Word: reider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Much will rest on the showings of several key men. Pete Reider is figured for firsts in both the mile and the two-mile, while Tony Gianelly in the discus, Carl Pescosolido in the javelin, and Jim Cairns in the 880 are all being counted on to win their events...
Twice Zwirner came from behind to defeat Pete Reider by comparatively large margins on his tremendous finishing sprint...
...mile, Reider passed pace-setter Phil Williams at the 660 mark, with Zwirner nearly ten yards behind in third place. The three entered the final lap neck and neck, but with 220 yards to go Zwirner began his sprint, which opened ground on Reider with every step. Zwirner finished 20 yards ahead of Reider in 4:16.4, a new meet record...
...hour later Zwirner came back to set another meet record in the two-mile. Reider, who had set the pace for most of the race, held a lead of at least 30 yards as Zwirner went into the last lap. Reider began to kick, but on the back-stretch Zwirner opened up a sprint which carried him past Reider at the beginning of the straightaway to win by ten yards in 9:24.3. Dyke Benjamin took third for the varsity...
Miler Zwirner and half-milers Dick McCready and Gene Shahan have all recorded creditable times so far this season, but Reider and Phil Williams in the mile, and Williams and Cairns in the 880 have done better...