Word: shotputting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Into the shotput circle at California's Occidental College strode Dallas Crutcher Long III, known to his friends as the Prince of Whales. Hefting a 16-lb. iron ball in one hammy hand, he crouched low, tucked the ball behind his right ear, and began to inch back his left foot like a second-story man feeling his way down a ladder in the dark. Suddenly, he dipped and flung himself bodily across the ring. A grunt, a gasp-the shot soared through the air and thudded into the turf 66 ft. 3½ in. away. For the second...
...Angeles Coliseum Relays, winning the 440-yd. relay in 40.2 sec. and the 880 in 1 min. 23.8 sec. In other events, Villanova University tied the world record with a 7 min. 19 sec. clocking in the two-mile relay; California's Dallas Long easily won the shotput with a toss of 65 ft. 51 in. (14 in. shy of his pending world record); and Arizona State's Henry Carr beat Florida A. & M.'s Bob Hayes, the "world's fastest human," in the 200-meter dash...
...field events, Art Croasdale wil be the key man for the Crimson, as coach Bill McCurdy will be counting on strong performances from him in both the weight throw and the shotput. Depth in both events will be a problem for McCurdy, but he will probably go with Ray Frieden in the shot and either Neal Curtin or Tom Dilon in the weight...
...power of Mercein, who also happens to be the Heptagonals shotput champion, is complemented neatly by the running of halfbacks Randy Egloff and Jim Howard...
...jump of 47 ft., 11 in. For Yale, Jerry Hinkle won the javelin, with Harvard's Hinkle won the javelin, with Harvard's Peeter Lamp third; Sam Streidert led a Bulldog sweep of the high jump with a 6 ft. 6 1/2 in leap; and Chuck Mercein won the shotput over Art Croasdale with a mighty 58 ft., 2 in heave...