This Day in Track & Field, May 14, Lehigh defeats Lafayette in first dual meet (1881) Bob Seagrens sets PV WR (1966), Jan Merrill breaks Mile AR (1977), by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field, May 14, Lehigh defeats Lafayette in first dual meet (1881) Bob Seagrens sets PV WR (1966), Jan Merrill breaks Mile AR (1977), by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field–May 14 1881–Lehigh defeated Lafayette in their first dual meet. From Wikipedia: “The first joint athletic track and field event held between the two institutions was on May 14, 1881 on the grounds of the Lehigh University Athletic Association. The meet consisted of fourteen events; Hundred Yards Dash, Half-Mile Run,  Throwing the Hammer, Running High Jump, 440 Yards Dash, Mile Walk, Putting the Shot, Running Broad Jump…