Word: hillier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...remarkable display of depth, the varsity placed its entire 12-man squad ahead of the first M.I.T. team, and only a second place finish by B.U.'s Canadian marathon champion, George Hillier, deprived the Crimson of cross country's equivalent of the perfect game...
...continued a strictly intramural race until the mile and a half mark, when Hillier, who had been running far behind, moved up into ninth spot. Reider, Norris, McLean, Bill Thompson, Jim Schlaeppi, and Brown ran for the Crimson in that order...
...lake turn, with Reider leading by 40 yards, Hillier began to make his move, running in the sixth spot. At this point the race became merely a matter of how many varsity runners could cross the finish line before the first opponent...
...second loop at the lake, Reider held a 60-yard lead, with Norris and McLean matching strides only five yards in front of the onrushing Hillier...
After about three miles, Hillier clipped the corner off a turn to make up his deficit and move into second place. The race then settled into a duel between him and the front-running Reider...