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Johnson was superb. On the first day, he ran the loo-meter dash in 10.6 sec., broad-jumped 24 ft. 9¼ in., put the shot 52 ft., high-jumped 5 ft. 10 in., and ran the 400 meters in 48.6 sec. Next day. he returned to spring the no-meter high hurdles in 14.5 sec., hurl the discus 170 ft. 6½ in. (almost 10 ft. farther than he had ever thrown it before), pole-vault 13 ft. ¼ in., throw the javelin 233 ft. 3 in. and run 1,500 meters in 5 min. 9.9 sec. Yet even...
Pitted first against a Cornell crew that defeated the Crimson earlier in the season, Coach Harvey Love's boat lost by a length and a half. Cornell in turn was barely edged out by Navy, which won the 2000-meter heat in 6 min. 37.7 sec., fastest time...
...meters, Oakland's great Ray Norton, 22, came from behind with his long, driving stride to finish in 10.4 sec. and barely beat out Villanova's Frank Budd. A tie for third made team mem bers of Paul Winder of Morgan State (Md.) and Duke's Dave Sime, the hard-luck star sprinter who pulled a muscle in 1956 and did not make the Olympic squad. In the 200 meters around a turn, Norton again rallied to win going away in 20.5 sec. to tie the world record...
...Clearing the barriers in graceful stride, Ohio's Glenn Davis, 25, whipped through the grueling 400-meter hurdles in 49.5 sec. to better by 0.6 sec. the Olympic record he tied in 1956 while winning a gold medal...
...second lap to take the lead in the 1,500 meters, turned on his famed finishing kick to open up a safe margin over Oregon Teammate Jim Grelle, casually glanced over his shoulder in the stretch and won as he pleased in a slow 3:46.9, a full 4.7 sec. off his best time...