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...those days. In his junior year, the gridders drove the length of the field in the closing seconds to shock Yale and tie for the Ivy title. In his senior year, they beat the Elis at the Yale Bowl to win it outright. On track, he threw the discus, the shot, the hammer and the 35-lb. weight. The field contingent of the track team, in the Jiggetts days, was simply devastating. You just couldn't beat...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Danny Jiggetts Returns to Harvard | 2/24/1979 | See Source »

...Instead of wasting your time throwing that pansy Frisbee thing in the Yard, throw a five-pound discus...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Fresh Man to Freshman | 9/19/1978 | See Source »

...discus event, Joe Pellegrini grabbed the third slot, behind Paul Baginski of Cornell and Duane Fuller of Army. In the pole vault, Geoff Stiles, who had won last year's competition with a 15 ft., 6 in. mark, came away with a disappointing fourth place finish...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Trackmen Tie for Fifth Slot in Heps | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

Wendy Carle, one of the trackwomen's most consistent performers this season, had another good day, winning the javelin and snagging seconds in both the discus and the 400-meter hurdles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackwomen Outdistance Rhode Island | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...Pellegrini had an off day in the discus, but still threw the metal Frisbee 159 ft., 11 in. to pace another Crimson sweep. Dave Sullivan hardly soared in his speciality, the high jump, but his 6-ft., 8-in. leap was good for first place on the top of still another Harvard sweep...

Author: By Elizabeth N. Friese, | Title: Crimson Outdistances Bulldogs, Thinclads Romp in 130-32 Rout | 4/26/1978 | See Source »

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