Word: stew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even with these disappointments, McCurdy still got an amazing performance from junior Art Siler. Siler won the discus throw with a heave of 155-5 1-2, four inches more than Yale's Stew Thomson, and in the shot put, he surprised everyone by finishing second to Thomson, defeating Army's Dave Patton and Yale's Tom Henderson. The Crimson's Roger Mechanic was fifth in the discus...
Goldman, a consistently reliable weight man, tossed the hammer further than he had ever done before, 177 ft., 9 1-4 in. This is good enough seriously to threaten Yale's Stew Thomson. In a mild upset, sophomore Dave McLean ran away from Don French to win the two-mile run with a 9:46.6, also a very good varsity time...
...Elis, showing excellent early season sprint strength, and, as usual, getting a championship performance from Stew Thomson, captured seven events, including both freshmen relays. The Crimson, led by Captain Bob Rittenburg's three winning legs, won four relays, while B.U. took three field events...
...favorites in the field events include: hammer throw, Stew Thomson of Yale; broad jump, Bruce Hescock of B.U.; high jump, Hescock; javelin, Ed Allen of B.U.; pole vault, Bill Donegan of Yale; discus and shot put, Thomson...
...meet, which is scheduled to begin about 12:30. The races, everything from a 440-yard relay to a four-mile relay, will be the most exciting, but probably the most interesting event from a tract point of view is the college hammer throw, entered by Yale's Stew Thompson and Tom Henderson; Don Selfert of Brown; Nat Baker of Boston University; and John Morefield of M.I.T. Thompson is the favorite, but it should be close...