Word: discusion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...field events, Joe Pellegrini notched another discus win with a toss of 50.47 meters, and Chris Queen took the shot put with a 16.06-meter heave...
Look to the discus, where Crimson powerhouse Pelligrini is a perennial favorite. But despite the grease-paint "Kiss" facade, Pelligrini threw only 156 ft. 10 in., well below his capabilities. Northeastern's Bill Kovach won the event with a new stadium record...
...hammer, shotput, discus, and javelin events are likely Harvard powerhouses. Ed Ajootian, coming off a good indoor season, should fare will with the hammer, while Joe Pelligrini, throwing 167-ft. plus, will power the discus event. Chris Queen leads a shotput threesome, and a potentially strong duo of Dave Kinney and Mike Stewart will work the javelin...
...shattered for good by the IRS investigation, and out of it all could come pressure for reform-perhaps in the shape of open pro-am competition in track and field. But some athletes fear change will come too late for those already tainted by a corrupt system. Discus Thrower John Powell, for one, is worried that the IRS will put pressure on Stones to tell all he knows about other athletes. Says Powell: "Stones could turn out to be the John Dean of amateur track." Others cynically predict that AAU reprisals will be selective and merely cosmetic-barring...
First of all, there was Joe Pellagrini, who broke four records with one discus heave. At 183 ft. 3 in., Pellagrini's throw set new University, New England AAU, New England Collegiate, and stadium records--not bad for a muggy...