Word: zealander
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Zealand's Peter Snell, 23, world's fastest miler (3:54.4), over the U.S.'s best, Oregon's Dyrol Burleson, in a new American record time of 3:56.1; at Los Angeles Coliseum Relays. Burleson clung to the pace for three laps, but on the final go-round Snell turned on his famous kick, sprinted the last 220 yds. in a blazing 24.5 sec., hit the tape more than...
...attended Burgess Hill for one year before I came to New Zealand. The schooling I received there had a profound influence on me. I was a damn little brat by the time I'd finished, and at least a year behind in my formal schooling...
MARTIN D. BROWN Christchurch, New Zealand...
...month after he had stamped himself as the world's fastest miler, with a 3-min. 54.4-sec. clocking at Wanganui, New Zealand, light-footed Peter Snell (TIME, Feb. 9) also proved himself a man of his word. Promising to entertain his Auckland neighbors with a sub-4-min. mile, Snell sped across the tape...
...gone under four minutes again," Beatty gasped afterward. "Next week I'll be going all out." Big Burst. Beatty's real competitors in Manhattan were the forbidding shadows of Ireland's Ron Delany, whom Beatty will race this week in the A.A.U. indoor meet, and New Zealand's Peter Snell, whom he will tackle next June in the outdoor A.A.U. Both races should be classics : Beatty, Delany and Snell are a study in contrasts. Tense and ready, Ron Delany, 26, is a throwback to Don Gehrmann: undefeated in 34 straight indoor miles, he pays no attention...