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...fluid-drive sprint, and the race was over. Sowell was almost 4 yds. in front of Courtney and still moving away when he finished. Time: 1:50.3, a new indoor record, two-tenths of a second faster than the mark made 15 years ago by the late great John Borican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Hustlers | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

...After a few years of athletic obscurity in the Air Force, Georgetown's Joe Deady began his comeback by running a 3:01.2 three-quarter mile at the Metropolitan A.A.U. championships in Manhattan to beat the official record set in 1940 by the late John Borican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jan. 16, 1956 | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

...Boston, Mai Whitfield, twice Olympic champion at 800 meters and undefeated on the indoor tracks this year, won the 600-yard run in 1:10.2, equaling the indoor record set by the late John Borican (1941) and tied by Hugh Short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...special half-mile race the same night, Gehrmann, who had set a world indoor record a fortnight ago at 1,000 yards, did not fare so well. He was nipped at the tape by Reggie Pearman in 1:51.3, a tenth of a second faster than John Borican's 1942 Garden record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Record Run | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...Gehrmann, the national indoor A.A.U. 1,000-yard title; in Manhattan. Going all out right from the starter's gun, he beat the field by 30 yards in the world indoor record time of 2:08.2. Old record, set by John Borican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

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