Word: holderness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Corris' showdown with Buckley was postponed because of the Yalie's illness, but that didn't deter the Crimson record holder from lowering his Harvard record in the 200-yard breaststroke to 1:15.2. Corris followed the Blue's Dick Traver's torrid 1:02.8 pace for the first 100 and glided into the lead and won easily, relaxing over the last 50. If Buckley swims in the Easterns next weekend, he could well receive the surprise Corris was planning to spring on him Saturday...
...yard butterfly will match Mettler, who set a Yale record of 1:59.1 against Princeton, against Hayes, who hasn't bettered 2:00.5 this year, but set a Harvard mark of 1:57.4 last season. The Bulldogs will also throw in Rick Schneider, their old record holder at 2:00.5. Mettler is a faster sprinter than Hayes and probably will set the pace, but Neville hasn't lost in a long time and might be able to wear Mettler down in the last 50 and win, with both men under the meet and respective college records...
There won't be too much pressure on Saturday night because no one expects me to win. But if I can hold the pace, I'd like to knock off the top man," said sophomore They Burns Harvard's record-holder in the 1000-yard run the IC4A championships this week in Madison Square Garden in New York, the relatively unheralded Burns will face the toughest competition of his career, including America's premier half-miler and Olympic finalist, Tom Farrell. Farrell has been hampered by a muscle in his left thigh, but even if he scratches, Burns will have...
...recalled that at this point he "felt strong and decided to go for the record." Burns sprinted through the tape with "plenty left," a winner by 25 yards and holder of a new record...
...Crimson, playing for one shot, killed 38 seconds, then, you guessed it, gave the ball to all-time scoring record holder, Keith Sedlacek. The 6-1 senior arched his famous jump shot for the last time in a Harvard uniform, and Dartmouth was dead...