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...remember driving down to Eugene from Portland with my track team buddies to see Salazar and teammate Rudy Chapa run. Salazar was usually the favorite, but he spent most of his races in the middle of the pack, surging only in the last lap or so to win. "Salazar, Salazar!" the Eugene' crowds would yell...
Harvard junior whiz Darlene Beckford proved herself equal to the meet's high calibre by winning the mile in an outstanding 4:38.3 showing. Teammate Jenny Stricker took the lead early in the race, with fast quarters of 65 and 73 seconds, but was passed with one lap to go by UVa. junior Jill Haworth. Beckford then bolted into the lead at the final turn to out lean Haworth at the tape by .2 seconds...
...when you're shooting for that job in the law firm, bank or governor's office, dropping the Big H in everyone's lap as often as possible is a good strategy...
Rowe has dominated the Heptagonal 1000 for the past two years and had beaten Sheehan easily last week in the Big Three meet. Saturday, it looked like Rowe had wrapped up the event for the third consecutive year, building a substantial lead with only two laps remaining. But Sheehan exploded with his usual final-lap kick and almost caught Rowe as they rounded the last turn...
...Harvard runner immediately found himself boned in at the back of the pack, unable to pass. He surged toward the front in the gun lap to move from seventh to third, but was unable to catch William and Princeton's Mark Voit, who finished first and second respectively...