Word: benjamin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Varsity cross-country captain Dyke Benjamin finished 31st in the IC4A cross-country championships at Van Cortlandt Park, New York, yesterday, with a time of 25 min., 48 sec. However, as a unit the Crimson was not qualified for a team finish position, as only four varsity runners entered the race instead of the usual five required for a full team score...
...absorbing his first defeat of the season, Benjamin ran approximately 36 seconds slower than when he won the Heptagonals on the same course a week...
...Benjamin is naturally a "front runner," one who sets the pace whenever he can, and is not bothered by the psychological disadvantage of knowing he may be outsprinted at the finish. Whenever Healy tried to ease the strain by running ahead of Benjamin and then slowing up, the Crimson captain would simply move out in front again...
...pair fought each other until they reached "Cemetery Hill," about four and one-quarter miles along the course. Pounding steadily at the hill, Benjamin was able to increase his lead to about four yards at the top. He then sped down the other side, leaving the exhausted Healy thirty yards behind him. From this point to the finish, the places did not change much...
...Benjamin registered a 25:12 time and a victory at Van Cortlandt...