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...Crimson has many reasons to be optimistic about the weight events, and one of the biggest is captain Dick Benka, shot-putter supreme. This winter, Benka went undefeated in dual meets, was IC4A and Heptagonal champion, and took fourth place in the NCAA indoor championships...
Harvard's premiere shot-putter, Captain Dick Benka, picked up two points by grabbing fourth place in his event, and junior Keith Colburn collected the Crimson's remaining point with a fifth-place finish in the 1000-yard...
...shot put, Benka had to fight some of the toughest competition in the meet. Winner Carl Salb of Kansas set a new meet record of 66' 3/4", bettering Randy Matson's old record by almost three feet. Kansas stars also swept second and third places with heaves of 61' and 60 9 1/2", compared to Benka...
...Benka, who now weighs 275 pounds, is by almost any standards a big man. But, he says he would still like to put on a few more pounds. He's six pounds short of getting a draft deferment...
Captain Dick Benka is one of the leading contenders in the shot put after taking the IC4A championship last week. His 61'5 3/4" heave earlier this season is a Harvard record and ranks him in the top five in the nation. Charlie Ajootian is expected to give Nosal a tough battle in the 35-pound weight event, along with two Navy throwers whom Nosal has already defeated this year...