then set the world record in the long jump, the 220-yard dash and the 220 low hurdles.
Entire article: https://www.si.com/more-sports/2010/05/24/owens-recordday
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Jesse Owens to Receive World Athletics Heritage Plaque in Ann Arbor for “Day of Days” Performance at 1935 Big Ten Championships
World Athletics will place a plaque outside Ferry Field in Ann Arbor to commemorate Jesse Owens’ “Day of Days” performance at the 1935 Big Ten Championships.
JESSE OWENS TO RECEIVE WORLD ATHLETICS HERITAGE PLAQUE IN ANN ARBOR FOR “DAY OF DAYS” PERFORMANCE AT 1935 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
A Buckeye will be honored in Ann Arbor this week.
World Athletics, the governing body previously known as the IAAF, announced it will commemorate Jesse Owens and his “Day of Days” on Thursday.
On May 25, 1935, the Ohio State track and field athlete set four world records in 45 minutes during the Big Ten Championships at Michigan’s Ferry Field in Ann Arbor. At 21 years old, Owens ran a 9.4 in the 100 yards (tied world record), jumped 8.13m on his lone long jump attempt (world record for 25 years), and won both the 220 yards (20.3) and the 220-yard low hurdles (22.6), with times faster than previous records for the 200-yard events.
To honor Owens’ accomplishments, Owens’ family and representatives from Michigan and Ohio State’s track and field teams will unveil a World Athletics Heritage Plaque outside Ferry Field. The plaque will replace one that existed in the venue's southeast corner since 1985.
"What Jesse Owens, an icon not only of American sport but also American ideals, accomplished here with four world records in the span of 45 minutes in May 1935 will never again be replicated,” Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said in a press release in 2018, when it was initially announced the plaque would be placed at Ferry Field. “We are proud to have such hallowed grounds open to the public as part of our campus, where future generations can retrace in awe the steps of an American hero."
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(Another) Michigan Plaque for Jesse Owens — MVictors.com - Michigan Football History
The History and Culture of Michigan Football
mvictors.com
(Another) Michigan Plaque for Jesse Owens
May 9, 2024 /BUMPED, due to the unveiling of a new ‘World Athletics Heritage’ plaque honoring Jesse Owens on May 9, 2024. It was attended by Owens’ grand daughter Marlene Dortch. The original plaque was moved to the opposite side of the tribute wall, and placed below this new plaque:
Just sayin':
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
It's almost like they want young people to just assume he was a tsun student.
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Remember When: High Schooler Jesse Owens Defeated a Big Ten Champion at the Ohio State Fair
Before his first race as a Buckeye, Olympic legend Jesse Owens dazzled a Columbus crowd with a victory in the 100-yard dash at the 1933 Ohio State Fair.
Remember When: High Schooler Jesse Owens Defeated a Big Ten Champion at the Ohio State Fair
The legend of Jesse Owens began well before he arrived on campus at Ohio State.
A standout track star at the high school level, Owens maintained three national interscholastic records while dashing past the competition during his time at Cleveland East Tech. Due to his outstanding resume, alongside his pledge to compete for Ohio State during his college years, track and field enthusiasts sought every opportunity to watch Owens dominate on the track.
Just a few months before Owens began his Ohio State career, fans in Columbus received a sneak peek of what he would bring to the table for the Buckeyes. Owens was invited to compete at the 1933 Ohio State Fair, pitting the up-and-coming superstar against some of the best racers Central Ohio had to offer.
The planned race served as another reminder of Owens’ rising star, with the Ohio State Fair Board arranging the competition because “interest in Owens [was] keen” according to the Aug. 27, 1933, edition of the Columbus Dispatch.
Owens was pitted against future Ohio State teammates Ed Beatty, Byron Stouder, Willie Richards, Walter Stapf and — most notably — Don Bennett, who had previously claimed the Big Ten Championship in the 60-yard indoor sprint. Ohio Wesleyan’s Bob Ulrich also joined the talented collection of racers on the track.
Despite consistent sub-10-second finishes in the 100-yard dash at several events during his high school, Owens was expected to face quite the challenge from the field of collegiate track stars as Bennett had previously registered a 9.5-second 100-yard dash while Richards and Stapf had completed the feat in 9.8 seconds prior to the clash at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Owens, however, was coming off a 9.4-second performance in the competition during a meet in Chicago.
On Aug. 31, 1933, Owens lined up alongside the talented collection of racers fielded by the Ohio State Fair Board and dashed his way to an easy victory. Despite competing on a slippery dirt track, Owens outpaced Bennett by four yards by the time he crossed the finish line with Ulrich following behind by six yards.
Owens joined the Ohio State track and field team in the fall following his win at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, where he began his illustrious collegiate career — capturing eight individual NCAA championships as a Buckeye.
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