Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman relay team won from Stone's School on the board track on Holmes Field yesterday by nearly half a lap. The Freshmen led the entire race, every runner increasing the lead with which he started. Each man ran three laps or 390 yards. The time, 3 minutes, 19 3-5 seconds, was very good for a cold...
...Billings started for the Freshmen and A. Barth for Stone's School. Both ran well for two laps, when Barth weakened and allowed Billings to finish ten yards ahead. P. C. Cummin ran second for 1912 and increased the lead over S. Waterman slightly. W. Bradley, Stone's third runner, lost more to D. P. Ranney, and in the last relay F. Bradley fell on one of the corners, W. H. Fernald winning by nearly half a lap...
...mile along the course. The leaders, however, kept well together until a steep hill was reached, two miles from the start. Here H. H. Howland of Technology took the lead, closely followed by Jaques and Young. This order was maintained for the first three miles. On the second lap Young took the lead, hard pushed by Dull. The pair were running shoulder to shoulder when they turned into the stretch at the finish. Young with greater reserve forged ahead, winning by a scant eight yards...
...unexpected, as was the poor showing of Michigan, which scored only two second places, Heath in the broad jump and Rowe in the mile. Michigan's weakness was largely caused by the failure of her two-mile runners, Dull and May, to secure places. They miscalculated the number of laps they had run, because of the accidental falling of the bell at the beginning of the seventh lap, which made them believe they were on the last round. Rowe of Michigan showed weakness in the mile, allowing Halstead of Cornell to pass him at the last moment. If Michigan...
...mile and half-mile were easily won by Captain Jaques of Harvard, the star of his team. In the former F. R. Mason and S. H. Tilson of Yale were second and third respectively. For the first lap and a half in the half-mile I. S. Kirjasoff of Yale led the field, but he was passed at this point by Jaques. J. Morrison '11 finished six inches behind Kirjasoff...