Word: sprinters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...record with one of his own in the 200-yd. backstroke (1:53.77). Sophomore backstroke Geoff Seelen, and top-notch divers Steve Schramm and Jamie Greacen further highlight this seemingly endless list of talent. Only the loss of a pair of would-be sophomore standouts, giant All-American sprinter Julian Mack and Finnish breastroker Tuomo Kerola (who has returned to Finland to pursue a career in medicine) subtracts from the healthier-than-ever state of the Crimson aquatic program...
DIED. Ralph Metcalfe, 68, four-term black Congressman from Chicago's South Side and former champion sprinter who won a 1936 Olympic gold medal with Jesse Owens in the 400-meter relay; of a heart attack; in Chicago. A protege of Mayor Richard Daley's, Metcalfe broke with his mentor in 1972 after complaining of police brutality toward Chicago's blacks, but he continued to win re-election handily without machine support...
...usually return kickoffs up the middle," the 9.6 sprinter noted in the locker room yesterday. "We don't use the sidelines all that much. We decided to try the left sideline this time. Our returen team had it blocked up really well. When I saw that I was ahead of the pursuit I cut back to the right side and brought it to the 13 before...
Kelly Galiher, 15, has grown up in the Cedar Rapids system that celebrates sport for all. The attitudes and resistance that have stunted women's athleticism elsewhere are foreign to Kelly, a sprinter. Does she know that sports are, in some quarters, still viewed as unseemly for young women? "That's ridiculous. Boys sweat, and we're going to sweat. We call it getting out and trying." She has no memories of disapproval from parents or peers. And she has never been called the terrible misnomer that long and unfairly condemned athletic girls. "Tomboy? That idea has gone out here...
...Cuban-style Hirsch Jacobs. Son of a part-time jockey, Barrera, 53, was born on land that later became a racetrack in Havana. He began training at 16, moved to California in 1959, and worked for almost anyone who would hire him. In 1976 Barrera developed Bold Forbes, a sprinter notoriously weak at long distances, into the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont. He was the leading trainer in both 1976 and 1977. Last year his horses earned $2.7 mil lion, and this year- with Affirmed cleaning up- he has already won over $1 million. Barrera gets along...