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Hunter Seeks Sprint Titles...
...afternoon 600 trials, Kirkland produced a good closing sprint to edge out Yale's Bill Legat for the second of two qualifying spots. Running in another heat, Harry Rich, a surprise entrant, held off Navy's George Marienthal to give the varsity two qualifiers...
Gradually, Henk's solitary practice began to take effect. By last February, at the age of 19, Henk had become good enough to finish tenth in the 500-meter sprint at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. The taste of success made him train all the harder. With his own special diet (no onions or fats), he built himself into a wiry 150 lbs. He often got a free hour from his job as an auto mechanic to do some road work, but he needed to practice on ice. Last year Henk took his fiancee and headed...
Repsher attempted a five-yard sprint at the last turn, but lost by about seven yards at the tape...
Highlighting the meet was a sprint duel between Bruce Hunter and Dartmouth's Charlie Brown, who edged out Hunter in the 50 yard freestyle last year. This year Hunter reversed the honors, nipping Brown by a tenth of a second in the 50 with a time of 22.4, and then making his revenge complete by beating him again in the 100 yard freestyle in 49.6. Bill zentgraf took third with a mildly disappointing time...