Word: sprint
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...anabolic- steroid program. But John Holt, general secretary of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, has said there are no grounds for nullifying the seemingly tainted record, because Johnson tested negative for the drugs after that key race. The Jamaican-born sprinter, 27, had no such luck after his 9.79 sprint in Seoul...
Senior Richard Korhammer, who took last year off to train for a shot at the Olympic team, is back and should dominate the breaststroke events. Other big contributors for the Tigers should be Ty Nelson in the butterfly, Albert Price in the sprint freestyle and Joshua Glantz in the individual medley...
...began running in third grade after finishing third out of hundreds of other little track hopefuls in a five-week competition, she caught the attention of renowned track coach Fred Thompson, who would go on to become the 1988 Women's Olympic sprint team coach. Thompson coached her in the Adams Track Club, where she built the foundation for a successful track career over a four-year period...
Kaplan and junior Ken Johnson paced the Crimson with two individual victories apiece. Kaplan snagged the top spot in both the 50- and 100-yd, freestyle races, with sophomore Greg Tull right behind in each to give Harvard 1-2 finishes in both sprint freestyle races. Johnson handled a difficult triple duty with ease, grabbing the gold in both the 1000 and 500 freestyle races and picking up third place in the 200 butterfly...
With the swim, Berkoff now holds every record in sprint backstroke. He already has broken the world, American and Olympic records in the 100-meter distance--the length used in international competition. And after Saturday's performance, the senior now holds all records in short-course yards competition, for which there are no world marks...