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Ashenfelter, never very impressive as a miler, holds the indoor record for the two-mile distance, 8:50.5, and is the present Olympic 3000-meter steeplechase champion...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Josy Barthel Will Run Here May 15 Against Ashenfelter, Dwyer, Wilt | 5/5/1954 | See Source »

...milers a few years ago, Wilt has steadily declined. He was second to Barthel all winter, and is regarded as a better two-miller than miler...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Josy Barthel Will Run Here May 15 Against Ashenfelter, Dwyer, Wilt | 5/5/1954 | See Source »

...anywhere: 4:04.4, three seconds off the world record. Last week he was in Philadelphia, on leave from college, where he is studying to be a teacher, as a special guest for the invitation mile at the Penn Relays. Another special guest: Mai Whitfield, two-time Olympic champion half-miler, who was making his mile debut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Modest Miler | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

...Moines, Kansas Miler Wes Santee anchored four winning relay teams in two days of competition at the Drake Relays, helped set U.S. records in the sprint medley and distance medley. Unofficial star of the relays: ex-Southern California Shotputter Parry O'Brien, who tossed the 16-lb. weight 59 ft.9¾ in., a full 6½ in. farther than his own world record. The heave goes into the record books only as a "noteworthy performance," since the Drake Relays lacked the required three competitors in the event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, may 3, 1954 | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

Coach Bill McCurdy will not use hurdler and broad jumper Bob Rittenburg, or Captain and half miler Jack Richards. Both these men, out with foot injuries, will probably be able to run next week against Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen Favored To Cop Bruin Meet | 5/1/1954 | See Source »

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