Word: lynching
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...Tony Lynch and John Bakkensen scored victories, and both gained meet records in the process. Bakkensen lived in to his billing as favorite in the discus throw with a 173 ft., 8 in. toss, over three feet farther than the second place effort. The win avenged Bakkensen's only loss of the season, to Manhattan's Bob Snelgerwald in the Penn Relays...
...Lynch also righted some wrongs. Colgate's Dick Johnston and Navy's Court-yard Cray had upset the Crimson's captain-elect in the 440-yard hurdles earlier is spring, but neither got within arm's length Saturday...
...Lynch boomed out of the blocks and won going away, seven yards ahead of Villanova's Larry Livers, and three more in front of Gray. The time, 0:51.5, tied the record set last year by Maryland's Chris Stauffer...
Livers turned the tables in the 120-highs, the most exciting race of the day. Lynch led most of the way, but the Wildcat speedster caught him at the last hurdle and was a little bit stronger in the stretch. Both men were clocked...
Another good bet for an individual championship is Lynch, who finished second in last year's 440-yard hurdles behind Manhattan's Vince McArdle, who has graduated. Lynch lost to Pittsburgh's Dick Johnson at the Penn relays and to Navy's Cortland Gray in the Heps, but both races were close. The Crimson's captain-elect will double in the 120-yard high hurdles, where he's likely to place if he can approach his season's best time of 14.3. Doubling, however, means running five races, and that's a lot of hurdling...