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Sparked by Jim Baker, the Harvard cross country team raced to its first Heptagonal (the Ivies plus Army and Navy) crown in over a decade. No harrier squad had put together an undefeated dual meet season, a Big 3 victory and the Heps title in one campaign since the late...
...Baker raced undefeated through the dual meets and the Greater Bostons (where clutch performances by unheralded juniors Pete Dennehy and Frank Sulloway saved the day for an injury-depleted squad) and then junior Doug Hardin, the captain-elect for 1968, took over...
...brilliant individual performances throughout the season. Captain-elect Dick Benka set a shot put record of 58' 11 1/2"; captain Jeff Huvelle broke a 50-year-old record in the 440-yard dash; Steve Schoonover became the first Ivy League polevaulter to go 16 feet; Roy Shaw and Jim Baker made several valiant but futile runs at the four minute mile; Frank Haggerty established himself as one of the nation's best hurdlers before a freak accident cut short his senior season. More than anything else Harvard lacked experience, but there may be help from the freshmen and there...
...lightweight varsity boatings: Brian Sullivan, captain and cox; Joe Bracewell, stroke; Bill Braun, 7; Rob Wolff, 6; Ken Moller, 5; Fred Fisher, 4; Jim Garrity, 3; Bob Baker, 2; and Chris Cutler...
...JAMES V. BAKER...