RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Thursday, Feb. 3 marks the 50th anniversary of the Manhattan College track & field team setting a world record in the two-mile relay. The squad of John Corry (1:55.1), Kyle Courtney (1:54.2), Larry St. Clair (1:51.8) and Artie Evans (1:51.7) posted a time of 7:32.8 to win the gold medal at the 1961 Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden. They broke the 19-year-old world record, which had been held by Seton Hall, by just over one second.
Also on this date in 1973, Peter Gaughn, who would begin his collegiate career at Manhattan that fall, set an Armory high school record in the mile with a time of 4:13.1 at the Iona Invitational. His mark would stand as the Armory high school record until 2004 Olympian Alan Webb, the American high school record-holder, ran a 3:59.86 in 2001.
