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...they are only two heroes of Harvard's best athletic year ever. Departing with Allard and Fusco is perhaps the finest slew of athletes to grace the Harvard fields in recent memory. Graduating today is Adam Dixon, who helped bring a string of Heptagonal trophies to Cambridge for the men's track team. And Howard Sands, who turned the Crimson's men's tennis team into a national powerhouse...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Award-Winning Cast: | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...Adam Dixon...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Award-Winning Cast: | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...every year that the Harvard track team loses an Adam Dixon to graduation. Three-time All-Americans don't come easy in any sport or at any school, so one can see why Dixon is special...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Award-Winning Cast: | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

Shortly before retiring a year ago after 30 years of coaching Harvard track teams, Bill McCurdy observed that Dixon had "more athletic ability than anybody I've coached." Current Coach Frank Haggerty agrees: "Adam is one of the greatest performers we've ever had, without question...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Award-Winning Cast: | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...accolades? Dixon holds seven Crimson records in middle distance events. Two years ago he set an American record in the 1000 meters at a Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet. He is also the quintessential team performer, often running in three or four races for a given meet. When he set the 1000 meter record, for example, the lanky senior was running in his second race...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Award-Winning Cast: | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

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