Word: hurdler
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...will take an athlete of Thomson's type to make such a performance and the hurdler will have to have similar conditions to make possible the chance of equalling this record. The day Thomson made the record he was in his best physical condition; he had an exceptionally good bunch of hurdlers to force him; the day was ideal for a record-breaking performance...
...tall, fast athlete with lots of power and a strong competitor is the real type of high hurdler. An athlete who competes in the high and low hurdle event at the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet needs plenty of stamina as he may be compelled to run from 6 to 10 heats and finals in the two day competition and in each heat and final he must run faster than the preceding one. As a matter of fact the ordinary hurdler will do better by specializing in one event as should be elect the two competitions...
...great many of the names are those of men who were formerly star performers in intercollegiate meets themselves. W. F. Garcelon, L. '94, a former hurdler at the University, will serve in the capacity of chief judge at the finish of the races...
...this, was dropped out of the 220 yard final. F. P. Kane '20 returned a double winner and a record smasher, in two beautiful races. He established a new quarter mile mark of 40 seconds and came back in his second race to nip Wells, the speedy Dartmouth hurdler, as the finish of the 220 yard low hurdles for first honors in 25 seconds. Captain Tibbetts ran away from the field in the two mile run with E. C. Haggerty '27 chasing him all the way to the tape, to smash his own record by one and a fifth seconds...
...Connell prepared at Exeter where he was captain of the football team and for two years the leading hurdler on the track team. He played end on the 1929 eleven last fall and has been running in the hurdles and the sprints this spring. In the first meet of the season last Saturday, which the first year men lost to Andover, he took first in both the high and low hurdles, although the latter event has hitherto been his sole specialty...