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...more, Track Coach Tom Williams, a onetime halfback with the Los Angeles Rams, gets only ten athletic scholarships a year. But he makes the most of what he has. Williams can field nine runners capable of cracking 10 sec. in the 100-yd. dash, a 174-ft. discus thrower, a 26-ft. broad jumper -and the best sprint relay team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Looking for a Challenger | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

...leap with Chris Ohiri, a consistent 23-footer in the broad jump and a threat to go right out of the pit in the hop, step and jump. The close events should be the shot put, where Chuck Merecin and Art Croasdale renew an old rivalry, the discus, where Harvard's Heps champion John Bakkensen and George Levendis are about even, and the high jump, where two amazing sophomores, Harvard's Chris Pardee and Yale's Kim Hill, are consistent at 6-6. But the Crimson's strength in the track events should decide the meet easily...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: The Weekend Sports Scene | 5/9/1964 | See Source »

When Mottley tries to add a 220-yard dash victory to his other laurels, Aggrey Awori should be there to stop him. Judging from performances this spring, John Bakkensen is likely to reverse last spring's loss to Levendis in the discus...

Author: By Philip Ardery, | Title: Bulldogs, Star-Studded But Thin, Will Test Track Team Tomorrow | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

...University record in the shot put and sweeps of the high jump and discus highlighted an all-Crimson afternoon at Brandeis yesterday, as McCurdy and Co took a comfortable 60-28 lead over Northeastern halfway through the Greater Boston Conference Track And Field Meet. The running events will be held today, beginning with the 440-yard relay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Trackmen Grab First-Round GBC Lead | 5/6/1964 | See Source »

John Bakkenson and Bill Pfeifer swept the discus, leaving Wallin in third place. Bakkenson's winning toss topped 167 ft., also a new meet mark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Trackmen Grab First-Round GBC Lead | 5/6/1964 | See Source »

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