Article: Van Dyk rolls to new mark.(Sports)

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The Boston Herald
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April 20, 2004
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Byline: DAN VENTURA

Ernst Van Dyk had been knocking on the door of a new record for the men's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon.

Yesterday, he kicked the door down.

The 31-year-old native of Stellenbosch, South Africa, established a new course record by storming through the field in a blistering time of 1 hour, 18 minutes, 27 seconds, breaking the previous record of Heinz Frei (1:21:23 in 1994) by nearly three minutes. The win was also Van Dyk's fourth straight, matching Franz Nietlispach's magical run from 1997-2000.

"I don't think words can describe what is going through my mind right now," said Van Dyk, who holds two of the ...

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