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Without Dixon and Schuler in the mile, and Randall in the pole vault, Northeastern swept the Crimson in both events. Gus Udo's absence was also felt in the triple jump, where the Huskies took first and second. Despite these losses, the Crimson gave Northeastern all it could handle in the other events...
Jimmy Johnson got the thinclads off to a fast start with a tremendous performace in the long jump. The event had become a duel between Johnson and Northeastern's Russ Hartman with each one topping the other's last leap. Hartman broke 23 feet first, but Johnson met his challenge with a leap of 23'11'', his finest jump ever. Johnson's ecstasy only lasted a few seconds, however, as Hartman flung himself through the air for all of 24'1". And at the end of the preliminaries, Hartman's leap was the longest...
...crowd that had formed around the sand pit for the finals became hushed as Johnson bowed his head and began the approach of his first jump. As soon as he left the ground it was obvious that this was no ordinary leap. Before the length was announced the crowd burst into applause, and once the official announced the 24'7" distance, the applause became frenetic. Hartman had two more chances to top it, but neither jump came close, so Johnson took the event, besting his own personal record by over a foot, and missing the University record by inches...
What had begun as a Northeastern runaway had now become a legitimate contest. Needing victories in both relays and a sweep in the high jump to win, the Crimson put on a final surge. The mile relay had only two of its original members (since Bennet Midlo pulled a hamstring going around the first turn of the 440 and Dwayne Jones had hurt his thigh in the same race), but Ezeji-Okoye and Peter Rittenburg did admirable jobs filling in as the Crimson won by over four seconds...
...thinclads' performance will depend on the status of number-one long and triple jumper Gus Udo--who may make his long waited return from a knee injury--and the health of high jumper Mark Henry. The Huskies look very solid in all the field events, with Dave Julian (high jump), Russ Hartman (long and triple jump) and Scot Pladel (long and triple jump), all back from last year's squad. A group of promising freshmen should add to the Huskies' depth in the field events...