Word: tech
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...both dashes, winning his heat and the final of the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds flat, with a lead of several feet over his nearest competitor both times. In the trial heat of the 220, he held himself in, barely leading Downey of Tech across the tape, but in the final he cut loose and finished five years ahead of Howlett and Poolo, who got second and third...
...which was set at 23 1-2 feet, he cleared it by several inches, winning the event and establishing a new University record of 23 feet 11 7-8 inches. Meanwhile he got second place in the shot-put with a heave of 39 feet 4 inches, beating Dandrow, Tech's weight star, by three-quarters of a foot...
...seconds, which is good time, considering the poor weather. The University scored a clean sweep in this event, R. S. Whitney '22 crossing the line only a few inches behind Krogness, and C. R. Haulers taking third with a comfortable lead over Mills, the leading Tech runner...
...jump he and Fitts tied for first at 5 feet 9 1-4 inches. Both men could have gone higher if necessary, but thought it better to conserve their strength for the other events. Fitts won the 220-yard low hurdles in 22 2-5 seconds, barely beating Chittick, Tech's sprinter-hurdler, at the tape, while Whitney came in a close third...
Although the University's strength was massed in the field events, scoring 31 points here to Tech's 14, the performance of the Crimson runners in the track events was very gratifying, and they would have won the meet by four points had the result depended upon these alone. Only in the quarter-mile did they fall to score either a first or a second. Bayard Wharton and Spitz got the jump on the other runners in this event, and raced neck and neck down the first straight-away several yards ahead of the rest. Wharton slowed...