Word: vaulter
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...host of other impressive sophomores, allow for the expected improvement from last year's regulars, and you have an unbeatable combination--even without that pole vaulter...
...allergic to bluegrass in Kentucky. Fred Hansen's destiny seems more secure, if for no other reason than the fact that it has taken him years to get much of anywhere at all. A virtual unknown when he showed up for the big spring meets, Pole Vaulter Hansen, 23, startled track experts by leaping 17 ft. 1 in. in Houston last month, breaking John Pennel's world record by ¼ in. Week after in San Diego, Hansen did it again, soaring over the bar at 17 ft. 2 in., and beating Pennel himself. Last week he handily...
...barefoot Bikila Abebe sprints through torchlit Roman streets to win the 26-mile marathon and Ethiopia's first Olympic gold medal; U.S. Decathlon Champion Rafer Johnson consolingly embraces his close friend and runner-up, Taiwan's C. K. Yang. Poignant drama erupts when a Russian pole vaulter disastrously breaks his ankle. There is comedy, too, as a narrator dryly remarks of Britain's winning, waddling roadwalker: "One cannot honestly say that he presents an impeccable silhouette...
Only the pole vault appears to be a sure source of points for Princeton; Dick Bolander, at 15', is 2' ahead of any Harvard vaulter. The Tigers might even sweep the event...
...even more certain win for the Cadets is in the pole vault. There Dick Plymale, this year's indoor Hope champion, and Wayne Richard, another 15-foot vaulter, should walk away with the top two spots...