U.S. track and field stars had seldom looked better. Villanova's muscular Frank Budd sprinted 100 yds. in 9.2 sec. to smash Mel Patton's 1948 world record, oldest on the books. No fewer than 13 pole vaulters scaled 15 ft. California Schoolboy Ulis Williams, 19, chased Veteran Olympic Champion Otis Davis, 28, to the wire in the 440, finished only 0.2 sec. behind him. An unorthodox upstart from Southern California, Bob Avant, dived headfirst over the high-jump bar, somersaulted onto his back with a crunching thud after clearing 7 ft. to beat Boston University's...
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