Word: oommen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...George Oommen, a special assistant to the vice-president and designer of many of Harvard's athletic facilities (including Blodgett Pool and Bright Hockey Center) helped develop the track. He fine tuned its compliance which minimalizes the time a runner's foot is in contact with the surface to bring about its assets...
...track's impact will not only be felt at Harvard but also internationally. Oommen says, World class runners who are very close to setting records "may want to come and use the track to improve their time by the small amount necessary," he adds...
Harvard's indoor track, also designed by Oommen, was built in 1977 using the same concept as the outdoor track. But because it is housed in the Gordon Indoor Track and Tennis Building, where the temperature remains relatively stable, it has not experienced the same problems with bubbling. The indoor track is regarded as one of the world's fastest and close to a dozen other universities have already used the same design...
...Oommen also designed Harvard's Gordon Indoor Track, widely regarded as among the world's fastest...
...fastest and finest tracks in the world," Coach Frank Haggerty said several weeks ago of Oommen's newest track...