Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time the baton was passed to anchor Huvelle, the N.U. runners had built up a five-yard lead. Huvelle hung behind N..'s Mike Roberts until the final half-lap of the race. Then, to the cheers of an enthusiastic crowd, the stocky captain poured it on, caught Roberts with 15 yards to go, and beat him by a fraction to the finish...
...defense of Saigon is now largely in Vietnamese hands. Even more significantly, the U.S. Marines are beginning to turn over the task of manning the strongpoints along the Demilitarized Zone to the ARVN. Already the first units of the ARVN 1st Division are in place on the eastern anchor. Newly armed not only with the M-16 but also with M-60 machine guns (as will be all the ARVN this year), the Vietnamese 1st will soon take over Gio Linh, Con Thien and all the exposed positions where the Marines have taken such heavy casualties in the past year...
...Baker, Dave McKelvey, Jeff Huvelle, and Trey Burns streaked around the 21-lap course in 7:45.8, bettering a six-year-old Cage mark of 7:52.3 by six and one-half seconds. Burns, the team's anchor man, crossed the finish line nearly a lap and a half ahead of the last Terrier runner...
Hemery should be an entry in the 600 yard run, however, and may anchor B.U.'s mile relay team. In both events he will be a threat...
...mile relay both the Harvard and Army teams were clocked at 3:24.0, a new Cage record, but Army won the race. The Cadets had built up a five-yard lead when Huvelle, Harvard's anchor man, began to close the gap. Huvelle came within inches of catching the Army runner but never quite made it and crossed the finish line a fraction behind...