Word: meters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Where they were was in the inside of a course with a wicked bend at the 600-meter mark. Going from a crosswind to a tailwind after the curve, the Crimson oarsmen found themselves a length behind a host Penn squad and far behind the Midshipmen...
Harvard rowed right past the Quaker eight but could never make up the open water Navy had acumulated by the end of the 2000-meter course. The Crimson's record falls to 1-3, not familiar figures for any Harvard heavyweight boat, and especially not for this one--only two of the oarsmen are seniors, returned from last years' national championship eight, and four of them are sophomores, up from the freshman eight that won at Henley last year...
...meter course (most women's courses are 200 meters shorter) the Radcliffe lights left the University of New Hampshire way behind and glided to a 25-second victory...
...questions raised have revolved around eligibility, broadly defined: Who can enter what events? In the biggest case, 82 women runners from 21 countries, including U.S. World Record-Holder Mary Decker, were trying to have 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter races for women added to this year's schedule. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, they argued that the International Olympic Committee "operates with a 19th century view of the place of women." Indeed, as late as 1952 there was an unsuccessful I.O.C. proposal to eliminate women's track and field completely. Although three women...
American Indian Billy Mills, who 20 years ago became the first American to win an Olympic gold in the 10,000 meter run, told a crowd of 300 at the Science Center last night how he was able to triumph in the face of prejudice and opposition...