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Martha Clabby pulled into the lead on the second leg of the two-mile relay, ensuring the Crimson a win in the crucial final race. By prior agreement between the Harvard and UNH coaches, the meet concluded in the two-mile relay instead of the customary mile relay--but the Crimson easily outpaced a strong New Hampshire quartet of half-milers behind Clabby's strong second...
Double winner Ellen Hart was Harvard's outstanding runner, capturing a 5:04 victory in the mile and a 10:58 win in the two-mile. Hart's times, although not personal bests, both set track records...
Rosie Ruiz, winner of the women's division of the Boston Marathon, yesterday repeated that she had run the entire 26-mile course and was indeed the winner of the race...
...Oregon, Kristof completed his first marathon in 3:32. After the grueling race, he promised himself he would never run another. Yet this year, the Lowell House resident recalled the romantic side of the race and began to train at the start of the semester, registering seven to ten miles a day. Kristof found Monday's race fairly enjoyable, especially while passing through Wellesley, where he received ice, oranges and kisses from three Wellesley students. But at the 22-mile mark, Kristof said he "hit a very thick brick wall" that refused to budge throughout the remainder...
Junior Jay Larson felt this same pain and sense of achievement. "After the race it seemed worthwhile, although on mile 26, nothing seems worthwhile," he said. Crossing the finish line at 4:47 along with his Eliot House roommate, Howard Johnson, Larson fulfilled his goal of "just finishing the race." Although he only started training for the marathon a few weeks ago, the ex-football player from Santa Barbara, Calif., believed that his athletic ability would pull him through. Yet after the race, he admitted that--like Kristof--his view of the race was somewhat romanticized...