Word: vaults
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...anticipated duel in the pole vault fizzled, as Tiger Jon Morse's 13 ft. 6 in did not even come near Crimson sophomore Steve Schoonover...
...later broken by Fred Hansen-and won a place on the U.S. team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Three weeks before the games began he "did something wrong" in practice and the pain became unbearable. The best he could manage in the Olympics was eleventh, and he did not vault again for eight months...
Harvard will have more depth in the field events. Steve Schoonover and Tiger Jon Morse should have a vault battle at over 14 feet, while Chris Pardee and Tiger Mel Branch will be high jumping around 6-8. Charlie Njoku of Harvard should out-jump his Yale competition for third place...
Harvard was surprisingly strong in the field events. Steve Schoonover and Charlie Njoku set the pace with predictable victories. Schoonover won the pole vault with a jump of 13 feet, 10 inches--a cage and meet record but not one of his best. Njoku outdueled Tufts' Joe Anadu to win the high jump at 6 feet, 5 inches...
Schoonover cleared 13 ft. 6 in. in the Knights of Columbus meet, but went out at 14 ft. John Pennel, who won the K of C meet with a 16 ft. pole vault, will be headlining the cast at the Garden Saturday. Sprinters Sam Perry, George Anderson, and Darrell Newman, middle-distance men Tom Farrell. Theron Lewis, Olan Cassell, and Bill Crothers, and miler Josef Odlozil are also on the program. Marie Mulder, the U.S. record holder, will face Antje Gleichfeld of Germany in a woman's half-mile...