Word: chrisman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Popell, a varsity football end entering his first marathon, will be one of two Winthrop residents attempting the 26-mile jaunt on Patriot's Day. The other is junior Bill Chrisman, who finished 88th out of 200 in last year's race and hopes to improve his showing this year...
Popell and Chrisman are both confident of at least finishing the race, but refuse to predict how near they'll come to the record of two hours, 18.5 minutes, not last year with the benefit of a strong tailwind...
...year-old DeMar has won the classic seven times, and last year, though held to 82nd place, still managed to outrun Chrisman and, as he says, "a whole flock of others." He's planning to finish at least in the top 60 this year...
Popell and Chrisman, who took up marathoning last year as a hobby, have spent ten weeks in training for Monday's race, and will wind up their preparation this weekend with short runs of 15 or 20 miles...
...Speaking to 1,000 freshly scrubbed students at William Chrisman High School in Independence. Mo., Harry Truman noted that after his graduation from Chrisman in 1901, the school and all its records burned. Said Truman: "There is no official record I ever got a high-school education. Some folks don't believe...