Word: rittenburg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With only seconds remaining before the start of the 220, Rittenburg took his first jump at six feet, which was about the limit of his capability in the event. He soared over with inches to spare, climbed out of the pit, ran over to the 220 starting line, and sprinted to a second place finish in another race he had never run in serious competition before...
Meanwhile, the two Yale high jumpers were agog. Both had jumped well over six feet before. But that day neither of them could clear it. Rittenburg picked up his third first place...
Minutes after the completion of the 220, Rittenburg lined up for the start of the 220 low hurdles, his specialty, and sped to his fourth victory of the day, shattering a 14-year-old Harvard hurdles record. His record time of 23.4 seconds stood until...
Normally, Rittenburg would have run a leg for Harvard's mile relay team. But on that day--a bleak one for the fans in New Haven--McCurdy sent another runner in his weary captain's place. Without him, the team lost...
...Rittenburg is still running today. Late last January, he trimmed his weight by 20 pounds, entered the Boston Athletic Association Indoor Meet, and ran a respectable, though non-placing time in the hurdles. These "periodic comebacks," as McCurdy calls them, are just what you'd expect from Rit. He never recognized a limit on what he might do and there will never be another like...