> Kansas' Jim Ryun, 18: a 3-min. 58.3-sec. mile, fastest ever run by a high-schooler and only 4.2 sec. off the world record held by New Zealand's Peter Snell; in a meet at Wichita. Passing the three-quarter-mile mark in 3 min. 2 sec. Ryun sprinted the last quarter in 56.3 sec., clipped 3.7 sec. off his own high school record set last month.
> Harvard: the Eastern Sprint Rowing Championship, for the second straight year; at Worcester, Mass. Battling 10-m.p.h. headwinds, the smooth-stroking Crimson varsity, unbeaten in college competition since 1963, easily...
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