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...height of 4.80 meters to secure the second spot and tack more points to the Crimson total and Clayman hurled the hammer 54.40 meters for sixth place and an IC4A qualification.For the veterans, senior co-captain Alex Lewis improved on his personal best by almost 200 points in the decathlon, logging 6,565 points and collecting a fourth spot. Lewis’s finish puts him just 89 points behind Peter Rittenburg ’82 as the Harvard decathlon record holder.Sophomore Justin Grinstead’s new personal best of 52.49 in the 400-meter hurdles was good enough...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Individual Efforts Bolster Improved Harvard at Heps | 5/12/2008 | See Source »

Senior co-captain Christian Ayers finished sixth in the hammer throw, tossing it 52.64 meters, and junior Alex Lewis added a point by finishing sixth in the decathlon...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Track Squads Struggle At Heptagonals | 5/6/2007 | See Source »

Harvard will rely on junior Alex Lewis in the decathlon and freshman 400-meter hurdlers George Eggers and Justin Grinstead, as well as its throwers, to pick up a majority of its remaining points...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Personnel Missing at Heps | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...dealing with the cold.” Junior Clara Blattler was the other female winner, taking the pole vault after clearing the bar at 3.65 meters. Junior Sally Stanton was third in the event, and freshman Heidi Hirschl was fifth. For the men, junior Alex Lewis won the decathlon with 6,366 points, and freshman George Eggers took the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.75. Several other women claimed top finishes. Sophomore Shannon Flahive finished second in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.64 seconds, and classmate Dara Wilson was fifth. Sophomore Kelli Okuji...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Two Different States, Track Teams Perform Well | 4/9/2007 | See Source »

DIED. Robert (Bob) Mathias, 75, legendary Olympian and former U.S. Congressman; in Fresno, Calif. Having taken up the decathlon only months before the 1948 London Olympics, Mathias won the gold medal at age 17. To celebrate, he said, "I'll start shaving, I guess." He repeated the feat at the next Olympics. As a Republican, he represented California in the House from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 11, 2006 | 9/3/2006 | See Source »

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