Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This past tall Dixon, still away from school gradually prepared his comeback. Harvard coach prank Haggerty says he tutored his pupil ever the phone while Dixon fan eight to 10 miles a day on his own on Tuesday Dixon returned to school Then came Saturday race...
History is helpful here. Before being felled with a ripped tendon in his left foot Dixon was the All-Ivy, All-East, All American sensation who set an American record in the 1000 meters. Going into what should have been the final six months of his Harvard career Dixon was expected by many to be the top collegiate middle distance runner in the country...
...expectations were dashed of at least postponed by the injury Dixon suffered in a dual meet against Army at the end of 1981. The Wilton, Conn. native went home and didn't run on an indoor track for more than a year...
...Dixon the GBC mile was his first race in 14 months. And all observers knew it According to Haggerty. "There were a lot of expectations surrounding the race, which put more pressure on Adam". Dixon ran with a broken hand and an untested left foot. He responded to the situation superbly...
Lady Luck certainly played its part. Dixon's opponents--BU's Mark Kimball and Brandeis's Mark Beeman--came out of the blocks with a slow pace which delayed putting pressure on Dixon's tender foot until the late stages of the race...