Word: colburn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sophomore Dave Pottetti sped to his first victory of the season, clocking the third best time ever run on Franklin Park's "short course" (4.7 miles). Pottetti took the lead from teammate Keith Colburn just after the half-way point and bounded away from the field with an effortless stride to cross the tape with a fifteen-second lead...
...Colburn who controlled the pace for most of the first two miles. Leading the pack through a brisk 4:28 mile, the flying junior dualed B.U.'s Pete Hoss for the lead throughout the second, with Pottetti close behind. Just before the two-mile mark, Colburn charged up a hill "like a goddam maniac," in Coach McCurdy's words. Pottetti followed suit and Hoss was left in the dust ten yards back...
...their absence, McCurdy expects sophomores Dave Pottetti and Tom Spengler and junior Keith Colburn to lead the team. Pottetti has challenged Shaw and Hardin in the last few meets and is ready to strike...
...Greater Boston Meet has always meant more to local residents, and Spengler, a native of Arlington, could cast aside his role as a consistent supporting runner in favour of a first-place medal. Colburn, too, has shown flashes of brilliance and is a threat to run away with it all any time he is near enough to scent victory...
After a brief flash of brilliance in the middle of the race, Colburn settled back into sixth place. He revived in the final mile, however, to overtake sophomore Jon Enscoe and challenge Tom Spengler. But Spengler glanced back with about 600 yards to go and the redhead's attempt to "sneak up on him" was foiled when his teammate picked up the pace and clinched fourth place by two seconds. Enscoe finished behind Colburn in sixth place with a personal best time...