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...field events, Dave Randall continued to reach for pole vault heaven, winning at 14 feet, while Garth Andrade grabbed another first in the javelin with a toss of 197 feet, 7 inches. And in the steeplechase, which combines lots of track and a little swimming. Bruce Weber fought a tough early stretch to run his second fastest time of the year, winning...
Similarly, thinclad javelin specialists Garth Andrade and Joe Bowen threw 205 and 202 feet respectively for new personal records. While teammate Jim Mullen claimed one of his best tosses with a throw of 197 feet. Once again, the competition provided five longer throws to grab the points...
Szaro went out for outdoor track that spring and promptly broke the school and the New Englan javelin record with a toss of 246' 7". But a sophomore year injury curtailed his physical activities, and the multi-sport star was forced to give up running...
...Wells needed a closing rush to edge out Cuba's Silvio Leonard in the relatively slow time of 10.25. (The best U.S. time this year was 10.02 by James Sanford of the University of Southern California.) A Cuban woman, Maria Colon, set an Olympic record in winning the javelin. Jaak Uudmae, 25, of the Soviet Union, won the triple jump, foiling Teammate Victor Saneyev's bid to win four consecutive golds in the event. Saneyev, 34, who first won the triple jump in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, finished second...
...falling down to kiss the track after finishing third-as Mike Shine, the 400-meter hurdles silver medalist in 1976, had done when he qualified for the team that year-there were moments of world-class jubilation. Karin Smith, 24, last week's women's javelin champion, danced around the infield, stabbing her fist into the air. Anthony Campbell, 20, who finished third behind heavily favored Renaldo Nehemiah in the 110-meter hurdles, leaped so high for joy that he could have qualified in the high jump...