Word: indoor
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...biggest differences between the indoor and outdoor seasons is that you have to contend with the elements," says senior co-Captain Kim Johnson. On top of the elements, there is also the larger track, longer sprints and hurdles, additional distance events, and the different passing zones for batons in the relays that the competitors have to adjust...
...only things were as simple as that. Unfortunately, however, there is a rather large difference between certain tracks--most notably between indoor and outdoor tracks--and Harvard's recent lack of one (the stadium track is unenterable without a hardhat) for the women's team to practice on could affect its performance in today's season-opening Ivy. League Championships at Dartmouth...
Workouts not withstanding, the squad is hopeful as it travels to Hanover to do battle with the other Ivy luminaries. The situation facing the team is identical to the one it encountered two months ago at the Ivy Indoor Championships: Princeton looks big, strong and eager defend its title...
Once again, Harvard's biggest deficiency is in the shorter runs and hurdles. Freshman Mariquita "Skeets" Patterson--who set Harvard's indoor hurdles and Pentathalon record last winter--will confine her various talents to the Heptathalon today, leaving Sigrid "Ziggy" Gabler to run in the 400-meter hurdles, and Lenny Yajima to contend in the long jump. There will be no one representing the Crimson in the 100-meter hurdles...
...thing has not changed from the indoor season, and that is that the Crimson is still awesome in the field and distance events. Johnson will take the shotput easily, and freshman Kathy Durante--who was last year's state champion in the discus--will unleash her talents with probable success in that event...