Word: miles
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...totally wrapped up in the race. and it looked as if we were doing well. Julio baby was gliding along out of sight, but the rest was Harvard. With about three-quarters or half a mile to go. McCurdy turned to me and smiled. "Well, teamwise, its over." It was great, but what of Mr. Fair's predictions about Shaw? Then he started coming. Shaw had recently passed Stevens of Penn and was now closing on a group of three Quakers. He walked by two of them before the finish, and it seemed he had made twopence of Tupenny, although...
Several times Colburn slowed a little to let the Penn sophomore set the pace. but Pizza turned down the offer every time. At the two-mile point, Piazza and Colburn were running together with Mike Koerner. Tom Spengler. and John Heyburn, all of Harvard, close behind...
With about a mile and a half remaining the Crimson top four were still clustered, but not far behind were four Penn harriers. But Harvard's Roy Shaw was beginning to move. On Cemetery Hill, the four-mile mark on the five-mile course. Shaw passed Dan Stevens...
...knew we had the meet won when I passed Stevens." Shaw said. But with a quarter mile left. he started to move up on three Quakers who were bunched in positions six through eight. He passed tow but couldn't catch Karl Thornton. His final kick put a convincing finishing touch on the surprisingly clearcut victory...
John Quirk won his third consecutive race to lead the Yardlings over a supposedly tough Penn team, avenging last year's white vash. The Crimson took the top four places and might have had fifth if John Elliott had not sprained an ankle after one mile. "I suspected we had a great team and now I'm convinced of it." coach Pappy Hunt said...