Historic Moments at Hayward
- On July 8, 1960, UCLA teammates Rafer Johnson and C.K. Yang both broke the Decathlon world record, finishing first and second at the AAU championships.@@namesarecorrect@@
- On July 6, 1972, Steve Prefontaine set the American record in the 5,000 meters and qualified for the Olympic games in Munich that year.
- On July 16, 1982, Mary Decker entered in late to the 10,000 meter and destroyed the current world record by 42 seconds.@@nameiscorrect@@
- On May 27, 2001, Hicham El Guerrouj ran a 3:49:92 mile, the fastest in U.S. history.@@checked@@
- On June 8, 2008, Hayward veteran Maria Mutola won her 16th straight and final race in the Pre Classic.@@checked@@
