Word: record
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...varsity cage record in the shot, held by Sarge Nichols for a year now, was bettered by Nichols last night with a toss of 52 ft., 3 1/2 ins. The Crimson's other winner was Jed Fitzgerald, who took a quick lead in the two-mile run and lengthened it all the way to the finish...
...scorer for the varsity was triple winner Tom Blodgett, who missed in a try at the cage record in the pole vault. He won the vault with a jump of 13 feet and led a varsity sweep of the event. Blodgett, Marty Beckwith, and Alan Albright joined up for another Crimson sweep in the broad jump...
...victory for Blodgett was in the hurdles, in which he edged out Thomas and tied a cage record. Thomas shot out with the start first, but Blodgett pulled even and then dove across the finish line with a clear-cut win. His time of 5.2 tied Joel Landau's 1953 record...
Meanwhile, in the weight events, Crimson performers were doing some recordbreaking of their own. In the 35-pound weight toss Ted Bailey set a new University record in an early throw. Stan Doten followed with a toss of his own that toppled Bailey's short-lived mark that had, in turn, erased Doten's distance reached last season. The new record stands at 62 ft., 10 3/4 in. and is expected to go higher as the season progresses...
...freshmen got in on the record smashing act in beating B.U., 30 to 23. Eddie Meehan led the team with a time in the 1000 that set a freshman record and even surpassed the present varsity mark for the cage...