Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With co-captain Tom Mannix out with two dislocated fingers, Crimson coach Frank McLaughlin should start Mark Harris, Monroe Trout and Joe Carrabino at the forward positions, with Calvin Dixon and Donald Fleming getting the nod in the back court...
With the Crimson in no danger whatsoever in the overall points standing, Dixon withdrew from the 800, citing a lack of sleep and tight muscles. Lake recuperated from his earlier exhaustion to win the event, but with a slow, unconvincing performance...
...events, however, the thinclads saved the afternoon's thriller for last. After sitting out the 800, Adam Dixon decided that he was sufficiently fit to run the anchor leg on the two-mile relay...
When he took the baton, the Crimson foursome faced a half-lap deficit to the Brown team. As 200 spectators rose to their feet amid wild cheering and clapping, Dixon poured it on and passed the Brown anchor man within one quarter of a mile to finish a third of a lap ahead...
...time was not Dixon's best, but as team coach Bill McCurdy said later, "It was just an outstanding effort. He had to be dramatic...