Word: eamon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Doug Hardin's spectacular, record-setting two-mile triumph earned him the meet's outstanding performer award for the second consecutive year. Hardin ran just off the pace for most of the race, following Yale's Frank Shorter and Princeton's Eamon Downey. With just over a lap to go, he uncorked an astounding kick to open up a twenty-yard lead. Hardin's last quarter-mile was clocked in 60 seconds, and his overall time of 8:48.6 shattered his own meet record of 8:56.4 set last year. Dave Pottetti took fourth place behind Downey and Shorter...
Doug Hardin will defend his title in the two-mile against Yale's Frank Shorter and Princeton's Eamon Downey. They are the only other entrants who have broken the nine-minute barrier this season. Hardin has never lost to either of them on the track and holds an important psychological edge. Crimson sophomore Dave Pottetti is a dark horse possibility in this event and should pick up valuable placing points...
Making the team for the second time were Harvard's Doug Hardin, Eamon Downey of Princeton and Jerry Williams of Pennsylvania. On the squad for the first time were Keith Colburn, Tim McLoone, Royce Shaw, Tom Spengler and David Pottetti of Harvard; and Dick Stafford and Thomas Yunck of Princeton...
Steve Bittner, Senior, Yale; Keith Colburn, junior, Harvard; Eamon Downey, junior, Princeton; Douglas Hardin, senior, Harvard; Timothy McLoone, senior, Harvard; David Pottetti, sophomore, Harvard; Royce Shaw, junior, Harvard; Frank Shorter, senior, Yale; Thomas Spengler, sophomore, Harvard; Richard Stafford, junior, Princeton; Jerome Williams, senior, Pennsylvania; Thomas Yunck, sophomore, Princeton...
...Keith Colburn finished a scant four seconds behind Shorter in third place. Colburn ran the best race of his career, starting strongly and maintaining a steady pace in fourth position most of the way. Throughout the fourth mile, Colburn gradually whittled away the gap between himself and Princeton's Eamon Downey. The two of them matched strides until Colburn turned on his speed in the final 100 yards to edge Downey by a second...