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...president of Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England cabled a formal challenge to the track teams of Harvard and Yale. The American schools took up the challenge and so began the world’s oldest continuing international intercollegiate competition...
...biennial track meet, which traces its origin to 1894, when Yale first competed against Oxford, is unique as it pits America against Britain, joining the traditional rivals Harvard and Yale to face their English peers from Oxford and Cambridge...
This year, the contest was held Saturday at Harvard’s McCurdy Track, but the site of the competition alternates between schools—and hence, sides of the Atlantic. The competition returns home to England, where it will be hosted by Oxford...
Unlike typical American track meets, this competition uses traditional British scoring where one point is awarded to the winner of each event. There are 20 events: eight field events and 12 running events for the men and 19—missing the 10,000 meter run—for the women. Traditionally, the Americans have held an edge in field events while the British have distinguished themselves in the distance races...
...meet boasts an elite history filled with world champions, record-breaking performances, and track and field legends. Herb Elliot, Roger Bannister, Harold Abrahams, and Lord Burghley all competed for the British while William Schick Jr., ’05, Aggrey Awori ’65, Wendell Mottley, and Ned Gourdin ’21—who set a world record (25’3”) in the long jump at the 1921 contest—all represented the United States. Roger Bannister—who won the mile in 4:11.9 for Oxford-Cambridge in the 1949 contest?...