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...Harvard finishes were freshman Reed Eichner, who came in sixth at 24:59, number seven Stein Rafto at 25:00, Pete Fitzsimmons, number eight at 25:02, and Jeff Campbell, who finished 15th...
Harvard runner Stein Rafto cannonballed down the relatively straight-and-narrow first mile of the course, and was one of the top four when he breezed across the mile mark at 4:32. Teammates Reed Eichner, Pete Fitzsimmons, and Jeff Campbell were not far behind, and at this point only Dartmouth, Princeton, and Penn posed any real threat...
...last half of the race, the Crimson was forced to play catch-up, and responded strongly to the challenge. Eichner, Rafto, and Fitzsimmons drove hard for the last mile and one-half, and all missed passing the number two Princeton man by four seconds or less...
...leaders set an extremely quick pace throughout the race. Harvard's Stein Rafto came out of the gate and blew the race wide open, tearing past the one-mile mark at 4:26. Three-quarters of a mile later, Campbell and Fitzsimmons took over, running the two-mile at 9:13, and trading the lead for the next 2.5 miles...
Behind the Crimson top trio came Yale captain Dan Schlesinger and an unbroken string of five Princeton runners, all at a safe distance. Stein Rafto was plagued with knee trouble and hit the tenth spot...