Word: medalist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, Foster blazed through yesterday's green course with a 72, the third-lowest score for all competitors. That tally, which was two over par, gave Foster a 153-stroke finish--nine strokes behind medalist Gary Rencurrell of Central Connecticut...
...wasn't always that bad in East St. Louis. Katherine Dunham, a grande dame of the dance, was able to operate a studio in the city in the late 1960s. Heptathlon gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee recalls a happy childhood there and still returns occasionally from the West Coast to visit friends. But today the hottest ticket in East St. Louis is a ticket out of it. The two high schools produce perennial state champions in football and basketball, putting - a few gifted athletes on the road to college, hoping for stardom in the N.F.L. or N.B.A. For other youngsters...
February 28: Olympic silver medalist Bobby Hackett swims in the final dual match of his career, winning the 1000-yard and the 500-yard freestyle, as well as anchoring the victorious 400-yard freestyle relay...
Central Connecticut won the 36-hole match with 617 strokes and thus qualified for the NCAA tournament. Hartford, stroking 632, and Yale, with 646 strokes, finished second and third respectively. Stroking 153, Hartford's Pat Sheehan was the tournament's medalist...
Murray, who turned in the fourthlowest score of the day, a 165, was bested by the fantastic 159-stroke play of teammate Robert Kincaid. Kincaid narrowly missed nabbing medalist honors, losing a two-hole playoff to Boston College's Pete Keller...