Word: slowik
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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Yale's heralded trio of Jack Bogan, Tim Hogen, and John Kingston were not the story in this meet. Rather, less highly-regarded Al Friedman and John Slowik turned in the performances which spelled the end of Crimson hopes for a third consecutive undefeated season, and 20th and 21st consecutive wins...
Actually, Crimson strategy, which called for breaking up the Yale high-scoring trio, worked, as both Jim Schlaeppi and Dave Norris finished ahead of Kingston, behind Bogan and Hogen. But Friedman, running one of his best races of the season, finished right behind Norris, and Slowik unleashed a tremendous finishing kick in the last 100 yards to nip Captain Dave McLean by a couple of steps for the eighth position. Ralph Perry finished right behind McLean to complete the varsity scoring...
Yale, on the other hand, boasts a power-packed lineup of three excellent runners in Tom Cathcart, John Morrison, and Steve Johnson. Behind these three come Ed Slowik, Eric Walther, and John Blake, sufficient depth to hand the freshmen their first defeat of the season...