Word: strickers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Freshman jenny Stricker was the brightest spot in the Crimson's afternoon, taking the 1500 and 3000 distances in record smashing times. In the talent-packed 1500, Stricker held off Yale contender Debbie Schulte to finish first at 4:25,70, three seconds better than junior Darken Beckford's year-old mark. Harvard senior Co-Captain Mary Hershey initially took the lead in the 1500 but finished fourth, behind Schulte and teammate Kate Wiley, who took third...
...Stricker later completed a difficult double by winning the grueling 3000, despite hot pursuit by Yale's Margaret Wynne, who ran at the yardling's elbow for most of the 15-lap race. Her face flushed with exertion. Stricker proved her superior mettle by streaking through the last lap for another meet and Coxe Cage record of 9,39,43. Harvard freshman Kathy Goode coming off a lengthy stress fracture injury, took fourth...
Although Harvard's Mile Relay of Beckford, Sigrid Gabler, Jenny Stricker and de Fries finished second to the Terriers, their time of 3:59.9 was a new school record by several seconds--an excellent average of just under one minute for each runner. In the Two Mile Relay, Harvard's potent combination of Simon, Lacy Ashley, Barrett and Herlihy ran uncontested to take first with a time...
...Harvard thinclads. In the hurdles and long jump, look for freshman record-holder Mariquita "Skeets" Patterson to sneak into a few top places, and for speedy Marjorie Charoun and Kathy Busby to do the same in the dashes. Also expected to turn in stellar performances are yardling Jenny Stricker--who took the Ivy League cross-country laurels and who will be running in her first 400-meter event of the season--and sophomore Grace de Fries in the 800-meter race...
...sophomore Grace deFries passed teammate Jenny Stricker in the final stretch to win by .3 seconds with a 2:15.8, and senior Anita Diaz ran neck-and-neck with a Springfield competitor to manage a gutsy third with...