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...swimming truism that you can't have a winning team without freestylers. With four individual events and two relays dependent on the freestyle, a team without a sprinter is going to lose meets, no matter how good the rest of the squad...
Well, this year Harvard has a sprinter. His name is Bill Shrout, and last year, as a freshman, he broke five University, seven freshman, and two NCAA freshman records. Coach Bill Brooks, who goes out of his way not to play favorites, called him "the brightest swimming prospect to come to Harvard--to date...
...Selukwe high school, young Ian paid little attention to his studies, but was a champion sprinter and captain of his cricket, tennis and rugby teams. (Noted his school magazine: "Good on attack, but does not always time his passes well.") An R.A.F. fighter pilot during the war, he was shot down on a strafing mission over North Africa, escaped with a broken leg and a badly mutilated face. After plastic surgery in Cairo, he emerged with a drooping right eyelid, an immobile expression, and a brand-new face that the surgeon might almost have copied from pictures of Gary Cooper...
...leading driver: "It's not like a flat race, where you have time to warm up. You have to drive explosively from the start." Agrees second-ranking Hans Herrmann, 37, who drives for the Italian automaker Abarth: "It is the difference between a miler and a sprinter...
...Sprinter Wayne Andersen reached the semifinals of the NCAA indoor 60-yard dash, but he still hasn't hit his peak outdoors. He has run the 100 yard dash in 9.6 and 9.7 with the aid of slight following winds. In the IC4A finals, however, he tripped at the start, and finished last, leaving his official best time...