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Princeton's star miler Craig Masback did not compete and the Crimson's ranks were thinned by injuries as tri-captain Steve Brown and distance ace Pete Fitzsimmons were both side-lined...
...million concrete stadium that hovers over the Olympic Park like the fossil of some monstrous crustacean. And immediately the absence of Black Africa's runners was felt. In the first day of track heats, New Zealand's John Walker, the world's fastest miler, failed even to qualify for the 800-meter semifinals. This was only a tune-up for the 1,500-meter race Walker runs this Saturday-an event that will not include Tanzania's record-holding Filbert Bayi-but the poor showing still was unexpected. "I wish Bayi were here," said Walker...
...dawn each morning at the Tanzanian training camp near Mount Kilimanjaro to take a brisk, eight-mile jog through the chill highlands air-at a formidable sub-six-minute-mile pace. Later in the day, after calisthenics and a rest, the slightly built (5 ft. 9 in., 135 Ibs.) miler would run to the point of exhaustion. Unlike the notoriously roistering Walker, Bayi does not smoke or drink, and, while training, he tucked himself chastely into bed by 8:30 p.m. He had even postponed marriage to his fiancee, who bore him a son last fall, until after the Olympics...
...first test will come this Saturday against Northeastern. "I think we can beat them," miler Campbell said yesterday. "They didn't look too good on paper...
There's more to the Crimson's success than just personal improvement or depth, however. "The spirit this year has been fantastic," according to Bill Okerman, a strong miler who's out for the rest of the indoor season with an injured Achilles tendon. "We have a team that's going out there and just pouring it on," McCurdy comments...