Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...falling off the platform in the midst of a passionate lecture was well established when I was at Yale. It went something like this: Mr. Scully was lecturing on Greek art, on the Feminine God of Minoan Crete, and while "entranced," fell off the platform into the lap of a beautifully endowed female in the front row. He leaped up, ringingly proclaiming, "Into the arms of the Mother Goddess!" and then went on with renewed articulateness...
Miler Jim Baker faded to fourth in the homestretch of the mile but recorded a fairly fast 4:12.8 time behind Army's Jim Warner. Warner also took the two-mile with his predictable last lap sprint and Baker finished third in 9:03.3. Senior Dave Allen shocked everybody by taking fourth, only .1 seconds behind Baker...
Trey Burns, another Crimson sophomore, won the 880 in 1:53.4, his best time this year on the Stadium track. But Burns had to go all-out to hold off Bob Stepson's last-lap challenge...
...Baker doubled in the mile and two-mile for the first time this spring and won both events with ease. He trailed teammate Ran Langenbach through three laps in the mile, then watched Dick Howe, another sophomore, sprit into a five-yard lead down the backstretch of the last lap. But when Baker sprinted the last 100 yards, he caught Howe easily and won by 5 yards in 4:13.4, the last quarter in 60 seconds...
Harvard's mile relay team beat B.C. and finally broke 3.20 as three men ran legs under 50 seconds. Huvelle surpassed Robinson's anchor lap of 49.3 with a fast 49 flat, and Trey Burns sped to a 49.7. Frank Haggerty, who is not a 440 man, finished...