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Senior weightman Dave Bernstein, who came from total obscurity as a freshman to place in the Hep weight indoors and the hammer outdoors, and senior Charlie Ajootian, who captured the NCAA title in the weight throw indoors, captured the other two Improvement Awards...
Sophomore Ed Nosal and senior captain Dick Benka, who combined to sweep the shot, hammer, and discus Saturday and helped provide a comfortable point cushion for Bill McCurdy's runners, split the weight awards as well. Benka, undefeated in the shot, and Hep, IC4A, and Greater Boston champion, received the Little Shot Put Award for the third consecutive year, while Nosal won the Carver weight award...
...Nosal and Frank Champi completed a Crimson sweep in the weight throws, as Nosal captured the hammer throw with 171 ft. 2 in. distance and Champi outthrew teammate Richie Szaro in the javelin with a heave of 228 ft. 11 in. Yale's Tom Neville, who placed second in the discus, was the only Bulldog to place in the weight events...
...Yardlings will probably sweep the weights with Jack Driscoll earning victories in both the shot put and the hammer throw. Sprinter Ed Diamond also has a good chance to record a double...
...shot pat with a toss of 55 ft. 7 in., nearly three feet ahead of teammate Charlie Ajootian, the runner-up. Both performers picked up more points for the Crimson later when Benka finished second in the discus throw and Ajootian came in fourth in a closely-contested hammer throw won by Harvard sophomore Ed Nosal. Only 2 1/2 feet separated the top four finishers...