Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trio of Columbia harriers crossed the finish line together at 25:45 to ensure the Lions' 23-32 triumph over the Crimson, while Harvard's Bruce Weber, captain Adam Dixon and freshman Peter Jellie grabbed the next three spots, in 26:05, 26:05 and 26:07, to help the squad down the Quakers...
Point guard Calvin Dixon--who can dribble in the IAB as well as he would be able to in the new arena--has adjusted easily to the delay, if a little less enthusiastically than Taylor. "I was really excited about playing Stanford in the opening game in Harvard's new arena," he said, "but then I asked when it would be ready, and when I heard late March or something like that, I just chalked it up to 'wait till next year...
Foremost among them was team captain Adam Dixon's first collegiate cross country race victory. Although Dixon's time of 31:08 was unspectacular for the ten-kilometer distance, the victory established the middle-distance record-setter as a more than viable threat in an event many times longer than the 1500-and 800-meter events--Dixon's undisputed fiefdom in the winter and spring track seasons...
What also raised many eyebrows was the second-place finish of sophomore Andy Gerken, who sped in only one second after Dixon. Even taking into account his strong training camp performance, few would have predicted that Gerken, who ran the same race in J.V. colors last year, would end up in the place position...
Surveying the results, Dixon attributed some of the harriers' success to their inexperience. "The fact is that all of us are more or less neophytes, and that keeps us together. It's a sort of bond and it adds to how much we enjoy it," Dixon said...