Word: meetings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Neil prepared for the University at Exeter, where he captained the Red and Gray runners in his last year. Running in his last schoolboy meet against Andover, he won both the quarter and half miles, being clocked in 50 seconds for the 440 and 1 minute 57 seconds in the 880 times which almost landed him on the United States Olympic team...
...representing Exeter in the Harvard Interscholastic Meet, under miserable weather conditions, he travelled the half mile distance in 1 minute 68 1-6 seconds to break the meet record for this event set up by W. J. Bingham '16 when the present Harvard athletic director was Exeter's track captain...
...meet, which has become a permanent fixture of Harvard post-season track events, is sponsored by the Harvard Athletic Association with a view to stimulating interest in track athletics among the high schools of Massachusetts which until recently have been behind those of the middle Atlantic and Western states in this respect. This year the meet is under the direction of T. E. Downey: of Commerce High, and C. E. Gaision '29, manager of the Freshman track team...
...Osborne '26, manager of last year's University track team and present editor of the B. A. A. News, has been chosen referee of the meet, with H. W. Clark '23, assistant Graduate Treasurer, as Marshal, R. C. Floyd '10, former Harvard track manager, will again fill the position of clerk of course...
Several of the marks set in the class A division of last year's meet testify to the quality of competition which has been developed in the six years this gathering of schoolboy athletes has been held. New records in the quarter mile and in the 880-yard relay race were the features of last spring's contests. Smith of Brookline High did the quarter in 51 seconds and the Dorches for High quarter turned in a fast 1 minute 35 seconds for the half. Other outstanding performances were a 100 in 10 2-5 seconds by Trull of Lowell...