Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young Crimson squad made a little history of its own yesterday at the Palmer Dixon Tennis Courts, scoring Harvard's first-ever win over the Tigers and clinching with it a tie for its first-ever Ivy championship...
With Adam Dixon, Cliff Sheehan, Kim Stevens, and Steve Ezeji-Okoye all sitting out to save themselves for the Heps, the men's version of the GBCs became a battle between defending champion Boston University and Northeastern, which Harvard beat last week in dual meets. The Terriers emerged victorious with a total of 106 points while Northeastern finished right behind with 102 and the Crimson finished a distant third with a total...
...Sheehan, Dixon, and Stricker were all resting--after their superb performances at the Penn Relays on Friday. Sheehan, Dixon, Dwayne Jones, and Brad Bunney finished second in the Distance Relay, turning in a time of 9:27.5, only three seconds over the world record, while Stricker finished second in the mile with 4:36, her best time of the season. Hammer thrower Al Quintero finished fourth at Penn on Friday with the best throw of his career and then went on to top it on Saturday at the GBCs...
Harvard continued to add to its point total in the 1500 when senior Adam Dixon and Sheehan took first and second, respectively. Huskie Jim Sargeant had the lead as the trio went into the gun lap. Coming around the last turn. Sheehan put on a burst of speed and passed Sargeant. But, just as Sheehan nabbed the lead. Dixon put on his usual explosive kick and passed both of them to win the race with a time...
...Dixon's kick also propelled him into second place in the 800, while teammate Brad Bunney crossed the finish line first. In a race reminiscent of the 1500, both Crimson runners hung back until the final turn, when they simply blew away their Northeastern opponent...