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Word: sprinters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meeting yesterday afternoon of the Freshman track squad members who made the trip to Exeter Saturday, James Edward Merrill of Brighten was elected captain of the 1924 team. Merrill is the best all-round man on the Freshman squad, being both a fast sprinter and an excellent broad-jumper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J. E. Merrill 1924 Track Captain | 5/10/1921 | See Source »

...Fitts tied for first at 5 feet 9 1-4 inches. Both men could have gone higher if necessary, but thought it better to conserve their strength for the other events. Fitts won the 220-yard low hurdles in 22 2-5 seconds, barely beating Chittick, Tech's sprinter-hurdler, at the tape, while Whitney came in a close third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGINEERS LOSE TO CRIMSON TRACK TEAM | 5/9/1921 | See Source »

...four important men unable to compete this spring on account of studies are Murrey, star half-miler and winner of several 400-yard indoor races this winter; Adams, former interscholastic champion in the mile and captain of the 1923 outfit last spring; Huhn, a promising hurdler; and Croft, star sprinter for the Freshmen last year. W. S. Powers, former Exeter star, and the best pole vaulter on the 1923 team, is ineligible also on account of scholastic standing; while Baker, the hammer-thrower and football player, is unable to compete because of the two-sport rule...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGER TRACK TEAM IS WEAKENED BY LOSSES | 4/8/1921 | See Source »

...Gourdin '21, probably the best sprinter in the University, was picked to run the 220-yard distance on the medley relay team, after defeating R. D. Howard '23 in the trials. Howard will go to New York, however, to run in the 70-yard dash, and Gourdin may also run the dash. Richard Chute '22, running according to expectations, won the trials for the 440-yard position, and judging by his past performance should make a good showing in New York. Bayard Wharton '22 and Captain D. F. O'Connell '21 were picked to run the half-mile and mile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHOOSE MEDLEY RELAY TEAM | 2/17/1921 | See Source »

Four Olympic winners and five additional men who made the All-America team are included in the annual All-American College team of 17 athletes, as just announced by Secretary F. W. Rubien of the A. A. U. Charles W. Paddock, the sprinter from the University of Southern California; Hallock H. Brown of Williams, the championship two-miler; R. W. Landon, Yale's high-jumper, and Earl Thompson of Dartmouth, winner of the 120-yard hurdles for Canada, are the Olympic winners who have won places and who, together with Earl Eby of the U. of P., and several others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL AMERICAN TRACK TEAM CHOSEN FROM COLLEGE STARS | 2/1/1921 | See Source »

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