Word: miles
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sophomore Dave Pottetti led the Crimson effort, surging to the front early and holding a slim lead over the field of 250 for the first mile. As the race progressed into the wooded hills, however, Pottetti gave way to Georgetown's Steve Stageberg...
Rated close behind the Jumbos are Georgetown, Penn State, and Harvard. Georgetown is led by Steve Stageberg, who finished second in last year's meet and has already carded the season's top time on the five-mile Van Cortlandt Park course. Penn State finished seven runners in front of a competent Navy team in a recent dual meet and could have the depth to challenge...
...Spengler to handle the crowded conditions and fast early pace of a large championship meet. Both reacted well in the Heps, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively. But there will be four times as many runners today, and more experienced runners have been known to get lost in the five-mile shuffle...
...gathered on the promenade of the channel resort town of Brighton, jostling for a look down the road that led from London. At last, the first car appeared. Then another and another. Finally, after eight hours, the last of some 250 pre-1905 cars to make the annual 50-mile "Old Crocks' Race," puffed, wheezed and whistled into town, piloted by a collection of antique-car buffs who consider themselves the royalty of the auto world. Appropriately enough, some real royalty was on hand for the proceedings: Monaco's Prince Rainier, at the wheel...
...raced only in stakes events, romped to victory in such prestigious handicaps as Aqueduct's $108,000 Suburban, Saratoga's $53,500 Whitney and Chicago's $100,000 Washington Park, in which he set a new world record of 1 min. 32 1/5 sec. for the mile...