Word: sprinted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dartmouth has a junior swimmer named John Glover. Ulen calls him "the outstanding swimmer in the East." Glover "beat all the Yalies and broke all Dartmouth records" in the 100. John Heyn backs him up in this event and will probably take the 50-yard sprint himself...
Navy also took the breast stroke, individual medley, and the 50-yard sprint over second-line Crimson entries...
When it was announced that Barthel had passed the three-quarter-mile mark in 3:09.2, the knowing crowd groaned, for at such a pace a record was impossible. But the groans turned to cheers as Barthel cut loose with his famed finishing sprint. With no one to push him. Barthel whirled around the banked track in a burning final quarter of 58.3 seconds, finished 20 yards ahead of Runner-Up Fred Wilt. At the finish, Barthel seemed to be the only man in the Garden not noticeably out of breath. His time: 4:07.5, third fastest in Wanamaker history...
...shortage of salesmen is apparent everywhere, from the auto showroom, where a prospective buyer can often spend half an hour without anyone even bothering to take his name, to the smallest counter in a department store. Once upon a time, department-store salesmen used to break into a sprint the minute the elevator door slid open. Now, after more than a decade of mere order-taking and shelf-straightening, many of them wait until called by the floor supervisor. As Manager John Glick, of Robinson's department store in Beverly Hills, pointed out: "These days, the salesmen...
Behind these three and "looking very good" are three other sets of "triplets." Sophomores Duke Geer in the quarter mile and 220, Gus Johnson in the 50-yard sprint, and Jimmy Jorgenson in the 100 and 220 won their numerals with Hawkins last year...