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Aggrey Awori was one of two double winners and the individual high scorer in the meet, accounting for 15 points before fatigue forced him out of the competition. Awori took the 100-yd. dash in :10.2 and the 220-yd, run in :21.9, as well as third place in the broad jump...
...course record away from her archrival, Jacqueline Auriol of France, the American Jackie whipped the knife-winged jet through its paces at 1,203.94 m.p.h., erasing Auriol's 1962 record of 1,149.65 m.p.h. And last month Jackie cracked her own mark in the 15-25-kilometer straightaway dash, boosting the Starfighter to 1,273.10 m.p.h., which, as every girl knows, is almost twice the speed of sound...
...only other Crimson points in today's events came with a victory by Aggrey Awori in the 330 yd. intermediate hurdles, a third-place finish by John Parker in the 220 yd. dash, and Parker's fifth place in the 100 yd. dash. Awori did not compete in either sprint or in the high hurdles...
After the resounding victory against Brown last Saturday, Harvard may enter the Heps as the distinct favorite. Awori now rates among the top ten performers nationally in the 220 yd. dash, the high hurdles, and the broad jump...
...addition to the 220 record, Awori also broke Landau's mark in the 120 yd. high hurdles; barely edging Hank Hatch in the new record was 14.1 seconds. Awori also tied the most ancient University record on the books when he ran the 100 yd. dash in 9.8 seconds, equalling a mark first set in 1906 and since tied by several men. As a final gesture, Awori won the broad jump with a leap...