Word: javelin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...both the shot and the discus, and Harvard entries will have to go all out to beat him. Art Croasdale in the shot and John Bakkinsen in the idiscus appear to have their events safe for the Cadets. Clark Ballard in the hammer throw and John Ahearn in the javelin are favored over strong Crimson opponents...
...three events added in the spring are the javelin and discuss throws and the hop, step and jump. In his wildest dreams no Ivy League coach would dare hope for the strength Harvard has in the javelin. Hobie Armstrong, Hank Hatch, Tom Holcombe, and Peter Lamp all consistently fling the spear over 200 ft., with sophomore Lamp holding the University record of 212 ft., 6 in. The Crimson is not as strong in the discus, but McCurdy can count on quite a few points from John Bakkensen who set a freshman record in that event last year. Hobie Armstrong will...
...silver medal at the 1960 Olympics. He has been clocked at 9.4 sec. for the loo-yd. dash-just .2 sec. off the world record - runs the 120-yd. high hurdles in 13.9 sec., broad-jumps 25 ft. 5 in., high-jumps 6 ft. 4 in., whirls the javelin 238 ft. 7 in. But the pole vault is not Yang's cup of oolong. Until his big jump Yang had never gone higher than 14 ft. 7 in. in competition. "I used to hate practicing the pole vault." he says. "I was forever getting hit on the head...
...spirit it is right next door to Athens, Greece. Sewanee's burly boys chase not the pagan pigskin but good marks in Classics 206-"a study of Greek athletics." Purpose: to learn the arts of ancient boxing, running, wrestling, the discus, the shot and the javelin, plus "the Greek concept of athletics and its place in Greek education...
...vague flare that Patrolocus' javelin made...