Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Meredith closed his career as a collegiate runner by setting up a new world's record of 47 2-5 seconds in the quarter and a new intercollegiate mark of 1 minute 53 seconds in the half-mile. The former intercollegiate record in the quarter of 48 seconds was made by Reidpath of Syracuse in 1912 and was equalled by Meredith last year. The collegiate record for a straight track of 47 3-4 seconds, made by W. Baker '86, has stood since 1886. W. Willcox, Jr., '17 pushed the Pennsylvania captain to exert himself to the limit...
World's Record of 47 2-5 Sec. in Quarter...
Overton of Yale set the pace for three laps of the mile. The quarter was covered in 57 2-5 seconds, with Overton, Willson of Stanford, Carroll of Michigan, and Windnagle of Cornell running in that order. Brown of Technology came up at the end of the second lap, which was timed in 2 minutes 3 4-5 seconds. Windnagle and Carroll were running strongly and moved into second and third places respectively at the end of the third lap, with Overton still ahead. On the last lap Windnagle lengthened out, passed Overton, gathered speed all the way around...
...Danforth '77 made a record in the high-jump of 4 feet 8 inches. Since that time one foot six and one-quarter inches have been added. G. R. Fearing '93 made a jump of 6 feet 2 1-4 inches in 1891, which has not been broken since...
...exciting race the 1919 four lost to Pomfret School at Pomfret by the narrow margin of a quarter length. The Freshman got the jump at the start and maintained their lead until the last 200 yards. When the schoolboys set a pace which the University yearlings could not keep up with. At the finish the Pomfret boat swept across the line in record time for that courses, 2 minutes 51 seconds...