Every race in the 57th Annual Intercollegiate Track & Field Championships at Cambridge last week set a meet record. This was not because the runners were noticeably faster than in other years but because the distances were measured in metres for the first time. The night before the first day's trials, 25 I. C. A. A. A. A. coaches, disgruntled because their proteges were deprived of the chance of breaking old intercollegiate records, voted 22 to 3 to return to distances measured in yards next year.
The meet was notable less for...
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