Word: harvard
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...YORK, Nov, 17-Today's IC4A meet in Van Cortlandt Park was once again a saddening experience for Harvard's varsity and freshman cross country teams. Captain Keith Colburn was third in the varsity race, but the Crimson's second finisher. Dave Pottetti was 22nd, and Harvard had to settle for a distant second behind powerful Villanova, the defending champion...
...Crimson, undefeated in dual meets this fall and the Heptagonal champion. was rated a definite contender today, although most people acknowledged that Villanova was the favorite. But today, as happened last year. Harvard clearly had a bad afternoon and was fortunate to earn second with 138 points, 78 behind the Wildeats and 16 in front of Penn State...
...start was encouraging for Harvard as Colburn, Roy Shaw, and John Heyburn moved out among the leaders. Heyburn was the first of the three to drop back when his calves tightened. And at the two-mile point. Shaw dropped out of the race with a sprained left ankle...
...break came in the back loops, where it usually does, and we lost Shaw," coach Bill McCurdy explained afterwards. As the pack came by at the two-and-a-half-mile point a few moments later, Villanova was well grouped up front, while Colburn, running second, was Harvard's only high...
There had been some concern that Shaw might fall back after such a fast start, and he had dropped back to about 36th when he fell down in front of Villanova's sixth man. Andy O'Reilly, after about two miles. That made Roth Harvard's fifth man, but he was way back...