Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...exception of the new record, made in the race against Pennsylvania by the University relay team, of three minutes and 10 seconds, which was afterwards lowered another second by the Amherst team in its race with Georgetown, the performances were not particularly noteworthy. An unfortunate accident on the last lap of the exciting relay race with Yale caused that event to be declared no contest. In this race, of 780 yard relays, excellent running by Clerk and Walsh gave Harvard a lead of nearly 20 yards for the first two laps. Deming of Yale cut this lead down considerably, however...
...third place. In the 40 yards dash, handicap, W. P. Henneberry '06, 7 ft., took third place in the final heat, which was run in record time. J. H. Stone '04, with a 50 yards start, won the 1000 yards handicap race by a creditable sprint on the last lap. The time was two minutes and 23 seconds. C. H. Robinson '04, with a handicap of one foot and an actual put of 42 ft. 1 1-2 inches, was awarded second place in the shot put. Sheldon, of N. Y. A. C., won the event from scratch with...
...each member of the winning team, and prizes will also be given to the teams finishing second and third, and to the man making the best individual record, The run will be held over the regular steeplechase course, a little over six miles in length, and divided into five laps with eight hurdles and water jumps to a lap...
...Colwell 2G. easily won the two mile run from scratch. On the fourth lap Colwell was twenty yards behind the first man. He took the lead, however, on the fifth and steadily increased the distance, finishing at least 60 yards ahead of the rest...
...mile He took the pace and steadily increased his lead until at the end of the mile and a half he was thirty yards ahead of Bumstead and forty yards ahead of Mills. From this time on Mills began to catch up and at the beginning of the last lap had passed Bumstead and was only thirty yards back of Franchot. This lead was cut down somewhat before the finish but Franchot won easily in 10 minutes. Mills took second place, fifty yards ahead of Bumstead. Of the eleven starters, Hall and Frothingham of Harvard were the only other...