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...speedy junior sprinter gave the Crimson a 26-8 lead after he jetted to victory in the 50-yd. freestyle with a meet record time...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Swimmers Triumph As Hackett Excels | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

...federation. An American track-meet promoter, anxious to lure a top dash man to his indoor meet to increase the gate, called a speedster and promised him $800 plus expenses for joining the field. But two meets were scheduled on the opposite coast for the same weekend, and the sprinter had been offered round-trip plane tickets by both meet directors-one of which he could cash in as an informal subsidy. So the promoter decided that to clinch the deal it was necessary to tack on a sliding scale of incentive payments for any records the runner might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cracking Down on the Payoffs | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

...ironwoman award went to Kathy Rice a long jumper and sometime sprinter. Besides leaping to victory in her specialty, Rice finished just behind Gopaul in both sprints and led off the winning 440 yard relay team...

Author: By Keith Salkowski, | Title: Radcliffe Runners Garner Third Consecutive Victory | 5/4/1977 | See Source »

Fayer may be short in the endurance department, but she is certainly not lacking speed--she's a natural sprinter. Her "instinctive quickness" blossomed from the start. After swimming seriously for just six months, she said, she had beaten most of the people in Puerto Rico who had "been swimming for years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Getting an Early Jump on the Spring Vacation... ...By Managing in Russia... ...Or by Swimming in Rome | 3/22/1977 | See Source »

...Sprinter Todd Hooks symbolized many of the frustrations facing the Crimson. The tri-captain rushed his recovery from a stifling leg injury to bolster a depleted sprint and hurdle corps. The timber-topper performed brilliantly at times, as did hurdler Paul Organ, but the pair could not pull the team through alone...

Author: By Carl A. Esterhay, | Title: Harvard Track 20th at IC4As; Ajootian Qualifies For Nationals | 3/8/1977 | See Source »

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