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...When he graduates, we're going to realize how little shotputters really look," track coach Bill McCurdy said. When asked for further comment about this year's track captain, senior Dick Benka, McCurdy exclaimed, "He's a damned monster...
Benka's development as a shotputter has been spectacular. Harvard's track coaches hadn't heard much about him before he showed up as a freshman at an organizational meeting for track. When he walked over to field events coach Ed Stowell, Stowell said. "Who the hell...
Despite the fact that his high school track coach said that he lacked a "killer attitude," Benka still seems to perform best when under pressure. He went into last week's IC4A's with a sprained ankle and came out with a winning throw more than a foot better than his closest rival...
Benka feels that the greatest moment of his track career was at the Heps this year in his capacity as team captain. "The most exciting thing wasn't the 61' throw, but seeing Harvard win the Heps," he stated. This spring, Benka will add the discus throw to his chores as captain and shotputter...
Benka has been a weight man since the beginning of his track career. "It was pretty much pre-ordained that I'd be a weight man," he said, 'I was the second slowest in my ninth grade gym class." He still relies on size and leverage more than on speed to impart momentum to the shot...