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...freshmen, though top man John Quirk will not run due to an Achilles' tendon injury, are also confident of victory. There seems to be too much depth for the other teams to break up. The Yardlings will be led by captain Tom New, elected yesterday...
...Harvard's undefeated freshman team won easily over Dartmouth's freshmen yesterday, 18-42, with John Quirk winning his seventh consecutive race for the Yardlings...
George Barker ran his best race of the year, and led until the last 100 yards of the 3.3-mile course, when Quirk burst past him in a sprinting finish. Dartmouth's Tom Shiland came in third, even though three Harvard runners-Marshall Jones, Mark Connolly, and Tom New-made strong final rushes and almost caught him. The time interval between Quirk and New was only 24 seconds...
...Quirk whose winning time of 15:31.4 was 1.2 seconds faster than the previous record set in 1965. has won every freshman meet this year. Tom New and George Barker finished second and third for the Crimson. Cornell's Tom Cahill came in fourth one-half second ahead of Harvard's Marshall Jones, while Mark Connolly finished sixth, just 35 seconds behind Quirk...
...team winner was obvious before the one-mile mark with Harvard's runners grouped well ahead of Cornell, but the individual winner wasn't decided until the final stages of the meet. Tom New led until the two-mile mark when John Quirk made his move to win the race...