Sprinter Sam Robinson, the team's number-one dash man, was out for the season. Sophomore Dave McKelvey couldn't run the 600-yard dash until the Heptagonals, the last meet of the indoor season.

Running for Hall of Fame coach Jumbo Elliott's Villanova track team, Charlie Jenkins won the IC4A 440-yard championship in 1955 and 1957 and was the indoor 600-yard champion from 1955 through 1957. He ...