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...broad-jump, the 60-yard dash, and the 60-yard high hurdles, Awori is a scoring threat. Running on an injured leg in last year's meet, the Ugandan captured first in the hurdles and second in the sprint, to score 9 of his team's 14 points...
Sitting Down. By week's end the Russians had amassed eleven gold, eight silver and six bronze medals-for a grand total of 25, almost twice as many as anybody else. The Russians' one king size disappointment was the men's 500-meter speed-skating sprint. On form, the race figured to be a breeze for Evgeny Grishin, 32, the world champion, the world record holder (at 39.5 sec.), the Olympic record holder (at 40.2 sec.), a double gold-medal winner at Cortina in 1956 and again at Squaw Valley in 1960. But accidents will happen...
Superior depth, particularly in the distance events, should enable the Crimson to turn back the Crusaders, but this Holy Cross team contains some shining stars, and, with a few surprises in the sprint and hurdles, is capable of pulling on upset...
Crusader sophomore Chris Shea should give Holy Cross a place in the sprint. Both Shea and Crusader captain Dick Malberger will push Chris Ohiri in the broad-jump, but the Nigerian is virtually unbeatable in dual competition...
...Harvard field and sprint men, pile up the expected lead in the early events, McCurdy will send John Ogden. Captain Ed Meehan, Keith Chiappa, and Bill Crain after the existing two-mile mark of 7:50. This foursome ran the distance in an unofficial 7:41.6 at last week's Millrose Games, and could do even better on the new Leverone Field House track at Hanover...