Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only way to tell a boy from a girl was by whether the bathing suit had a top. Seattle's Steve Krause, 15, surprised everybody including himself ("I never dreamed that I would swim that fast") when he splashed to a new world record of 16 min. 58.6 sec. in the 1,500-meter freestyle. California's Claudia Kolb, 15, won the women's 100-meter breast stroke, the 200-meter breast stroke and the 200-meter individual medley, topped it off by helping her Santa Clara Swim Club team to victory in the 400-meter medley...
...Belgium's Gaston Roelants, 28: the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 8 min. 26.4 sec., clipping an impressive 3.2 sec. off his own 1963 world record; in Brussels...
...Shame." Two months ago Snell ran a half-mile in Honolulu, then a mile in Los Angeles. He won both races, but his time for the half-mile (1 min. 53.8 sec.) was only soso. He ran an 880-yd. race against Canada's Bill Crothers in Toronto. On the last turn, Snell pulled his usual ploy, turned on a great burst of speed for the final sprint, but Crothers hung on, passed him 40 yds. from the tape. "My legs felt dead," complained Snell...
...June, France's Michel Jazy broke Snell's one-mile record by .5 sec. Stung, Snell hopped off for Europe to recapture his position. In Helsinki he raced in a 1,500-meter contest. He lost. In London earlier this month, he tried to win back the mile record, finished seventh, barely scraping in under the four-minute mark. Two days later he was beaten in Dublin by two British milers. In Czechoslovakia he lost two races. In Oslo he was beaten at 800 meters. Two weeks ago in Berlin, Oregon's Jim Grelle, whom Snell...
...Star: the $107,200 Brooklyn Handicap in 2 min. 3/5 sec. for the 1¼ mi., with Roman Brother second. Kelso, the five-time Horse of the Year, now aged eight and carrying the maximum 132 Ibs. (v. 121 Ibs. for four-year-old Pia Star), finished third, four lengths behind the winner; at Aqueduct...