Word: tossed
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...broad jump is another virtual toss-up. Harvard's Aggrey Awori and Harvey Thomas are the only two competitors who have topped 22 ft. this spring, but B.C.'s Joe Kopka and B.U.'s Ed Johnson lead a host of 21 ft-plus jumpers who will be right at their heels...
...best event this afternoon looks like the hammer throw. John, Flore of Boston College, who recorded a toss over 190 ft. in the Penn Relays, will be a slight favorite over Crimson captain Art Croasdale and Northeastern's Bill Corsetti, the defending champion. Corsetti is currently hobbled by a sprained ankle and may not be in the best of form...
Wayne Andersen's wind-aided 0:09.6 100 betters the University record. John Bakkensen's 175 ft. discus throw is only 4 ft., 9 in. short of his own Harvard mark, set late in the season last spring. Art Croasdale's hammer toss was a yard short of the 189 ft. throw that won him third place in the 1964 NCAA championships...
...last fall's Olympics in Tokyo, Matson tipped the scales at 260 lbs., astounded everybody by flinging the shot 66 ft. 3¼ in. As it turned out, Randy had to settle for a silver medal when Long managed 66 ft. 8½ in. on his fourth toss...
...String of Firecrackers. Long, 24, wisely retired on the spot. Last February in Dallas, Matson smashed the world indoor record with a put of 66 ft. 2¼ in.; earlier this month in Austin he warmed up for his outdoor record-smasher with a toss of 67 ft. 9 in. "I've never seen anything like it," exclaimed Stanford's venerable Coach Payton Jordan, who worked with Randy at the Olympics. "His foot explodes, his calf explodes, his thigh explodes, his hip, his back, his shoulder, his triceps, and right out to the very tips of his fingers...