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Sheehan ran a 4:34 first mile, and captain Stein Rafto notched 4:36, but each still trailed the leaders by about ten seconds. The front-runners put away the race for all practical purposes at the two-mile mark, breezing by in 9:10, 20 seconds ahead of Sheehan...
Crimson runners poured past in a bunch after that, with Mark Meyer (25:33), Reed Eichner (25:37), freshman Noel Scidmore (25:42) and Rafto (26:04) completing their kicks...
...Rafto and Eichner ran disappointing races for the harriers, who must count on that duo as their big guns if they are to have any chance of defending last season's IC4A championship...
...Rafto managed to handle the defeat lightly, quipping after the race, "We were pretty tightly bunched--we were just bunched in the wrong place...
...Rafto identified the reasons for the lackluster performance as first-race flatness, problems related to the short time the squad has been together, and the competition. "They're probably the best we'll see all year," he commented...