Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...performance of the 400-yard freestyle relay team. A quartet made up of Rex Aubrey, Dave Armstrong, Roger Anderson, and Tim Jaecko raced to a world's record time of 3 minutes 16.1 seconds in this event. In the process, Armstrong, Anderson, and Jaecko were all unofficially clocked in lap-times that bettered the recognized 100-yard record...
Suddenly, as she talked. Eve White began to change. She looked dazed; then the lines of her face altered in a slow, rippling transformation. Her hands dropped lightly from her head to her lap. She relaxed into an attitude of comfort that Dr. Thigpen had never seen before. Her blue eyes opened wide and sparkled. She gave a quick, restless smile. In a bright, unfamiliar voice, she said: "Hi there, Doc!" Everything about her had become coquettishly provocative...
Possibly the strongest showings for the varsity were in the 600, the hurdles, and the dash, where against strong fields, the Crimson took first and second. In the 600, Cairns held the lead from the first lap to win by four yards over teammate Wharton, who had passed Eli ace Bob Skerritt on the last turn. Cairns' time of 1:12.0 broke the old Harvard mark of 1:21.2 set by Al Wills...
...Delany and Tom Courtney, ran away with everything but the starter's gun at the 68th annual Boston Athletic Association games. Loping along just back of the pacesetters in the 600-yd. run, Fordham Alumnus Courtney shifted into high on the backstretch of the next-to-last lap, shot into the lead and finished 20 yds. in front of Villanova's Joe Gaffney, who now runs for the Army. It all seemed so easy that even Tom was surprised to hear his time: a world-record-equaling 1:09.5. In the mile, Ron Delany, the Irish Olympian...
Dave Norris, Dave Spinney, Bill Thompson, and Pete Reider could not match their Yale counterparts, finishing a half-lap behind the Elis, who beat B.U. by about ten yards. Pinceton finished third, 30 yards ahead of the Crimson...