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Freshman Noel Skidmore followed Eichner for Harvard with a time of 26:32. Mark Meyer came in next for the harriers trailed by captain Stein Rafto. Bill Berkely ran a strong fifth and McCurdy pointed out, "This guy's a newcomer. It's a tribute to him that he was fifth...
Meanwhile in the midst of the cornfields and surrounding woods at Turkana Farms in Calcutta, Ohio, Shavers trained in seclusion like a man possessed. Each day, driven by trainer Frank Lucca, Shavers ran five miles around the fields in the morning and sparred, hit the bags, and jumped rope in the afternoon...
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...
...Crimson seemed too worried about the showing, though. Sheehan looked strong, Meyer ran unexpectedly well, and Scidmore held his own in his first outing. (McCurdy: "He ran a helluva race.") Most important, Rafto and Eichner will lower their times drastically in the coming weeks as surely as reading period will roll around come January...
Their origin notwithstanding, the pair did not prompt McCurdy to romanticize about their talent. That quality was in ample abundance yesterday at Franklin Park, where the two Irish imports ran to a dead heat, a three-way tie for first place with teammate Danny Dillon. All three were clocked at 24:01, a stiff pace for this early in the season. Providence's top three sweep, together with the capture of places six, seven and ten, enabled it to overpower UMass, its closest competition, and throttle Harvard. The first Harvard runner to finish the race was Ed Sheehan (no relation...