The Relay Runner sculpture by Robert Tait McKenzie
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A photograph of The Relay Runner sculpture by Robert Tait McKenzie. The sculpture shows a crouching competitor watching a foot race. The person is looking to the right with their arm resting on their knee. This sculpture is on a stand with a name plate, "The Competitor R. Tait McKenzie." This name plate is for the sculpture the Competitor, also in the collection at Springfield College, but it appears that the sculptures got put on the wrong stands when the photograph was taken. University of Pennsylvania athlete Maurice Husik posed for both this sculpture as well as The Competitor during the summers of 1906 and 1908. McKenzie said the idea for the bronze sculpture was conceived while observing a two-mile relay team compete. The sculpture is of the anchor on the team eagerly watching in anticipation the second athlete during his run. For more information on R. Tait Mckenzie, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/720. Handwritten on the back of the image, "582-10."
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