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...Colburn, a readheaded Californian, is the biggest single reason for the freshman success this year. He is probably the greatest sprint prospect in Harvard track history, and he can do anything...
Lanky freshman Jim Voleman looked up at the high jump bar set at 6 ft. 4 in--higher than he had ever jumped in his life. Seconds before, Keith Colburn had streaked past the jump pit on his way to a victory on the anchor leg of the two-mile relay. That win put Harvard just a point and a half behind Princeton...
...Colburn doesn't do all the running. He is helped out in the mile by Roy Shaw, who was in bed with a virus for three days before Friday's meet but who came back to win the event by acting as though he were perfectly healthy...
...Haven last Friday, Colburn was phenomenal. First, he tied Jeff Huvelle's freshman 600 record of 1:11.9. Then, less than an hour later he won his second event of the day, the 1000. This time he smashed his own freshman mark by coasting across the line in 2:13.8. Finally, with a half hour's rest, he reeled off a 1:55 half-mile to anchor the victorious two-mile relay squad...
...Colburn can run shorter distances too. He anchored the mile relay team that won the BAA's last month in 3:23.3 by running a sub-50 sec. quarter. And he proved he can run longer distances this fall by shattering cross-country records on three-mile courses...