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...Gordon McKusick of Cornell, also hurt for most of the year, was the only Ivy League runner to beat Hardin. McKusick placed tenth, seven seconds ahead of the man who had whipped him twice this season...
Charting the metamorphisis is astonishing. Last year, for example, Hardin lost to a Cornell runner named Chester Judah by 54 seconds. This year Hardin beat him by three and a half minutes. Last year, Hardin came in 35th in the freshman IC4A championships. This year, he whipped Gordon McKusick, who won the freshman title, and will probably be one of the favorites himself at the end of the season...
...plugger. "I'm not fast. I don't have speed, but I can take a fast pace. I doesn't hurt me as much at the end." He doesn't have much of a kick. But Doug will kill you with his perseverence. He stuck so close to McKusick in the Cornell meet that even the Big Red sensation couldn't stand the pace and cramped...
...Three Meet and what should be one of the few regular undefeated seasons in Harvard harrier history, Hardin will go on to the Greater Bostons on Nov. 1, where he will have very little trouble. Then on to New York for the Heptagonal championship Nov. 4, where he and McKusick will be among the favorites. Finally, Hardin will return to New York in 10 days for the IC4A's. And he should have a good chance even there...
...McKusick and Hardin were both unbeaten going into Saturday's race, and the duel was supposed to be a preview of the Heptagonal championship at the end of the season. Running hard and neck-and-neck, the two sophomores clicked off a 4:40 opening mile and a 4:45 second mile. McKusick, who had never even been challenged in any of his races up to that time, was hard-pressed to hold the pace. He took a severe leg cramp after three miles, and Hardin just breezed in from there...