Word: colburn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard and Coach Bill McCurdy, today may be a chance to see how far the ailments of Hardin (bad knees) and Keith Colburn (Achilles tendon) have healed...
Somewhat overshadowed by the crew's successes in Canada and Europe, Harvard's two super sophomore track stars, miler Roy Shaw and half-miler Keith Colburn, managed to run themselves into the University record books this summer with outstanding performances overseas...
...summers big story was Colburn. The red-haired freshman captain emeritus followed up his victory in the Oxford-Cambridge meet with a spectacular 1:48 880 in the British nationals in July. Since Colburn was wearing a Harvard jersey in that race, official word has it that that time will be accepted as a university record. And then the next week, in Dublin, Ireland, Colburn upset the former Villanova star, IC4A champion, and Olympic finalist Noel Carroll, running a 1:49.1 half to whip the Irishman in his home town...
...Colburn, who campaigned all summer in Europe, also posted a 47.5 quarter mile-leg, the fastest quarter n his career, in helping win the mile relay for his club in the British club championships. His strong half mile-leg in the medley relay likewise helped his team cop that title...
Baker grabbed the lead from Colburn after the first half mile, and added gradually to his advantage, finally clinching the race with a strong move about 1.5 miles from the finish. His time was 27:52, 56 seconds over Hardin's course record...