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...strategy of using Alan Engleberg, normally a freestyle sprinter, in his old specialty for the fly lap of the relay paid off, as the team of Bob Kaufmann, Engleberg, Bill Schellstede, and Bruce Hunter turned in a blistering time of 3:43.9 to beat the Bulldogs by more than two seconds and set new Harvard and pool records in the event. The old time, set last year by Kaufmann, McCartney, Elizalde, and Hunter was 3:47.3, nearly four seconds slower than the new mark...

Author: By Rudolf V. Ganz jr., | Title: Varsity Falls to Eli Swimmers, 52-43, As Both Teams Break Eleven Records | 3/6/1961 | See Source »

...behind with three laps still to go. Suddenly the years of conditioning paid off. Zooming into the turns like a sprinter, Henk picked up a second on the next to last lap, shaved off another 1.3 sec. on the final lap. With one final burst, he shot across the finish line 17.7 sec. behind Kosichkin's time to become Holland's first world champion in skating since 1905. All Holland prepared to celebrate the victory of Henk van der Grift and his silver skates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Silver Skates | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

Facing Sollohub will probably be Bruce Hunter, the Crimson's answer to any sprinter in the U.S. In his only sprint performance this year, Hunter turned in a :28 victory in the 60, a time indicative of very little, since the event took place in a 20-yard pool...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity to Face Army Swimmers | 12/17/1960 | See Source »

...those swimmer and a home coach Bill Brooks, "we'd be . Now, as the other way to beat them might other way begins with Bruco a member of the 1969 U.S. Olympic and a taster sprinter than the Yalle. Any race Hunter enters guaranteed first place for Harvard eight behind him is Bill Zentgraf, any who wants to improve and keeps...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 12/3/1960 | See Source »

...Luis Obispo that the FAA belatedly grounded all Arctic-Pacific planes. Through the week, while its flags hung at half mast, the town was as glum as the cool, grey fog that rolled in from the Pacific. Cal Poly remembered Halfback Vic Hall, an alternate 400-meter sprinter on the 1960 Olympic team. Vic wore contact lenses and had not wanted to play football, but the weak team needed him for his exceptional speed, so he had agreed to play. There was Curtis Hill, an end from Bakersfield, a smiling, studious, religious boy who had walked the campus squeezing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Can You See Many Lights? | 11/14/1960 | See Source »

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