Word: cahn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cahn came from nowhere in the stretch of the 880 to catch Bill Hanne of Army, who had whipped him easily indoors. With the javelin all but over, Tom Blodgett won the event with his next-to-last throw, and he took first in he pole vault with a 13-ft. effort on his final attempt...
...mile, Benjamin had the aid of a new opponent--half-miler Art Cahn, running his first race at the mile distance. Cahn stayed with Benjamin through a 61.0 quarter and a 2:06 880, and he even passed his teammate momentarily midway in the third lap. But Benjamin pulled away, practically sprinting the entire last lap, and finished 75 yards in front...
...Cahn held off Dartmouth's Roger Coates for second place, crossing the finish in 4:23.2, a respectable first effort. After recovering, he walked off the track muttering about "crazy people" who run the mile. An hour later, however, Cahn was back on the track for the two-mile. Here again he did well, covering the distance in 10:18 for third place behind the Crimson's Willy Thompson and Coates...
Using his strong kick, Dave Brahrms won the 440 for the Crimson in the absence of captain Albie Gordon. Gordon busied himself by competing in the 100 and 220, picking up a second in the latter event. Taking over for Cahn, Gus Schumacher turned in a 1:57.3 clocking...
Crimson 880 man Art Cahn ran the best race of his life, a 1:53.4, but he bowed to Yale's Tommy Carroll, who set a meet record with 1:52.0. Besides Landau, the only other Crimson runner to take a first was Benjamin, with a meet record of 9:12.0. in the two mile. The Yale mile relay quartet racked up still another ecord with a 3:16.6 performance in the mile relay...