Word: runners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...does not seem likely to figure in today's race, although its leading runner, sophomore Art Freeman, is a competitor with a strong finishing kick. The Terriers are sorely deficient in depth; they will send only five men to the starting line...
Glen Haughie, a steady, hard runner, will replace the injured Halaby at fullback and Albie Cullen, who did an excellent job last week, will be at right half.Coach JOHN YOVICSIN counters a reporter's questions after the varsity's light pre-game practice yesterday afternoon. Looking forward to this afternoon's contest with Bucknell at Soldiers Field, he refused to make an outright prediction of victory, though his team is a 12-point favorite. In an attempt at equanimity, he said simply, "Our sights are set on victory. The game will be won in the line...
There is little doubt that Benjamin's time could have been faster. Unfamiliar with the four-mile grind, he saved himself so well that he covered the last 440 in a blazing 64.0. He ran consecutive two miles of 9:23 and 9:25, an amazing performance from a runner whose best two-mile at the start of the 1959 outdoor season...
...Benjamin led the field through the first mile in 4:29. As Everett fell behind, Benjamin kept up his withering pace. With a last 440 of 63.0, he hit the tape in a sensational 8:55.2, a new Harvard record and the best performance this season by an American runner...
...time. Until the Army meet on April 18, he had never run a mile as fast as his 4:26 second leg at Santry. And his time for the race was nearly 13 seconds faster than his best previous effort. It will be a long time before a runner with Benjamin's dogged determination and competitive pride wears a Crimson uniform...