Word: hurdler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women also looked to their strong shot putter and 400 hurdler (a rare combination) in Penningroth as well as to their solid long and triple jumper, Lodewick. The Ipswich, MA native won both field events against Yale in an earlier spring dual meet and had become a regular first-place finisher...
...success of American hurdler Edwin Moses shows how critical changes in technique can be. Before the 1976 Games, Moses, a physics major in college and a strong proponent of sports science, analyzed his stride and discovered that it was longer than most hurdlers'. That, he figured, could enable him to shave a step from the traditional 14 that most competitors took between vaults in the 400-m hurdles'. Moses won the gold and wrote a paper on the biomechanics of running 13-step hurdles. Four years ago, at the U.S. Olympic trials, backstroker David Berkoff set a new world record...
...Spanish hurdler Maria Jose Martinez Patino never doubted her femininity until she arrived in Kobe, Japan, in 1985 to compete at the World University Games. Like all female athletes participating in international tournaments, she had to take a genetic sex-determination test, aimed at preventing men in drag from unfairly competing against women. Though Patino had passed such an exam in the past, she had forgotten to bring along proof. This time, to her amazement, she failed. The first test had evidently been botched. Patino, though clearly a female anatomically, is, at a genetic level, just as clearly...
Field events expert Cathy Griffin performed upto par, winning the shot put and discus andplacing third in the hammer throw, while juniorSuzanne Jones captured a victory in the 5000-meterrun and came back to finish third in the3000-meter run. Injured hurdler SenzeniSteingruber placed fourth in the 400-meterhurdles...
...think this win against Yale was key for team unity," said hurdler Senzeni Steingruber, who continued her undefeated outdoor season in the 400-meter hurdles despite a knee injury. "This is especially important, because it gets us psyched for Heps...