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...weight men and three distance runners are coach Bill McCurdy's best bets for the first-place points. Captain Dick Benka is the defending champion in the shot put and has thrown over eight feet farther than his nearest rival, teammate Charlie Ajootian. In the 35-pound weight, sophomore Ed Nosal will pair up with Ajootian to battle Navy's Ed Potts...
Harvard is nationally known for its super-stars in the weight classes. Captain Dick Benka is ranked third in the country among shot putters; his best heave of 61' 53/4" broke all Eastern college records. Charlie Ajootian adds to the put strength and leads all U.S. collegiate throwers in the 35-1b. weight...
...Dick Benka and Ed Nosal led a beefy Harvard weight crew with record-breaking victories in the opening two events of the Greater Boston Collegiate Track Championships last night...
...Benka locked horns with Northeastern's Andy Kenney in the feature event of last night's program, the shot put. Kenney broke the five-year-old meet record with a distance of 58'4" on his second toss and held first place until the final round. In dramatic fashion the Crimson captain lofted the sphere 59'7" for a last-ditch victory and a new record. Charlie Ajootian and Bruce Hedendal collected additional points with third and fourth places respectively...
Tonight's schedule includes trials in the high jump, long jump, pole vault, and middle distances. Both trials and finals will take place in the weight events, with the shot put featured at 8:30. Harvard captain Dick Benka will square off in the circle against Northeastern record-holder Andy Kenney. Benka tossed the sphere 61'5 1/2" against the Huskies three weeks ago, but has not been over sixty feet since then. Kenney has made steady progress and won the NEAAU title with a heave of 57'11" last Wednesday...