Word: javelin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...With the javelin seemingly all over and Army men in first and second places, Tom Blodgett came over from the pole vault pit to take his last two throws. On his next-to-last attempt he threw the spear 184 ft., 1 in. to snatch the victory away from Army. Then he went back to the pole vault and, on his final try there, won the event with a 13-ft. effort. Sam Halaby cleared a surprising 12 ft., 6 in. to tie Army's John Young for second...
Stan Greenspan in the discus, Tom Corbin in the hammer, javelin, and shot, and John Jeppson in the discus and shot will support Bailey in the weight events. Dean Alpine, a potential six-foot jumper, should add points in the high jump. The broad jump, behind Beckwith, and the pole vault are weak...
...varsity's casualty list has dwindled to one serious injury, Ed Martin's damaged Achilles tendon. Skip Pescosolido hurt his arm after a succession of 200 ft. javelin throws, but his condition is not believed to be serious...
Field events may be the team's strong point. Doten and Jim Doty in the hammer, Abbot and Doty in the shot, Skip Pescosolido in the javelin, and Blodgett in the pole vault lead a strong group that should produce a few sweeps before the season is over...
...intelligent boy especially strong in math, John Thomas also runs the hurdles for fun, throws the javelin 150 ft., has put the shot 45 ft. with no special practice. What bothers him most is pre-jump nervousness. "The moment I fear is just standing there waiting to go." He used to cover his ears as the loudspeaker announced the jump he was about to attempt. When he broke his own record in the Knights of Columbus meet in Boston (where he first ran the hurdles -"It loosens me up"), Thomas did it during the climax of the big mile race...