Word: finished
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...split second, Breen did just what Counsilman expected of him. In Yale's 50-meter "long-course" pool last fortnight he flailed through each 100-meter segment of his 1,500-meter grind in almost identical times-never under 1:13, never over 1:13.9. He touched the finish line in 18:05.9, an eye-bugging 13.1 seconds under the world mark (TIME, April 9) held since 1949 by Japan's Hironoshin Furuhashi, became the first American ever to hold that long-distance record...
...racers who make a good run of it from the start, and collapse on the way from the turn; they . . . end up by being laughed at like a lot of fools, and run away uncrowned with their ears down on their shoulders, but real racers keep on to the finish, and win the prizes and the crown...
...contrast, the Crimson played smoothly as it whipped the team figured to finish second to it in the Greater Boston League. Captain Ken Rossano allowed only four hits over the first seven innings, before tiring in the eighth and permitting two runs on four hits. Bob Kessler pitched a hitless ninth. The fielding was adequate, and if the team did not hit, MacLeod rendered slugging unnecessary...
...proposed to eliminate the first two faults. A place judge was stationed at the end of each lane with a button in his hand. Each judge pressed his button when his swimmer hit the wall and the results were recorded electronically--the order of pressing determining the order of finish...
...relay team turned in its best performance of the year to set a Harvard record of 3:25.4 and finish third behind Yale (3:23.1) and Ohio State (3:24.5). A 49.9 final leg by Ohio State's Al Wiggins just managed to nip the Crimson for second place...