Word: hurdler
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...Awori in the hurdles will be junior Tony Lynch, a third-place finisher in last year's indoor Heps, and champion in the Big Three and Greater Boston meets. Lynch is at his best running the longer distances outdoors, but even at 60 yards he may be the best hurdler in the league...
Tony Lynch, the University's premier hurdler, added some laurels of his own with a second place in the 440-yard hurdles against top opposition. Manhattan's Vince McCardle won the event in a scintillating 0:51.6, and Lynch's runner-up clocking was a speedy 0:51.9, a Harvard record...
...than able to cope with the Trinidadian's challenge. Ed Meehan has never set a world record while running in his sneakers, but he is a strong, courageous, exciting runner who should win the 880 and the mile. Yale has no sprinter who can stay with Aggrey Awori, no hurdler in a class with Tony Lynch, no two-miler who can challenge Walt Hewlett on a good (though the Elis' Ross o Dell has caught Hewlett on bad days before). If Yale's pole vaulters and javelin men are fairly sure winners there is no Bulldog who can leap with...
...company-sponsored after-hours sports program, and the top 100 or so athletes are housed in special dormitories and given practicing hours off with pay. Barring upsets and injuries, Riccar will contribute 14 athletes to Japan's team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo this fall, and Hurdler Yoda stands the best chance of any Japanese athlete to win Japan's first postwar gold medal in track...
...Baby Bruins, who were undefeated during their indoor season, could easily have spoiled the Crimson's record. The Yardings were especially vulnerable without hurdler and broad jumper Harvey Thomas, who broke a bone in his foot last week...