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When Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal for the 100-meter race at the Seoul Olympics for using illegal steroids, he claimed that someone had spiked his water bottle. That dubious explanation was torpedoed last week by Johnson's longtime coach, Charlie Francis, who told a government inquiry that the runner, along with up to a dozen other athletes at his Toronto club, had knowingly been taking performance-enhancing drugs since...
...addition to Pfefferle's and Rainey's respective third- and first- place showings, long distance runner Romney Resney took sixth place in the 5000-meter...
...women's team will compete in its final competition of the indoor season next weekend at the National Championships. Two national qualifiers, Suzanne Jones and Rainey, will represent Harvard. Jones will compete in the 5000-meter run, and Rainey will take part in the 400-meter dash...
Captain Donald Lavigne ran for the Crimson in both the 400-meter dash and the distance medley relay, but did not place in either event...
...highlights for the Crimson was the performance of freshman Derrick Horner, who qualified for the finals in the long jump and won his heat in the 200-meter dash. Horner finished eighth out of 12 in the long jump, but he failed to qualify for the finals in the 200-meter, despite winning his heat with a time of 22.3 seconds...