This Day in Sports History

March 13

1894—J.L. Johnstone of England invents the starting gate for horse racing.

2010—Oregon’s Ashton Eaton breaks Dan O’Brien’s 17-yearold world record in the indoor heptathlon. Eaton sets a mark of 6,499 points at the NCAA indoor track and field championships, passing O’Brien’s record of 6,476.

2012—BYU pulls off the biggest comeback in NCAA tournament history on a wild opening night. Noah Hartsock scores 16 of his 23 points in the second half and the Cougars rally from 25 points down to beat Iona 78-72 in the first round.