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Captain Alais Griffin, junior Jennifer Kearney and freshman Caitlin Hurley are suffering from patella tendinitis, injuries which have effectively ended their cross-country seasons. Back and hip problems kept freshman phenom Karen Goetze, winner of this year's Greater Boston Invitational, off the women's course...
...Kearney, whose best event is the mile, couldhave gone to "track schools" like Villanova orGeorgetown on athletic scholarship, where most ofher life would have revolved around athletics. Butshe chose Harvard, she says, for the academics andbecause she disliked the "athletic pressure" atother schools...
...Most of my friends from the track circuit wentto schools on scholarships," says Kearney. "Senioryear, when I told them I was going to Harvard, thereaction...
...Kearney says that it has been difficult to meether own expectations in academics while improvingas a runner. But she says she has been encouragedby the record of Olympian Meredith Rainey '90, andmay train for the Olympics after graduation...
...Olympics are well-situated," says Kearney."I have a year after I graduate to train, and Ithink I can make a big jump then...