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...little more to the 100 than that. Even though it's over in a heartbeat, the race has three distinct stages: start, acceleration and deceleration. The start itself has two components, the reaction to the gun and the angle of takeoff. Says Brigham Young University track coach Willard Hirschi: "If you come up too quickly, you lose acceleration. If you lean too far, you can stumble. It is like an airplane taking off--there is an ideal angle at which you can generate speed." To get up to speed--about 23 m.p.h. at their fastest--runners have to be careful...
...Among the contestants will be Barcelona's prickly champ, Linford Christie of Britain; Ato Boldon of Trinidad by way of UCLA; Canada's two heirs to Ben Johnson, world champion Donovan Bailey and Bruny Surin; and Frankie Fredericks of Namibia and Brigham Young University. Fredericks, who is coached by Hirschi and is employed on the business side of a Namibian uranium mine, has been positively radioactive of late, running the second- and third-fastest 100s in history and then ending Michael Johnson's 21-race winning streak in the 200. There are also the three sprinters who will be trying...
...shutting out Vertin, 4 to 0, and Tatsuo Arima (123), also defeated by the Jeffs, showed much improved condition in riding Tech's Boese to a 4-1 victory. The Crimson's third decision was Dick Hook's second win of the season, this time 8 to 1 over Hirschi...
Phil Herrera lost, 3 to 4, to Jim Simmondts, Tech captain. Jack Graef (130) beat Mike Holmes, 3 to 1, and Len Miller was shut out by Tom Callahan, 3 to 0. Bill Miller (157) was also blanked, 7 to 0, by Join Hirschi...
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