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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dyke Benjamin led the varsity track team to a respectable third-place finish in the Heptagonal track championships last Saturday at New Haven. Yale's powerful Bulldogs won the Heps title with 64 points, followed by Navy with 41 1/5 and the Crimson with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Takes Third Place Behind Yale, Navy in Heps Meet | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...Benjamin put on an impressive show of skill and courage in winning ten of the varsity's 40 points. In the mile, he led a fine field nearly all the way, until Cornell's Chuck Hill came from behind and caught him ten yards from the tape...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Takes Third Place Behind Yale, Navy in Heps Meet | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...hour later, Benjamin, obviously tired, faced another top group of runners in the two-mile. He led the pack for most of the first mile and one-half, but in the seventh lap Bob Kunkle of Navy, John Morrison of Yale, and Bob Lowe of Brown all passed the Crimson ace. With hope seemingly lost, Benjamin somehow found strength for a rally and won going away in 9:12.6. Some unofficial timers figured out Btnjamin's time for the last 440--an unbelievable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Takes Third Place Behind Yale, Navy in Heps Meet | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...varsity came through with a smashing 88-52 triumph over Army, and it was clear that the team had undergone a complete metamorphosis since the indoor season. Dyke Benjamin, badly injured all winter, won the mile in 4:15.6 and then came back to take the two-mile in an amazing 9:08.5, a new University record...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Varsity Turns In Fine Season; Benjamin, Blodgett, deKiewiet Excel | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...week later, the Crimson crushed a weak Princeton team, 99 to 41, in the Stadium. Gordon turned in one of his best competitive efforts, a 48.3 440, but Tiger sophomore Dick Edmunds won by a step, establishing a new meet record. Benjamin's bid for a University mile record fell short, as he was beaten by teammate Jed Fitzgerald in 4:16.2. John Bronstein won the discus with an excellent 158 ft., 33/4 in. toss, and John deKiewiet took the high jump for the second straight week...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Varsity Turns In Fine Season; Benjamin, Blodgett, deKiewiet Excel | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

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