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...through their dual meet schedule undefeated last year, lost no major performers through graduation. In fact, they've added two sophomores, superstar Denis Fikes and Jim Rafferty, from an unbeaten freshman team. Thanks to a new Ivy eligibility rule, they also feature freshman Dave Merrick, an 8:41 two-miler in high school...
...American team will be handicapped somewhat today by the loss of Jon Enscoe, the team's top miler. Enscoe popped a blood vessel in his leg last week...
When they first ran against each other in 1967, Jim Ryun of the University of Kansas was the world's premier miler and Marty Liquori was a 17-year-old hotshot out of Essex Catholic High in Newark, N.J. At the A.A.U. championships that year, Liquori streaked home in 3 min. 59.8 sec. to shatter the four-minute barrier for the first time in his career. The crowd cheered-but not for Marty. He finished seventh, a full 70 yds. behind Ryun, who set a new-and still unbroken-world record of 3 min. 51.1 sec. for the mile...
...miler Jon Enscoe's fall really hit the Crimson hard. "When Harvard doesn't win the mile," one teammate said, "it's in trouble. When it doesn't place, it's really in trouble...
...Miler Tom Spengler and Don Escoe ran in trial heats late last night. Coach Bill McCurdy was hopeful that the pair could make it to the finals, but he didn't expect them to finish near...