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...Crimson's outdoor season was highlighted by co-captain Chris Clever's bid for an NCAA title in the javelin (see related story, page E-1) and Kraay's victory in the Eastern shot put at Penn relays. The team as a whole, however, did not have as much success, placing just eighth out of nine teams at Outdoor Heps for the second year...
Senior track and field co-captain Chris Clever-the Crimson's Male Athlete of the Year-won every javelin title he aimed for this past season up until the NCAA championships and earned a top five national ranking in the process...
...When Clever entered into this season, he was already the javelin school-record holder, a two-time defending Heptagonal champion and an Olympic Trial competitor. Right from the outset of the season, Clever sent the message that he was capable of even more...
...weeks later, Clever took on the best competition from the Eastern U.S. at the IC4A championships. Among the competitors was Virginia's Brian Kollar, who was ranked above him on the national javelin performance lists. Although Clever did not deliver his best throw of the season that day, he still beat out Kollar and earned the first IC4A title of his career with a distance of 70.68 meters...
...While Clever failed to surpass hometown favorite John Steigeler of Oregon to win the national title, he nevertheless remained the greatest new-rules javelin thrower in Heptagonal history. His meet record of 74.06 meters and his three consecutive league titles has set the standard by which future Ivy javelin throwers will be judged...