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Competing against 288 runners from New England colleges, senior Bethany Helms led the way with an 11th place finish and a personal best time of 18:00. She set the pace early in the race, and a fast pack of Harvard runners followed her lead.
Throughout the season, the team has worked on staying together in a pack and maintaining speed for the duration of the race. With Helms at the front, Harvard did just that, cutting the time between its No. 1 and No. 6 runners to about 40 seconds, down from 60 the...
Helms ran well despite being bothered a bit during the race by a reoccurring illiotibial band injury in her knee.
"I was relatively happy with my race," Helms said. "I started being bothered by my injury again, so I ran cautiously, but that will be better by Heps."
Unsworth, running a best time at Franklin Park, and Hymas ran in the front pack with Helms for duration of the race.