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...Mark Shagena: the 1986 Ironman, a sprinter from Michigan who has already proved to be an inspiration after last weekend's performance...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Shooting for the Elusive Number Nine | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

Fellow Tri-Captain Bill Wolff elaborated: the honor was "created in the image of the swim team's 'Ironman Award' for the most obnoxious freshman...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Branca Nabs Shmen "Honors" | 10/30/1986 | See Source »

Last year, 40-minute ironman performances were the norm, as then-Coach Frank McLaughlin often let his starters go the distance. Some 50 times last season, a Cantab logged a 40-minute performance...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Looking To Improve On a 19-89 Record | 1/10/1986 | See Source »

Webster--who became the first Harvard player to play a full 40 minutes this season after 50 such ironman performances by last year's squad--added eight points of his own in the final four minutes to seal the victory...

Author: By Jessica Dorman and Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Dartmouth Trips Up Men Cagers in Ivy Opener; Harvard (3-7) Posts 1-2 Mark Over Winter Break | 1/6/1986 | See Source »

...began when a bunch of jocks in Hawaii fell to arguing about which was the tougher sport, biking, running or swimming. Out of the quarrel was born the first Ironman Triathlon: 15 seemingly crackbrained humans on a 2.4-mile ocean swim followed by a 112-mile bike race followed by a 26.2-mile marathon run. That was in 1978. This year, with the distances in many cases shortened to a so-called tinman's grasp, 1.2 million Americans are expected to take part in 2,100 triathlons. The event is being called the fastest-growing participatory sport in the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Lookin' Good in the '80s | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

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