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...Both of Linsley's parents went to Harvard and her three older sisters followed the family tradition as well. While she was a freshman, her sister Sarah was the cross country captain, putting, the younger Linsley recalls, "a little added pressure...
Harvard cross country has been a big factor in Kristen Linsley's personal growth. In her first Crimson race, she found herself running Harvard's fifth best time. "I started crying," she remembered "Everybody was yelling. 'You're fifth, you're fifth, and I didn't know what they meant...
...Harvard captain, though, is a woman of few words, "I don't think I'm the leader type," she said. "I usually-keep my mouth shut." But Linsley still leads. "Kristen works in a subtle way, but a very strong way," Hunt said...
This year there's almost always been someone around. Linsley's never far from the leaders, and freshmen Kathy Goode and Mary Jeanne Barrett are usually right with...
...physical closeness during the race is matched by an emotional togetherness on and off the course. "You keep track of people as individuals," Linsley said. "You keep a line on everybody's life and they keep a line on yours...