Dick Quax runs seventh
NZPA Washington 1 The New Zealand Olym-: pian, Dick Quax, ran sev- < enth behind Herb Lindsay, < of the United States and ( Finland’s Lasse Viren in a ( 15-kilometre road race at Far Hills, New Jersey, yesterday. t A fellow New Zealander, I Lorraine Moller, took second ’ place behind Patti Lyon t (U.S.) in the women’s sec- t tion. 1 Lindsay, rated the top dis- t tance road runner in the I
United States at present, scored in 43 minutes 54 seconds. He was more than six seconds ahead of Viren (44.00.5) with the American, Greg Myer, third in 44.21. . Quax’s time was 44.54. The New Zealander said after the race that he was happy with his time. "I was 10 seconds closer to Lindsay than in New York last week.” he added, commenting on Line-say’s win in a 10-mile race in Central Park.
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