Word: brocksmith
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Venzke had a field of eight to beat in the final. He let Henry Brocksmith of In diana hold the lead till the back stretch of the last lap before he sprinted to pass him. What happened then made it the most amazing race of the meet. When Venzke took the lead, Norwood Penrose Hallowell, a Harvard miler who was beaten in the intercollegiate meet, sprinted to over take him. Venzke matched Hallowell's pace for 20 strides then dropped. Two more collegians, Frank Crowley of Manhattan College and Glenn Cunningham of Kansas, closed in and passed Venzke...
Running against the wind as well as with it was Indiana's Henry Brocksmith, conscientious and stocky, who won the mile and two-mile runs. On the backstretch of the oval track the distance runners, breasting the wind, moved as though in slow motion, exhausted...
...Henry Brocksmith of Indiana won the two-mile run in 9:13.6, a new intercollegiate record by 4.2 sec. Then, as anchor man on the team, he helped Indiana win the four-mile relay, losing the field in the last...
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