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Harvard is one of about four teams expected to battle for second place behind Villanova in this afternoon's IC4A cross country championships at New York's Van Cortland Park...
...these teams are all aware that finishing second is the best they can hope for unless disaster tricks Villanova. The Wildcats are led by consistent Donald Walsh, who ran a phenomenal 24:51 to win the Big Five in Philadelphia recently. Depth is no problem since Villanova has Chris Mason, Marty Liquori, and a group of strong sophomores...
...Harvard, since it won the Helps, is probably the favorite to finish second, the place it earned last year. But Crimson coach Bill McCurdy would like to close appreciably the gap between his team and Villanova. The Wildcats had 60 points, while Harvard amassed...
...result, Villanova more or less counts on a mediocre performance by the Crimson. "Harvard always takes the apple [chokes]," Villanova harrier Andy O'Reilly asserted after last year's meet. "And Villanova always seems to come through." This dismal pattern may. in part, explain why Harvard is concentrating on second place...
Penn ran quite well, however, while losing to powerful Villanova last weekend, and Piazza feels that he is finally ready for a strong race...