Word: cawley
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hayes led a full complement of three American sprinters into the 100-meter dash semifinals, and Yale graduate Jay Luck, Billy Hardin and Rex Cawley qualified in the 40-meter hurdles...
...torn hamstring muscle in his thigh, he had to finish at least third in one of the dashes to earn a trip to Tokyo. Hayes did even better: he tied the American record (10.1 sec.) for the 100-meter dash. Like Broad Jumper Boston, Ohio's Rex Cawley had an intriguing theory about breaking world records: don't train. Cawley's worked too: he ran the 400-meter hurdles in 49.1 sec. And then there was California Schoolteacher Mike Larrabee, who really should have stayed in bed. Chronic gastritis, ruptured pancreas and all, Larrabee tied the world...
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...This team is so strong it kind of frightens me," said Coach Payton Jordan. Indeed, to hear them chatter, the U.S. team that took on Russia last week was the hottest thing since sweat suits. "Each of us is the best in our field," boasted Hurdler Rex Cawley before the meet. "The Russians have two chances -slim and none," chortled High Jumper Gene Johnson. Munch, Munch. The words must have tasted bitter. After two disastrous days in Moscow, the men's team barely edged the Russians, 119-114, and the women's team lost by an embarrassing...
RICHARD S. CAWLEY Needham, Mass...