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Fleet of knee as an infant, Nehemiah was nicknamed "Skeets" by his father before he could walk. He grew into a splendid all-around athlete, but he seemed born to hurdle. He has the ideal build (6 ft. 1 in., 170 Ibs.), a sprinter's speed, exquisite balance and lightning reflexes. "But the mental aspect is what sets him above the rest," says Frank Costello, the Maryland track coach. "He has unbelievable maturity for his age. He's the ultimate competitor, and that's something you can't teach...
...track shoe was on the other foot, however, in the 60-yd. dash, as Army's sprinter beat out Harvard's Joe Salvo, who had emerged victorious in that event at the GBCs last week...
...Cahoon, a lesser-known sprinter usually relegated to second-string status behind standouts Malcolm Cooper and Mack, responded to this opportunity with wins in both the 50- (22:53) and 100- (50.11) yd. freestyles...
...Crimson took last year's showdown with the Tigers, 58-55; but Princeton came back in the Easterns to nab a 364-356 win. With All-American sprinter Julian Mack returning to the Harvard ranks after a half-season layoff, the strong lineup--including veterans Bobby Hackett, co-captains Malcolm Cooper and Eric Seder, and freshman stars Tim Maxim off and Lee Menichella--looks stronger every...
...ever rush for any flight, let alone ours. We passed the hat around and collected money for him--$50, $100, $122.37--if he got us the airport for our flight. Battle plans were hastily drawn up. The male chaperone-a track coach at Pali High and a former sprinter, would make a run for the gate. The rest of us would run interference, grabbing sky cabs, ticket checkers and paging people who might help stop the flight. When we got to the airport the chaperone left hell in his path, a chaos of people and bags strewn on the linoleum...