Word: avault
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's sophomore broad jump trio of Bob Galliers, Skip Hare, and John Avault will have their hands full with the Eli jumpers. Led by talented Calvin Hill, who has soared 25', Yale has four men who have done better than...
...other sophomores gave their best dual-meet performances of the season to produce two more Harvard first places. Willowy Jim Coleman soared 6'3" in the high jump to eclipse the Harvard-N.U. meet record of 6' 2-3/4". And broad jumper John Avault won his first meet of the year with a 21' 9-1/2" leap...
...team is particularly strong in jumping. Galliers, Skip Hare, and John Avault swept nearly every meet in both the long and triple jumps. Jim Coleman (6 ft. 3 in.) and Bill McBride (6 ft.) were consistent point getters in the high jump, and between them won in all but one meet. Paul Frankel scored well in the pole vault...
Yardlings were weaker in the sprints. But Ray Hornblower, Bob Lyng, and Jon Polansky were able to score enough seconds and thirds to keep the opposition honest. The sprint relay team of Metzger, Lyng, Avault, and Hornblower ran only one really good race, but it was when it counted: against Yale...
Noel Hare, who placed second, jumped 22 ft. 111/4 in. but lost by half an inch. Hare had been injured and out of competition for a month before the meet. Bob Galliers finished third at 22-8 1/4, and John Avault was fifth...