Word: jump
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Andover's total of '58 points trailed Exeter with 38 3-4 points and then Medford High with 11. In all but one event, the discus throw, the winning school placed, while its big rival, Exeter, faied to make itself felt in the 440-yards dash and the high jump...
...over the list finds no one likely to beat C. Borah in either the 100-yards or 220 yards dashes, in which he has done 9 4-5 seconds and 21 4-5 seconds; nor any one to beat W. S. Edwards, G. Larsen, or E. Renouf, who high jump 5 feet 10 inches; nor K. N. Stone, who puts the shot 46 feet. Captain W. Healey of Andover, present holder of the Harvard Interscholastic javelin record of 164 feet 5 inches, will almost certainly win that event...
Unless something unforeseen happens, G. Glendenning of Andover will capture first place in the broad jump. Andover will also gain anywhere from five to 11 points in the high jump...
...looks to me now as if he were one of the four," said Coach Farrell, commenting on Gourdin's chances of being one of the quartet to represent the United States at the Olympic Games in the Pentathalon this summer. "He holds the world's record in the broad jump, of course, and is very good in all the other events...
...summary of Gourdin's best times and distances upholds Coach Farrell's prediction. His world's record of 25 feet 3 inches in the broad jump practically assures him first place in that event. In the discus he won the championship of the New England District last year in the Amateur Athletic Union contests with a throw of 129 feet 11 inches. His best records in the other events are 175 feet in the javelin, 22 1-5 seconds in the 200 meter dash and 5 minutes 5 seconds in the 1,500 meter...