Francis Martin (athlete)
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Francis Martin was an athlete.[1] He was the 1946 winner of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Men's 5000m, 2 miles or 3 miles.
In 1993 the Los Angeles Times compared Martin with Ashley Selman, a college athlete whose speciality was the Javelin.[2] Selman had recently set a record, in her field, while a student at the University of Oregon, and had previously set a record when she was attending the University of Southern California. The article noted that Martin was one of only two men who had set records, for the same event, while attending two different institutions. He set records at Notre Dame University, and New York University, in 1944, 1945 and 1946, for two mile races. In 1944 he completed the race in 9:38.4 and in 1945 in 9:25.5.[3]
References
- ↑ http://trackfield.brinkster.net/OlympicTrials.asp?TourCode=T&Year=1948&Gender=M&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count=
- ↑ "Track and Field / NCAA Championships: USC’s Selman Stars for Oregon Now". Los Angeles Times (New Orleans). 1993-06-05. Archived from the original on 2022-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225122156/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-05-sp-43463-story.html. Retrieved 2022-02-25. "Only two men have done it--Stanley Floyd in the 100 meters for Auburn in 1980 and Houston in 1982, and Francis Martin in the two-mile for Notre Dame in 1944 and New York University in 1945 and 1946."
- ↑ "Outdoor Track and Field: DIVISION I MEN’S". NCAA. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070713/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2010-11/d1_motf.pdf. Retrieved 2022-02-25. "1944 Francis Martin, Notre Dame, 9:38.4 -- 1945 Francis Martin, New York U., 9:25.5 -- 1946 Francis Martin, New York U., 9:38.3"
