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...weeks ago, at the most important meet of the indoor season-the National A.A.U. championship at Albuquerque-the 17-ft. barrier was finally broken. But not by Pennel. By his 19-year-old roommate, pal and protégé, Bob Seagren...
...sophomore at Glendale College in California who plans to enter U.S.C. next fall, Seagren has been vaulting ever since the seventh grade back in Pomona. His best jump until this year was 16 ft. 4 in., and he almost quit jumping last December when he pulled a hamstring in Saskatoon. Pennel made the difference. The two vaulters met at a track meet in San Diego last summer, hit it off well from the start. They traveled to Brazil together last fall, and in January moved into a four-room apartment in Glendale furnished mainly with prizes won by Pennel...
...Albuquerque last week Seagren tried once at 17 ft. ¼ in. and hit the bar on the way up. Pennel's turn came next. "John just barely missed when his hip hit," said Seagren later. "And then on my second try, everything just went perfectly, and I did it." Returning to the bench, he sat there, fists clenched, urging: "Come on, John. Come on. Come on." Twice more Pennel leaped; twice more he failed. "John just tried too hard," sighed Seagren, who acted more embarrassed than elated...
...only other Harvard swimmer to place in a final heat was Steve Seagren in the 1650-yard freestyle. Seagren failed to place in the finals...
...breaststrokers will try the 100 on Saturday and Engelberg, Hunter, Seaton, and Skalinder will enter the 100-yard freestyle. In addition Seagren has a chance to finish well in the 1650-yard freestyle. The freestyle relay team of Hunter, Skalinder, Pringle, and Engelberg will probably follow Yale and Army to the finish in the final event of the meet...