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Sixth, Some athletes would be happy being sixth on the ladder of their local bowling league, but trackster Jenny Stricker isn't even content with having run the sixth fastest women's two mile in the world. The record which the modest sophomore is quick to point out was broken a half hour later in the same meet, is typical of the consistent performer who has helped to re surrect the women's track team...
...headline-making race occurred in March during the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women meet at the ITT. The time was by for Stricker's fastest, but it exemplifies a Harvard career that has risen anything but slowly...
During her 1 1/2 years the sophomore sensation has competed in varsity cross country and indoor and outdoor track. She has risen to the top in all three. As a cross country runner Stricker was number one along with team-mate Kate Wiley, placing first in the eastern regionals in Vermont. She followed this performance with a superb indoor track season which saw the Colorado native become a double winner in the Heptagonals and take third in the two mile at the NCAAs on her way to earning All-America honors...
...Assistant Coach Pappy Hunt is correct, then Stricker should exhibit similar prowess this spring. "If Jenny keeps progressing we're looking forward to her having a great season and eventually be a strong Olympic potential," Hunt says. While Stricker has concentrated mainly on the shorter distances in the past, her coaches believe she has the strength and speed needed to become an outstanding long distance runner. But, for the time being, "she has a love affair with the 1500 and mile." Assistant Coach Dennis Cochran Fikes says...
Sheehan, Dixon, and Stricker were all resting--after their superb performances at the Penn Relays on Friday. Sheehan, Dixon, Dwayne Jones, and Brad Bunney finished second in the Distance Relay, turning in a time of 9:27.5, only three seconds over the world record, while Stricker finished second in the mile with 4:36, her best time of the season. Hammer thrower Al Quintero finished fourth at Penn on Friday with the best throw of his career and then went on to top it on Saturday at the GBCs...