Word: meetings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perhaps the biggest surprise of the meet was Crimson sophomore Frank Yeomans in the 100. Competing against Coffin and Cornell's George Ekstrom, he took a slim lead after 50 yards and held it the rest of the way to give the varsity an unexpected five points...
...hour later Benjamin faced the Big Red's Nat Cravener in the two-mile. The two men raced neck-and-neck until Cravener passed Benjamin with two laps to go. Again Benjamin turned on his overwhelming finishing kick, winning this time by more than 15 yards in the meet record time...
...meet would have been a complete rout for the Crimson if it had not been for Quaker George Katterman. One of the strongest runners ever to compete here, Katterman won the 440 handily when Crimson captain Albie Gordon waited too long before challenging...
Just 40 minutes later, Katterman came back in the 880 and set such a withering pace that he was all alone at the finish. His time, the new meet mark, was a magnificent...
...Katterman was not through yet. After the Quaker and Crimson mile relay teams had battled it out for three laps, he and Gordon hooked up in another battle, with Katterman coming home first. The team's 3:19.8 was good for another meet record...