Word: walts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Walt Hewlett led the field up and down hills for the first 4.5 miles, but in the level stretch run Georgetown's Joe Lynch out kicked the Crimson junior to win yesterday's IC4A cross-country meet in New York City in record time...
...Walt took control of the race from the very beginning. Awestruck by a New York Times report that Hewlett had run the first mile in last week's Heptagonals in 4:18, the other runners let him set the early pace. At the mile post, Hewlett was 20 yards in front of the pack, and he gained even more during the hilly second mile on everyone except Lynch...
...here that Walt had to pull away, but over the half-mile grind into the upper atmosphere he was able to gain only a five-yard advantage. Lynch closed that quickly in the level dash to the finish, pulling ahead with about 600 yards to go and finishing 35 yards and five seconds ahead of Walt...
...satisfied," Walt said afterwards. "Of course I wish I'd won, but I don't feel I made any mistakes. I think I ran the proper race...
Hewlett, Allen and possibly others will compete in next Monday's NCAA meet in East Lansing, Mich. Walt finished 12th last year...