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Among all the long, lean runners on the Harvard track team, one exceptionally large athlete stands out. When he takes his place at the start of each 500-yard race, one can't help but think that Coach McCurdy certain of victory, must be letting a shotputter enter the sprint. But as soon as the gun goes off, it becomes quite apparent this is no shotputter. With a smooth and effortless stride, he paces himself perfectly hanging back until the gunlap, and, quite often, blowing by the competitors to take first place...
Dwayne Jones took both short distance events--the 55-meter sprint and the 300--blowing the other runners away while the Harvard duo of Andrew Regan and Andrew Gerken led the pack in the the 3000 with times of 8:44.0 and 8:46.4, respectively. In the field events, Brown took first in the 35-lb. weight throw, with Al Quintero taking second and Tom Sculer in third. Dave Randall took first in the pole vault with a leap of 13 ft. 8 in., while an injured Mark Henry's 6-ft., 8-in. leap won the high jump...
Case in point: Sophomore sprint sensation Mike Miao avoided the 200 free all of last season. Recently, he came to Bernal and pleaded to be placed in the event against the Lions...
...leaders went out in approximately 4:40 for the first mile-they ran in the 4:50s in last week's opener with Northeastern-and Coach Bill McCurdy was concerned that the early sprint combined with the afternoon heat would affect his team's performance...
Concerned about the headstart most schools have over the spikers because of Harvard's late registration, Altman had the team members on a comprehensive summer training program which included weights, sprint and endurance work, jumping, and rolling--a technique for avoiding injury when lunging for a save. "At this level of play," adds the former assistant at the University of Nebraska, "the winning team is often the one which practiced longer and harder...