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Given the choice, what dedicated runner would not prefer Adidas shoes to a funny hat on New Year's Eve, and water to champagne? That's why the midnight stroke of 1980 was also the signal for 1,648 runners to sprint away on an 8-km race through New York City's Central Park. Not surprisingly, the leader who cut the floodlit tape in 23 min. IS sec. was Speedster Bill Rodgers, who has won his home town's Boston Marathon three times and the five-borough New York Marathon four. Said...
Freshman Jim Carbone also struck gold twice, bulldozing his way to first place in the 50-yd. freestyle and the 200-ye. breaststroke. The Prep School All-American neatly touched out Brown's Tony Blaine with a 22.02 sprint, while teammate Geoff Seelen posted an unofficial time...
Army won the two freestyle sprint races, but even these events produced a bright spot for the Crimson...
...Behind Salvo," McCurdy says, "the support is kind of nebulous," Peter Nsiah was riddled with injuries last year, but he will probably be the number one sprinter today. Don Chapus--who McCurdy had hoped to move to the quarter mile--will sprint today, and freshman Phil Askenazy is likely to join him. "The sprinters aren't brilliant," McCurdy said, "but there are people there...
Julian Mack, whose mid-season return sparked the Crimson's win over Princeton last year, has decided to hang up his Speedo for good. Jim Carbone and Gauthier figure to fill Mack's sprint role. The addition of this year's talented crop means that no one can again accuse Harvard of being the "Bobby Hackett Swim Club." Lundberg and others will score individual points at NCAAs, and all three Crimson relays are now definite contenders for spots in the finals at that meet...