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...year in the yard seemed to back up the hype. Despite injuries (always a threat to this 5-ft. 8-in., 155 pounder), he electrified crowds and didn't lose a single game. Then came "eligibility problems" as a sophomore and a direct return to "Go" --do not collect varsity experience. Sound familiar...
...hammer throw is a little known and much neglected event outside of track and field circles. Many people don't realize that the hammer is not an over-sized nail-pounder, but a 16-1b metal ball attached to a long metal handle that is whirled about the head twice and let fly, usually soaring 200 feet through...
Although he had hoped to average six minute miles and complete the race in 2:37, Hamilton changed his goal because at the heat, "trying to finish without walking." The 6-ft, 155-pounder succeeded in running the entire race and breaking three hours. While he considered the contest "unsuccessful," Hamilton said he wants to "start running again as soon as possible," adding, "There's always next year...
After not qualifying for the 1975 Pan American Games by one place, the 5-ft., 8-in., 160-pounder erased the word "almost" from his vocabulary by capturing both the three- and ten-meter boards at the 1976 Olympic trials...
...only other Crimson quarterfinal bout, 126-pounder Andy McNerney came up short in a 12-11 loss to Dough Heinbach. This loss, McNerney's second of the weekend, coupled with a previous loss to third-place finisher San Salvador Edwards of Cornell, eliminated the Crimson standout from the competition. Edwards and teammate Gene Nighman led Cornell to an eighth-place finish, tops for the Ivies...