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Capturing three relay races, three field events and tying for first in another, the Blues were by far the class of the meet. Yale took the 440, sprint medley, and shuttle relays; the pole vault, shot put, and discus throw; and tied for first in the high jump...
...Crimson won every event in which it entered, letting Andover capture the pole vault. Yardling winners included Leo Daley with a double in the discus and weight throw; Jim Cairns in the 1000; Dave McLean in the mile; Paul Alabamian in the shot put; Mike Robertson in the 300; Dick Wharton in the 600; and Henry Moore in the high jump...
...Pasadena, Calif., Fortune Gordien, competing in a John Muir College track and field meet, broke his own official world mark in the discus throw with a prodigious toss of 194 ft. 6 in.-bettering the old record...
...featured performers: California's Parry O'Brien, 21, who had established two successive world records for shot-putting in the past few weeks with heaves of 59 ft. ¾ in. and 59 ft. 2⅜ in.; California's Sim Iness, 22, who broke the world discus record a fortnight ago with a toss of 190 ft. | in.; Kansas' Wes Santee, 21, who last month ran the fastest mile in U.S. history (4:02.4)* None of these heroes bettered his own best last week, but just as the crowd started to drift away...
...Iness jubilantly tossed his towel in the air. But he was frankly a little surprised by his heave: "The discus left my hand so easy I didn't figure it was going very far. I never spun harder, but I didn't even finish with a grunt...