Phil is correct. The 4:53 that I gave as his freshman mile was run in
October '46, at the start of his freshman year. That may have been his first
mile race. The 4:24.6 was run in June 1947.
Ed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip J Wyckoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 9:22 PM
Subject: t-and-f: Bannister
> My reading of Bannister's career shows him running 4.24.6 in 1947, and he
> came to Oxford in Fall of 1946. which I think makes him a Freshman. He
> never ran on a track or wore spikes prior to Oxford.
>
> Phil Wyckoff
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