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Thinclad notes: Mel Embree placed first in the high jump with a 6 ft. 10 1/4 in. leap, setting a new Soldiers Field record. Kevin McCafferty, Ahmed Kayali, and John McCulloh took seconds in the shot put, triple jump, and high jump. Dartmouth's Mark Collins threw the javellin 229 ft. 8 in. to snap Adrian Tew's old Soldiers Field mark. Blayne Heckel vaulted only 14 ft. 6 in. but took first place in the pole competition...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Track Juggernaut Humiliates 'Strong' | 5/1/1974 | See Source »

Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, Harvard's hope in the long and triple jump contests, will probably be in the best shape to pick up a few points for the Crimson. But even the triple winner at the Greater Boston Championships will have to leap more than two feet better than his 24 ft. 5 1/2 in. mark at the Heptagonals before he will be assured a spot in the top three...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Creme dela Cramer | 4/27/1974 | See Source »

...summer of 1969, looking forward to his first full season with the Knicks, DeBusschere said he was "absolutely sick of watching the Celtics leap off the floor at the end of each championship series, their fists raised high in victory. I want to raise my fist. I want to be Number...

Author: By Gilbert A. Kerr, | Title: Knicks' DeBusschere Empties Locker | 4/26/1974 | See Source »

...energy, Avery strives not for sophistication but for the power of a basic form--a way to demonstrate the vitality of his world. He expresses all the pride and grandeur of a fan-tailed pigeon with nine zig-zagged lines. A dancer caught in mid-turn prepares to leap from the page, and a startled bird stretches across a dawning sky of four stars and a third-quarter moon...

Author: By Kathy Garrett, | Title: Horizons | 4/24/1974 | See Source »

...three-cornered battle, Yale's Josh Chodosh won the hammer throw with a personal record of 164 ft. 3 in., freshman Barton Smith took the triple jump with a 46-ft. leap, and Ashenfelter and Schlessinger finished first in their races...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Thinclads to Battle Hapless Elis Today | 4/23/1974 | See Source »

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