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...they'd most like to be marooned on a desert island. He was a natural basketball player who preferred running track, a sport that allowed him to depend on himself and train all alone. At this he was not a natural--he willed himself to become a top half-miler in the state. But still he played basketball, the team sport, because that was the route that might get him a scholarship to college, and from college maybe to med school, where he could train for a profession that would guarantee him security wherever he went...
...Algerian miler shaves almost 2 sec. off record...
...Tony Miler started the scoring on a 2-yard run and Baur threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Caldwell to give the Leopards a 14-0 lead...
McAllister believes if Evans' best event, the 1,500-meter free, were scheduled for Seoul (alas, it is not), "she would beat everyone by 25 seconds." He adds that if Evans could be persuaded to enter the very long races that are scheduled occasionally -- a 16-miler, say -- "she would beat the men." This may be true. The gender game doesn't prove much; other top women swimmers now equal men's records of 20 years ago. But it is interesting to learn that Evans' 4:05.45 world record for the 400-meter free beats Mark Spitz...
...track, Tim Harte is the team's fastest miler with a personal best time of 4-min., 13-sec. Brian Cann has proven to be competitive in everything from the mile to the 5000 meters. Mayer is the team's leading sprinter, with times of 10.8 seconds in the 100 meters and 22.3 seconds in the 200 meters. Freshmen Peter Wilensky and David Son provide much-needed depth in the sprinting events. John Koenigsknecht, John Mee and Eric Rahe will run for the Crimson in the middle-distance events...