Word: sprinting
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Dates: during 1901-1901
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...believe that a three mile race can in no case be considered a sprint, and that the style and standard in rowing and in men, necessary for the best results, is the same as that required in a race of four miles...
Workman, the Cambridge captain, has recently cone a great deal of work in the half-mile run, and because of his wonderful ability to set a hard pace and keep a good reserve for a sprint, should win the event easily. He ran the distance last Saturday in two minutes flat without being hard pressed, and on the same day Boynton won the Harvard Yale trial in 2 minutes 1 1-5 seconds...
...mile run is also conceded to Oxford and Cambridge, as Cockshott of Cambridge and Gregson and Cawthra of Oxford are all superior to Clark of Harvard in both endurance and ability to sprint...
...three laps, and finished with a strong burst of speed. Knowles was a good fourth. Although Holland of Georgetown, won the quarter mile rather easily, the three Harvard men, Rust, Clerk, and Manson, obtained the other three places. In the two mile, Mills came in second after a fine sprint, and Swan finished fourth. Lightner was a close second to Duffy in the hundred yards dash, and also was fourth in the two-twenty. Converse and Willis ran second and third to Clapp in both of the hurdle races...