Word: miles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hour later, Benjamin, obviously tired, faced another top group of runners in the two-mile. He led the pack for most of the first mile and one-half, but in the seventh lap Bob Kunkle of Navy, John Morrison of Yale, and Bob Lowe of Brown all passed the Crimson ace. With hope seemingly lost, Benjamin somehow found strength for a rally and won going away in 9:12.6. Some unofficial timers figured out Btnjamin's time for the last 440--an unbelievable...
Other Crimson point scorers were Frank Yeomans, fourth in the 100; Jed Fitzgerald, third in the mile; Dave Brahms, fifth in the 440, and the mile relay quartet second...
...varsity came through with a smashing 88-52 triumph over Army, and it was clear that the team had undergone a complete metamorphosis since the indoor season. Dyke Benjamin, badly injured all winter, won the mile in 4:15.6 and then came back to take the two-mile in an amazing 9:08.5, a new University record...
...week later, the Crimson crushed a weak Princeton team, 99 to 41, in the Stadium. Gordon turned in one of his best competitive efforts, a 48.3 440, but Tiger sophomore Dick Edmunds won by a step, establishing a new meet record. Benjamin's bid for a University mile record fell short, as he was beaten by teammate Jed Fitzgerald in 4:16.2. John Bronstein won the discus with an excellent 158 ft., 33/4 in. toss, and John deKiewiet took the high jump for the second straight week...
Hank Abbot finished second behind Heptagonal champion Carl Shine of Penn, but he broke the University record with a 52 ft., 3 in. heave. Benjamin was a double winner, taking the mile in 4:14.8 and the two-mile in 9:13.0, and Joel Landau won both hurdle races. Sophomore Frank Yoemans emerged as a first-rate dash man, beating Penn's Dave Coffin and Cornell's George Ekstrom with...