Every spring, around this time, when spikes start biting into cinders, aspiring track and field candidates begin casting wishful glances at the mahogany record-panels down in Dillon Field House. Usually, though, the idea of competing on the same squad with a recordbreaker is remote.

But this year, with seasoned veterans hitting their prewar stride, Coach Mikkola's team may give the man who letters in the new records a busy season. Without crawling too far out on the limb, it is safe to say that records in the hammer, shot, discus, pole-vault, and hurdles will all be in serious jeopardy as soon as official competition gets under way.

Here are the records the Varsity will be shooting at this spring:

100-yard dash--E. E. Calvin '35, July 8, 1933. Time--9 8/10 sec. 220-yard dash--D. D. Pirnie '43, May 30, 1941. Time--21 3/10 sec. 440-yard dash--W. Willcox '17, May 15, 1915. Time--48 sec.

880-yard run--J. D. Lightbody '40, May 18, 1940. Time 1 min., 52 1/10 sec. One-mile--A. C. Northrop '38, May 21, 1938. Time--4 min., 16 5/10 sec. Two-mile run--J. L. Reid '29, June 1, 1929. Time--9 min., 22 sec.

110-yard high hurdles D. A. Donahue '41, May 24, 1941. Time--14 5/10 sec. 220-yard low hurdles--D. A. Donahue '41, May 13, 1939. Time 23 6/10 sec.

Pole-vault--T. M. Ford '43, May 7, 1942. Height 13 feet., 11 3/4 in. Broadjump--E. O. Gourdin '21, July 13, 1921. Distance--25 ft., 3 in. High-jump R. Haydock, Jr., '39, May 15, 1937. Height--6 ft., 3 1/4 in. Javelin--R. C. Johnson '36, May 25, 1935. Distance--208 ft., 6 in. Discuss--J. H. Dean '34, May 19, 1934. Distance--157 ft., 7 3/4 in. Shot-put (16 lbs.)--H. P. Mendel '40, June 1, 1940. Distance--50 ft., 6 3/4 in. Hammer-throw (16 lbs.)--W. J. Shallow '40, May 20, 1939. Distance 170 ft., 1 in.