Word: mclean
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wharton and Captain Dave McLean proved the big disappointments for the Crimson. Wharton, who finished 15th in the Heptagonals, was never in contention after a slow start...
...McLean succumbed to his old nemesis, the second hill of the course, as the rough terrain proved too much for his already injured ankle. He was forced to drop out of the race at the three mile mark...
...third bunch, Yale could place its final three men, in which case captain Dave McLean and Dick Wharton become the critical runners for the varsity...
Therefore, if Reider can finish far enough ahead of Bogan and Hogen, and Schlaeppi and Norris can finish with them, McLean and Wharton, by breaking up Yale's final three finishers, could ice the meet for the varsity...
...Yale win. The race was run over a different course from the one scheduled, as the regular Princeton course was inundated by the residue of three days' rain. The alternate course, more hilly than the original course, together with the heavy footing caused by the intermittent showers, hampered McLean, who was running on a weak ankle. As a result, McLean did not come up with the expected performance that would have upset the scoring