Word: vault
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Other winners for Harvard included senior Pete Lazarus, whose vault of thirteen feet could not be matched by any other competitor. Lazarus pushed his mark to fourteen feet in competition against himself, however, before failing...
Harvard will probably win the mile, two-mile, 1000, and 600 meter runs as well as the pole vault, high jump, and the relays. The real problem in tonight's contest is that the team is plagued by injuries and other complications. Captain Dick Benka will be out as well as several distance runners including cross-country All-American David Pottetti, who last Saturday easily won the two-mile...
...other individual Crimson winners were sophomores Ed Nosal in the 35 pound weight throw, and Pete Lazarus in the pole vault. Nosal easily won his event with a toss of 58' 11 3/4", more than four feet ahead of the throw by runner-up Charlie Ajootian, also of Harvard. Lazarus' 14-0 pole vault earned him victory on the basis of fewer misses...
Each team is strongest in events where the other is weak--Harvard in the distance weight events, Army in the pole vault, high jump, hurdles, and dash. Today's meet should produce a number of lopsided wins, with the outcome hinging on the relays and the events where both teams are about equally strong--the middle distance races and the broad jump...
Army will almost certainly win the high jump and the pole vault and could conceivably sweep both. The Cadets have two high jumpers who have gone 6'9"--Gary Steele and Bruce Olson--and another who is up to 6'6". In the pole vault, Army's John Rountree and Kevin James both do around 15', which will make it tough for Harvard's Pete Lazarus...