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...meter run, Kansas' Jim Ryun finally made it in the 1,500 meters, for which he holds the record. Concentrating on only one event should practically ensure him a gold medal. Two weeks ago, Jay Silvester, a Utah insurance salesman, broke his own world mark in the discus with a toss of 224 ft. 5 in., which is more than 10 ft. farther than anybody else has ever flung the 4-lb. 61-oz. wood and' metal saucer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics: Back on the Gold Standard | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

...white faces. I didn't even recognize people who had been my teachers, once they were immersed among their own kind." On the debating team at Epsom, he developed a keen gift for words and also played rugby; and in 1952 set the school record for the discus throw (115 ft. 81 in.). He is remembered at Oxford as a good history student?though his grades were only average?and for a bright red MG sports car, with which he frequently burned up the A40 highway between Oxford and London on weekends. It was only one of several high-speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: NIGERIA'S CIVIL WAR: HATE, HUNGER AND THE WILL TO SURVIVE | 8/23/1968 | See Source »

Ajootian took third in the hammer and a non-scoring sixth in the shot. Wilson placed-fifth in the hammer and second in the discus, while Hedendahl got third in the discus. Captain-elect Dick Benka lost his first shot put event of the year, finishing a disappointing second to St. John's George Allen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen Finish Fourth in IC4A's; 4 Weightmen Supply Team's Scores | 6/3/1968 | See Source »

Whether he knows how or not, next year Nosal is expected to be a top Ivy contender in both the indoor weight and the outdoor hammer along with Charlie Ajootian, who placed fourth in the NCAA's, and Ron Wilson. In addition he will continue to throw the discus, which was his best event in high school, and the shot, where he broke Dick Benka's freshman record with a 51' 10" heave this spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nosal Pegged to Top Ivies In Both Hammer, Weight | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

Second top point getter on the team. Nosal tripled three times in the outdoor season. In the freshmen's narrow win over Princeton, he swept the discus and then settled down against Princeton's top weight men in the hammer and shot. After fouling twice in the hammer, he qualified on the last throw and went...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nosal Pegged to Top Ivies In Both Hammer, Weight | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

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