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Senior Jim Herberich set a new school record when he took second in the 200 behind' Princeton's sprinter Steve Morgan, winner of the meet's outstanding performer award...
...most notable absentees were distance specialists Jenny Stricker and Kristin Perini, jumper Mimi Sheller, sprinter Carol Kirton, thrower Kathy Durante and hurdler Erin Sugrue...
...Coach Maura Costin will be working to develop the potential of her returning swimmers, and new faces will include: National Junior Olympic finalist Karen Dehmel, of Greenwich, Conn, who specializes in the butterfly and I.M.; fellow finalist Michele Engh, of Alameda, Calif, breaststroke and I.M., Donna Watts, a freestyle sprinter from Australia, and Molly Clark of Chicago, a breaststroker and freestyle sprinter...
...expectations." The 19.80 Carl dashed off was no embarrassment though. Only Pietro Mennea of Italy (19.72) and Lewis himself (19.75) have run the 200 in a faster time. Mennea was in the race, incidentally, as he has been in four straight Olympic 200 finals since 1972. Imagine, a sprinter achieving such a thing, age 32. "Carl Lewis will never do it," the Italian said after finishing seventh, not meaning any unkindness. "He will run the fastest 200 some day, but he will never be back for four Olympics...
...last Ashford's position as the world's finest sprinter was confirmed in the 100-meter dash. Since she was twelve, and she is 27 now, none of Ashford's records and all of her dreams have been set at the Olympics. But she has been awakened frequently by nightmares: in 1979 she ran away from the best international 100 and 200 fields, celebrated East Germans Marlies Göhr and Marita Koch included, at the World Cup. But by 1980 her fine, fragile legs were popping strings, and they could not be summoned...