This Day in Track & Field–February 20, Al Lawrence runs 3 mile WR (1960), by Walt Murphy

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This Day in Track & Field–February 20, Al Lawrence runs 3 mile WR (1960), by Walt Murphy

Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  (wmurphy25@aol.com), used with permission.  This Day in Track & Field–February 20 1960—Befitting the early stages of an Olympic year, no less than four World Records were set at the AAU Indoor Championships in New York. Australia’s Al Lawrence, a sophomore at the University of Houston, was hoping to impress his country’s Olympic selectors and did so with a bang, winning the 3-mile in 13:26.3 to take more t…