Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Baltimore. July 1970. Dr. Delano Meriwether, a 27-year-old hematologist, is stretched out on his bed watching a telecast of a track meet between the U.S. and France. He stares intently at the 100-meter dash, turns to his wife Myrtle and says, "Hey, I think I can beat those guys." Myrtle nods and mutters, "Sure, honey...
...course, the race Saturday is four miles instead of the usual 2000-meter courses rowed during the regular season, but Yale has shown no indication that it has unusual endurance. The race will go upstream from the railroad bridge over the Thames...
Another competition completely dominated by Harvard athletes was the 40-meter run, which Nick Leone won in 48.9 ahead of Rich Melyoin (49.3). In the shot put, Joe Naughton was first with a heave of 50' 91/2...
Oxford's Tony Moore turned in perhaps the day's most devastating performance in the 5000-meter race against Harvard's Tom Spengler and Jeff Brokaw, both of whom are strong distance men. Moore and Cambridge's John Rix pressed the Harvard runners hard from the start, and then no one could stay with Moore as he moved away for a win in 14:27.8, 22 seconds faster than Spengler's time...
Martin's victory came in the 200-meter dash (22.0), while Klosterman won the pole vault with a leap of only...