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Last summer, cross country captain Tom Spengler thought he'd be fighting for a good position on Harvard's team. But since the start of the season, Spengler has won seven of the eight races he has run and finished second in the other-the Heptagonals...
...might not have had such an easy time if injuries hadn't sidelined Mike Koerner and Marshall Jones; nevertheless, Spengler has done better than anyone had expected and has developed into one of the East's best cross country runners...
...Most people attribute his success to "toughness." "Spengler's a guy who can take a lot of punishment," teammate Howie Foye said last month. Bob Seals, who often runs with Spengler early in the race until Spengler moves ahead, regularly remarks after a race about "how tough Spin...
Coach Bill McCurdy said early this Fall that Spengler was the first Harvard runner he could remember who had never missed a workout in three years of preseason camp. The team runs arduous double workouts for two or three weeks at its camp. His consistency is further documented by the fact that he has never finished lower than fifth on the team, despite the series of outstanding runners Harvard has had recently...
...When questioned about his reputed toughness. Spengler explains it as an outgrowth of his extreme competitiveness. He was the middle of five boys in his family, and his brother three-and-a-half years older than he matched him against older boys in a variety of sports...