Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University race of approximately two miles Yale had the pole. Cates of Yale led by about two yards for the first two laps when he was passed by Young of Harvard, who gradually increased his lead and finished his relay about 10 yards ahead. In the second relay L'Engle of Yale made up the distance and took the lead in the middle of the fourth lap, but Miller of Harvard passed him in the last half lap and won by a yard. For two laps in the next relay Minot of Harvard maintained this lead but was passed...
...upper class relay race was very close between the Juniors and Sophomores. For 1907, Doyle, who had the pole led for the first relay and finished about ten yards ahead. Van Brunt, who ran second for the Sophomores, passed Dick '07 in the second lap and finished about 10 yards ahead of him. In the third relay the Juniors again took the lead. Brinsmade '07 ran a strong race and passed Becker '08 on the last turn, winning by about two yards. Dana, who ran this relay for the Seniors, made up about 15 yards but was 20 yards behind...
...this race, after a fast start, the lead alternated between H. F. Miller, Jr., '08 and M. H. Stone '07 until the beginning of the second mile. Here D: Grant 4M. forged to the front and alternated in the lead with A. King 2L. until the last half lap. At this point W. G. Howard '07, who had been running in third place, spurted, and passing King near the line finished three feet behind Grant and the same distance ahead of King. A. G. Grant '07 won the pole vault with a jump...
...yards. The exhibition of fancy diving by the Harvard team was excellent. Brown won the water-polo game by the score of 3 to 0, the Harvard team being handicapped by the loss of several regular men. The 200-yard relay race was won by Harvard by over a lap...
...seconds made by the Yale team was nearly a minute under last year's time and established a new track record. Yale took the lead from the start and gradually increased it from ten yards at the end of the first relay to almost three-quarters of a lap at the finish. The race with Pennsylvania was closer. By the end of the second relay Harvard was about seven yards behind and the last two men were unable to cut down this lead, the last Pennsylvania runner, Taylor, finishing about eight yards ahead of Dives. In the individual contests...