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TRACK

May 1920
Article
TRACK
May 1920

Seniors and juniors divided the honors in the two indoor interclass meets of the season, the seniors nosing out a win by a quarter of a point on March 20, while 1921 came through with an easy victory a week later.

In the opening affair Thomson, world's champion hurdler, was the individual star, with firsts in both hurdle events and thirds in the broad and high jumps. J. H. Lee '23 sprang a surprise by winning both the shotput and 35-pound weight throw, thereby totalling nearly half the points scored by his class. The fast senior relay team, made up of Holbrook, Prentiss, Jordan, and Thomson, tore away from all competitors in the interclass relay. Point score for the meet: 1920, 36¼; 1922, 36; 1923, 26¼; 1921, 17½.

One record went by the board and another was equalled in the second meet March 27. L. H. Weld '21, set up a new mark of 46 ft., 4¼ inches, in the 35-pound weight throw, and E. J. Thomson '20 equalled his own record of 74-5 seconds for the 60-yard high hurdles. Captain Myers cleared 12 ft. 2 inches easily for a win in the pole vault, and Coakley turned in a fast mile, finishing 20 yards ahead of the field after starting from scratch. The score: 1921, 40 1/3; 1920, 32½ 1922, 29 1/3; 1923 23 5/6.