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Admittedly the super-sleek '74 edition of the Crimson thinclads has to be given the edge against an Army team that dropped a 90-78 decision to Manhattan last week. But Army has its share of 9.7 dash men and a bumper crop of under 15 second hurdlers, who could each be good for 15 points...
...there is optimism today in the Dartmouth sprinters' camp. Richard Berryman, a 9.9 sprinter, waits anxiously for a confrontation with Harvard's number-one dash man Alan Boyer, winner of his race against Yale last Wednesday...
...track circuit a couple of years back concerning pro football's middle linebacker Tim Rossovich's antics in a certain sprint race out on the west coast. Rossovich, a notorious "flake," to use the sportwriters' cliched epithet, had challenged the foremost sprinters in the nation to a 60-yard dash. As he stepped up to the starting line, he produced a can of STP oil, opened it, and proceeded to down the whole can. When the gun sounded, Rossovich took off with a sluggish start, and finished about three lengths behind the rest of the field...
Nevertheless, none of these contests will compare to the 100-yard dash match-ups scheduled for this afternoon. In these stellar heats, there are enough 9.2 sprinters assembled to make up about five gold medal 440 relay teams. Particularly impressive is San Diego's Steve Williams, the number one sprinter in the world to date. About one one-hundreth of a second off Williams's pace is Chris Gorpenborg of UTEP, a steady 9.2 runner. Reynaud Robinson of Olympic notoriety will also be in attendance, as well as NCCU's versatile Larry Black. Black...
...Crimson picked up three one-two finishes from Mel Embree and John McCulloh in the high jump, Jay Hughes and Steve Niemi in the hammer throw and Nick Leone and Joel Peters in the 440-yd. dash...