Word: sprints
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...anchor man, W. Willcox, Jr., '17, started off with a terrific spring, which gave him a clean lead of 10 yards over the field. Moore of Princeton and Meredith of Pennsylvania were fighting hard for second place. Wisconsin was hopelessly outclassed. At the final turn Willcox uncorked a beautiful sprint which carried him through the winner with Princeton second, and Pennsylvania third. Meredith made a desperate effort to overcome the lead of the Harvard and Princeton flyers, but he was able to gain only a little. Willcox's quarter was clocked...
Pennsylvania hung up a new world's record when it won the sprint medley relay race in 3 minutes 28 3-5 seconds. Meredith, captain of the Pennsylvania team and holder of several world's records, stepped the last relay, the half-mile, in 1 minute 54 4-5 seconds, which is within 1 2-5 seconds of the intercollegiate record and exceptionally fast considering the condition of the track...
...Franklin Field, Philadelphia. The events comprise high and preparatory school relay races, in which all the prominent Eastern schools will be represented. The 440 hurdles will probably have few entries, as it is a hard event and not many hurdlers can cover the distance in fast time. The sprint and distance medley relay races are the most important events on today's program. In the sprint medley race, the first and second men run 220 yards, the third 440 yards and the fourth 880 yards. The best relay teams in the country will compete in this event as well...
...distance medley relay race which was won last year by Yale will again be closely contested by Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Cornell. The Westerners do not appear as strong in the distance relays as they do in the sprint races...
...sprint medley race will be fought out between Pennsylvania, Yale and Princeton. Chicago, Wisconsin, and Michigan have fast quartets but not up to the calibre of the Eastern colleges. The University has not entered a team in either of the medley relays...