Word: thornton
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ritson and Don Alexander were setting the pace, trying gamely to offset the awesome Penn depth. But by then, the race was already reduced to a team battle for second place. Five Quaker runners--freshman Dave Merrick, sophomore Denis Fikes, junior Bob Childs and seniors Julio Piazza and Karl Thornton--were clustered behind the Cornell men and Koerner, and following them was a group that included a comfortable number of Penn shirts...
...Quakers leading runners are Dave Merrick, Karl Thornton and Bob Childs. Merrick was Penn's first runner across the line against Villanova, finishing fourth in 25:35, breaking the school record by 26 seconds. Thornton took fifth place in 25:47, also breaking the record...
...call from an executive recruiter. Would Gray be interested in becoming president of United Aircraft Corp., the world's biggest maker of jet engines? Indeed he would, but he laid down one condition. United Aircraft Chairman William P. Gwinn would have to get the approval of Tex Thornton, Litton's chairman, for Gray even to negotiate. "After 17 years as a Litton employee," said Gray, "I didn't want to do anything without its being known from the very beginning...
...Cemetery Hill, where Harvard had broken Penn three years ago with a mile and a half to go, Thornton, Merrick and Childs began pulling away. Fikes and O'Conner followed, and with less than half a mile remaining, Piazza overtook Rojas as well. Thornton, Fikes, Merrick and Childs finished together in 25:22.8, with O'Conner and Piazza less than 10 seconds behind...
...beautiful sight," McCurdy admitted moments after Quakers Karl Thornton, Denis Fikes, Dave Merrick and Bob Childs crossed the finish line in a dead heat for first place. "They had the wrong color uniforms, though. Still, I love to see cross-country teams finish like that...