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...question was a snap: "State and compare the laws of mass energy and momentum conservation in Newtonian and relativistic mechanics . . ." At least it was a snap for Ruth Lawrence, who scribbled the answers to this and 80 other mind bogglers in a four-week Oxford University exam "as if taking dictation," in the words of an awed fellow student. When the marathon test ended, Lawrence had finished first in a field of 192. The average student struggles through just 31 such questions. Lawrence's feat was remarkable for anyone, but all the more so for her, since she is only...
...Wendell Mottley, and Ned Gourdin ’21—who set a world record (25’3”) in the long jump at the 1921 contest—all represented the United States. Roger Bannister—who won the mile in 4:11.9 for Oxford-Cambridge in the 1949 contest—had found memories of representing not only his school but his country in this competition...
Grace Clements of Oxford-Cambridge won the Pat Liles Outstanding Performer award for the best individual performance, winning the 400-meter hurdles and the triple jump while coming in third in the long jump and running a stretch of the mile relay...
After the meet, there was a reception for all involved at the Charles Hotel. The event was a great chance to interact with the Oxford-Cambridge team, celebrate with Yale teammates, receive awards, reflect on significance of the meet, and exchange a Harvard track T-shirt for an Achilles Oxford-Cambridge shirt...
...It’s amazing how many track alumni say that the thing they remember the most about their athletic experience is competing in the Oxford-Cambridge meet,” Haggerty said. “It just gives you a special sense. You’re almost thrown back into history...