Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Aside from Cahalan's sparkling performance, there was not much reason for Harvard partisans to be pleased. Bill Murphy, who was rated a very strong contender in the one-meter diving, had to settle for a fifth-place finish behind divers from Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Pittsburgh.
Eleven Crimson track starts will go against the nation's best this weekend at the NCAA Indoor Championships at Detroit. Harvard is not expected to be a strong contender for the team title but coach Bill McCurdy has high hopes for several individual performers.
Coach Marion's sabre team, a contender for best in the East, contributed seven wins, with sabremen Ron Winfield and Larry Cetrulo victorious in each of their three rounds. Tom Keller went undefeated in foil competition as the foil team's 6-3 conquest completed the sweep.
Yale, 5-7, also has two games remaining and therein, for Harvard, lies the tale. The Blue plays Dartmouth, a cellar contender, on Friday night and then, in the game which may determine the final standings of the teams, meets Harvard at New Haven on Saturday.
Running in only his second meet of the season, Johnson has rapidly developed into Coach McCurdy's most versatile performer and could be a contender in several events this weekend.