Word: salazarism
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...biggest sports event of this week was not even Harvard-related, but an awful lot of Crimsonites did participate in it. That event was, of course, the 36th running of the Boston Marathon, which was won by ALBERTO SALAZAR and CHARLOTTE TESKE, who overcame the heat and the treacherously hilly course to emerge victorious--Salazar with a new Boston record of 2:09... All told, about fifty Harvard undergraduates, graduates and faculty members run in the Marathon, and although the Crimson ran a list of finishers and their times on Monday, a lot of others were omitted because they...
Marathon fans were surprised when Salazar burst into the limelight last October, fulfilling his prediction by shattering the world record at the New York Marathon--a record that had stood for 12 years...
...remember driving down to Eugene from Portland with my track team buddies to see Salazar and teammate Rudy Chapa run. Salazar was usually the favorite, but he spent most of his races in the middle of the pack, surging only in the last lap or so to win. "Salazar, Salazar!" the Eugene' crowds would yell...
Apparently, that's still the same way he operates. Spectators at Monday's marathon saw Salazar stay back behind Dick Beardsley for the entire last six miles of the race--until he surged to the lead with less than half a mile...
...While Salazar's friends and supporters at home rejoiced after his Monday victory. Eugene also celebrated the feats of two more of its prominent figures. Both John Lodwick, who took third in the marathon, and Shirley Kay Durtschi, the fourth woman across the finish line, are residents of the city...