Word: sprinters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...picking up the white telephone in his Tampa headquarters and ordering surprise alerts at all hours of the day and night, Adams has turned STRIKE into a fighting unit braced for a sprinter's start. "In one night, we can pick up a force of three or four fighter squadrons, six to eight reconnaissance planes, and an Army-reinforced battle group and have them on their way," says Adams. "If we really wanted to break our necks, the first troops could be in the air within two hours from a cold start...
Dartmouth's Gerry Ashworth would be the finest sprinter in the East were it not for the presence of Villianova's Frank Budd. Ashworth has run the 100 this year in 9.7, and he should easily win both sprints tomorrow...
...varsity's injury list is currently beyond belief. Besides Hamlin, it includes hurdler Jack Spitzberg (pulled muscle), 440 man Don Kirkland (mysterious illness), Meehan (dysentery), sprinter Scott Johnson (stress fracture), hammer thrower Art Doten (broken leg), and sprinter Russ Chesney (pulled muscle...
From Good to Great. At first, Villanova Coach Jim ("Jumbo") Elliott was unimpressed with his new recruit. "He was lazy," says Elliott. "But sprinters are like that. They believe that God gave them their speed and all they have to do is lace up their shoes, comb their hair and run." Not until the 1960 Rome Olympics did Budd realize that work would make him a real champion. Unheralded and unnoticed, he placed fifth in the 100-meter dash-despite the fact that he was spiked in the foot by fellow U.S. Sprinter Dave Sime. "When Frank went to Rome...
...sprinter who could push Budd to the limit is Florida A. & M. Sophomore Robert Hayes, who tied his 9.2-sec. 100-yd. record last month. Budd is eager to race. "I know I can beat Hayes's time," he says. "I'm stronger this year, and I'm much faster...