Word: meter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...breaststroke event: Captain Al Ratkiewich of Yale, who broke the meet 150-yard backstroke mark and won the new 100-yard event; Jack Blum of Yale, who set meet records in winning both the 220-and 440-yard freestyle; and Eli diver Roger Hadlich, winner of both the one meter and three-meter dives...
...surprise, Yale immediately took a tremendous lead, with a win in the freestyle relay, first and second in the one meter dive, first and fourth in the 150-yard backstroke, first in the 220-yard free, and fourth in the 50-yard free and 200-yard breaststroke...
...child-like belief in self-torture. From the first day of a skiing career when one learns how to permanently twist his legs through a stop known as the "herring-bone" to the day when he finally succeeds in relieving himself by breaking them off leaping from a 60 meter jump, the skiier must be firmly convinced that permanent mutilation is not too severe a price to pay for a few days on the slopes...
Crimson swimmers left yesterday for Annapolis to compete in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming Meet tonight and tomorrow. There was no Harvard entry in the only event last night, the 1500-meter free style, won last year by Ted Norris '49. Two special short events are featured in the Intercollegiate Meet for the first time; Steinhart and Woods are swimming the 100-yard backstroke, and Veilman the 100-yard breaststroke...
...four-event meet will include the slalom, downhill, cross-country, and 60-meter jump, a long jump for collegiate competition. Both captain Bill Wasserman and Jim Weaver will take part in all four events, while John Hart and Skid Land will participate in the cross-country and jump. Gordon Abbott, Jerry Porter, and Don Justice will ski in the downhill and slalom competitions. Four men will enter each event, and the top three of each team will score...