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There was nothing disappointing about the Heavyweight crews, however, as they made the most of a light tailwind and a glass smooth Charles. Stroked by sophomore Geoff Picard, the varsity eight settled down to a steady 32-stroke beat after the shaky start and slowly built up its Rutgers over Rutgers and Brown...

Author: By C. BOYDEN Gray, | Title: Crimson Eights Sweep In Heavyweight Opener | 4/29/1963 | See Source »

...Broad Jumper Ralph Boston, 21, holds the unofficial world record of 26 ft. 11½ in., will likely get his strongest competition from Germany's Dr. Manfred Steinbach, 27, whose best jump of 26 ft. 8½ in. was disqualified because of a tailwind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: To Do a Little Better | 8/29/1960 | See Source »

Strangely enough, the fastest speed was made by the second Freshman boat. Their time of 7:16.2 was aided by a tailwind which had shifted to the opposite direction when the varsity raced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lightweight Oarsmen Whitewash Engineers | 4/21/1958 | See Source »

...afternoon actually started out with almost perfect rowing conditions as a slight tailwind favored the first two races, both won by Harvard. The second freshmen heavies won the combination race, and then the first-string yardlings won by a length over Princeton in 8:58.4, more than half a minute better than the winning Princeton varsity time...

Author: By James W.B. Benkard, | Title: Princeton Defeats Varsity Crew To Hold Control of Compton Cup | 5/6/1957 | See Source »

...clear and cool as 164 runners set out on the road to Boston, a welcome tailwind at their backs. By the time they reached the first checkpoint in Framingham, four men chugged together in the van: Kelley, Costes and the two Finns. By Auburndale, 10 miles from the finish, the race was already narrowed down to easy-striding Kelley the younger and the chop-gaited Viskari, with Kelley slightly ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Finnish Finish | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

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