Word: leaping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...make this great mental leap forward, it is possible to pretend that there will be some athletic competition this Saturday when four Harvard varsity teams play at home. This will take some effort though. The zany unpredictability that usually enlivens Harvard sporting events is unlikely to enter any of this weekend...
Chris Pardee took the high jump as expected, but a pleasant surprise was Jack Spitzberg's 6 ft., 4 1/2 in. leap, as high as Pardee's winning jump but good only for second place because of Pardee's fewer misses. Spitzberg had taken a terrific spill on the asphalt track on route to qualifying for a hurdles hest, but scraped himself off the ground in time to make his second jump...
...Aggrey Awori and Chris Ohiri gave the Crimson a one-two finish, but Harvard performances in the event this spring haven't been up to that championship calibre. Awori has competed only sporadically because of his heavy sprint schedule, and Ohiri managed only a 22 ft., 4 1/2 in. leap against Princeton. Dartmouth's Bill Hayden, who took third in the indoor Heps, will give these two a rough test today...
Awori beat Princeton's John Rall, sprint champion in the indoor Heps, in both the dashes. His times over the rough Palmer Stadium track were 0:10.0 and 0:22.2. Ohiri took the broad jump with a 22 ft., 4 1/4 in. leap, and added a first place in the triple jump with a 46 ft., 11 in. effort...
...Crimson broad jumpers placed; Chris Ohiri's 23'5%" leap was good for sixth and Aggrey Awori (23'1 1/2") and Chris Pardee (22'10") were further back...