Word: gbc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...case in the GBC's Harvard's real strength and depth was revealed in the running events. The Crimson, in fact, took 1-2 or better in every race longer than a sprint...
Vincent Vanderpoole-Wallace, who had a particularly fine day at the GBC's, took the long jump but not before he incurred an injured leg on his first jump. He came back after that to make one more effort before retiring for the day and came up with a fine winning effort of 23'8". In Vanderpoole-Wallace's absence, freshman Huseyin Kayali took the triple jump with a Cox Cage record distance of 47'7" in what Harvard coach Bill McCurdy termed a "major surprise...
...winning times and distances were in general inferior to those turned in by Harvard in its GBC win, but both the dirt track and the lack of any serious competition in most events made outstanding efforts hard to come...
...wide open affair at Big Three meets and this year is no exception. Both Yale and Princeton have sub-4:10 milers to challenge the favorite, Harvard's John Quirk. The 600, however, should be a Crimson strongpoint with Nick Leone coming off a very fast 1:09.9 GBC win, and only a two man entry rule preventing a possible Harvard sweep...
...last week's GBC's the two mile shapes up as a wide-open battle this time between Ric Rojas of Harvard, Vanderkraats and Good of Princeton, and Mearns of Yale. Rojas, who ran away from the field last Saturday to win in 8:48.8 could do the same this weekend, while Jim Keefe could surprise everyone with a repeat performance of his second-place GBC finish...