Word: benka
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Junior Dick Benka won first place in the shot put on a 58' 10 1/2" toss at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia Saturday and banished any lingering doubts that he is the East's finest shot putter...
...discus, Ron Wilson, Bruce Hedendal, and possibly Dick Benka will be Harvard's entrants. Wilson, Charlie Ajootian, and Dave Bernstein will throw the hammer...
...tomorrow's events, Coach Bill McCurdy plans to enter Benka, the University record-holder in the shot put, in that event; Steve Schoonover, also a Harvard record-holder, in the pole vault; and a four-mile relay team...
Weightman Ed Nosal was a triple winner in the hammer, the discus, and the shot. He won the shot with a new freshman record of 51'5", beating junior Dick Benka's 1966 record...
Harvard filled the air with record throws. In the javelin sophomore Frank Champi set a new university record with a toss of 224'1", thirteen feet beyond his previous best. Shot-putter Dick Benka set a meet record with a toss of 56 feet and Ron Wilson broke the stadium record with a 167 foot discus throw. Charley Ajootian set a personal record with a 187 foot hammer toss...