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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...
Harvard will go unrepresented in the hurdles as freshman standout Mariquita "Skeets" Patterson will devote herself to an attempt at a one-two finish with teammate Karen Cray in the pentathlon Junior Lenny Yajlma will have to take up Patterson's slack in the long jump. In the Big Time meet, Patterson took third in the event with a 5.26 meter effort...
...shorter distances will be picking up the valuable second and third places that Boston College, Northeastern and Tufts could conceivably steal from the Harvard thinclads. In the hurdles and long jump, look for freshman record-holder Mariquita "Skeets" Patterson to sneak into a few top places, and for speedy Marjorie Charoun and Kathy Busby to do the same in the dashes. Also expected to turn in stellar performances are yardling Jenny Stricker--who took the Ivy League cross-country laurels and who will be running in her first 400-meter event of the season--and sophomore Grace de Fries...
Freshman phenom Mariquita "Skeets" Patterson performed well as expected, tying her school record of 8.6 in the 60-yard hurdles for a win, and later preventing a Springfield sweep in the long jump with a 16 ft., 5 1/2 in. place effort...
Marjorie Scharoun and Mariquita "Skeets" Patterson, both freshmen, should turn heads this year. Coach Pappy Hunt feels that Scharoun has the potential to be as good as Kathy Rice--who holds Harvard's dash record--and that Patterson's contributions to the hurdles, long jump, and dash will be invaluable...