Word: jumping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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DeKiewiet continued his consistent performance in the high jump, scaling 6 ft., 2 in. and leaving co-favorite Andy Wohlgemuth of Penn in a tie for second with the varsity's Bob Downs...
Displaying fine power and control all the way, the varsity was never in doubt of victory after its tremendous racing start at a 42-33-32 gave it a four seat jump on Princeton--the only challenger throughout the race. Within the first half mile, the eight had three quarters of a length on the Tiger shell, a full length on Dartmouth, and over two on both Tech...
...hammer throw, Doten uncorked a tremendous 174 ft., 6 in. heave to beat teammate Jim Doty. Pat Liles and Bob Downs cut into Penn's broad jump strength by taking second and third...
...world's indoor high-jump record is officially held by a Boston University freshman named John Thomas, who last month propelled himself 7 ft. 1¾ in. into space. Unofficially, it is held by the members of the Bolshoi Ballet, who last week bounded about the stage of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House like a herd of nail-tailed wallabies. In the second week of their eight-week U.S. visit, the Russian dancers proved that they can leap higher, farther and more daringly than anything north of Australia. More important, in some dazzling performances of Swan Lake, they...
...usual, three-year-old Tommy, with whoops and cries of good fellowship, climbed into the bed and began to jump up and down on his father's waking form. "I like to get up early anyway," said Dr. James Alfred Van Allen philosophically, and got up. By 8:30 Dr. Van Allen, a sturdy (5 ft. 8 in., 175 Ibs.) figure in a sober grey suit, was climbing the steps of the limestone building that houses the physics department of the State University of Iowa in Iowa City. The janitor waved casually, called...