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...YORK, N.Y., March 7-Harvard's Keith Colburn turned in an exceptional effort in the ICAA mile run tonight at Madison Square Garden and only a strong finishing kick by Villanova's Marty Liquori enabled him to pass Colburn for the win in 4:02.1, a new meet record...
...Colburn, who probably would have won the 1000 if he had entered. chose to compete in the mile because he wanted a good race Both he and Liquori let others set the early pace, but near the middle of the race. Colburn started moving up and took the lead with about 600 yards remaining...
...stretched his lead to perhaps ten yards as the crowd became increasingly noisy. Liquori, meanwhile, was running third, and made his move with a lap and a half to go. The spectators became even louder as he started closing the gap on Colburn and finally passed him just before...
...Colburn tried to stick to Liquori, but he couldn't do it and finished second in 4:03.6. easily his personal best time and almost two seconds faster than Liquori's former meet record...
...Both Shaw's and Colburn's performances in the finals tonight may be affected significantly by the afternoon trials. Since their qualifying times were slow, they will be matched immediately with the top runners and will likely be forced to run an all-out race...