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Four of the Seattle seven (Darlene Beckford, Kristen Linsley, Martha Clabby, and Becky Rogers) will reunite as last year's national record-setting 2-mile relay team. The versatile Beckford may be running anything from the 440 to the two-mile event, if not all of them. The sophomore set the national indoor college mile record last year. Junior Mary Hurlihy, who ran sub-five minute miles in high school, looks equally strong this year. A Beckford Hurlihy combination could produce a tough one-two punch in the mile...
...city of Seattle did the predictable, wrapping the three-day meet in endless fog and drizzle. The Crimson's foremost triumverate of Darlene Beckford, Kristen Linsley, and Ellen Gallagher finished one, two, three for Harvard, all landing in the top hundred amongst a fiercely competitive field. And coming into the meet ranked 20th in the nation as a team, the Harriers obliged by finishing 20th overall...
Individually, the seven runners had varying results. Beckford, after running in the top ten for nearly two miles, succumbed to the blistering pace and faded back to a 35th place finish, disappointingly failing to qualify as an All-American...
Women's cross country (4-2, second in Ivies): Darlene Beckford has run her way into the spotlight for the Crimson this semester, winning the individual Ivy crown. Kristen Linsley has followed closely in her footsteps, coming second behind her in most races and third in the Ivies. Both have made All-Ivy, but the team fell short of copping the title by one excruciating point, to Princeton...
Kristen Linsley finished next for the harriers, edged out for second place by Yale's Sally Strauss, whom she'd beaten only last week, and had to settle for third. Linsley wouldn't stay disappointed for long, though, as she and Beckford were among the top five finishers named All-Ivy after the meet...