Word: ritson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite unfavorable running weather, the Crimson runners set a fast pace at the start which they maintained throughout the race. Until the one-mile mark, Koerner and Spengler were staying with Cornell's two sophomore stars, Phil Ritson and Don Alexander. The rest of the Harvard team followed in a tight group...
After the first mile, Colburn dominated the running. In a series of personal challenges, he sprited in front of the Cornell runners several times, forcing them to run at his pace. Near the three-mile mark Cornell's Ritson collapsed and didn't finish the race, while his teammate. Alexander dropped back to seventh...
...team effort was an exciting thing to watch," said McCurdy. "We wanted to go out fast and keep pace with Ritson and Alexander. And that's what we did," he said...
Cornell's problem is its lack of depth. The next few runners are not nearly as good as Ritson and Alexander. Captain Bruce Earle, Ralph Adams, Doug Winn, and Tom Baker have done well enough thus far to help Cornell win, but will probably have considerably more trouble against the Crimson...
...several people could win today but Alexander and Ritson are slight favorites. But even if they finish on top, there will probably be a string of Crimson harriers right behind to win the meet. Cornell's secondary runners will have to do exceptionally well to break up this group...