Word: mikkolamen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cold, wind-swept Yale track the Mikkolamen made good their early season promises, clicking off 11 out of 15 first places. Highlights in the Crimson's stunning triumph were the double victories scored by Jim Lightbody in the 440 and 880, George Downing in the shot and discus, and Don Donahue in the hurdles...
Before they travel to New Haven, the Mikkolamen must face Northeastern, Holy Cross, and Dartmouth--the first two in a triangular meet on Saturday, May 6; and the boys from Hangover, New Hampshire, on the following Saturday...
...climax of the indoor track season for the Quad winning Crimson squad, and for a good many squads all over the country, is the featured IC4A meet in New York Saturday night. The Mikkolamen are conceded an outside chance to come home with top honors, but this time Manhattan replaces Cornell in the favored spot; and between Manhattan and Cornell there is a world of difference...
...previous years, Harvard has found the hilly course at Nassau a frequent Waterloo, as the flat lay-out along the Charles had given the Mikkolamen no preparation for the gruelling hill-and-dale affair of the Tigermen. This year, however, Coach Jaakko had his men working out on the Brookline Country Club roughs and fairways, building up a stamina which proved the winning factor for the race...
...magnificent sprint. Increasing the gap with every stride, Harvard's captain broke the tape twenty-five yards ahead of his opponent, furnishing an almost precise duplicate of his victory over Bonthron in 1933, when Playfair overtook Princeton's ace runner some eighty yards from the tape, to lead the Mikkolamen to victory...