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...Both Villanova and Harvard, the top two finishers in the university division varsity race in Monday's IC4A cross country meet, were running without the help...
There had been some concern that Shaw might fall back after such a fast start, and he had dropped back to about 36th when he fell down in front of Villanova's sixth man. Andy O'Reilly, after about two miles. That made Roth Harvard's fifth man, but he was way back...
...Dulong of Holy Cross. the preface favorite, was striding comfortably with a 30-yard lead halfway through the course, with Colburn and Villanova's Don Walsh second and third. Walsh then moved by the Crimson captain and ran a distant second the rest of the race. Dulong's winning time was 24:06-8, two seconds slower than the record he set two years...
Roth was 69th, but it didn't really matter at that point. Villanova's runners finished second, fifth, sixth, 19th, and 28th for their easy victory...
...Harvard had high hopes last year, too, but captain and top man. Doug Hardin, finished 36th, and others had discouraging days. Villanova feels there's a psychological element involved, "Harvard always takes the apple. (chokes)," O'Reilly explained. "and Villanova always seems to come through. It's just too bad that Hardin wasn't there to take the apple with them...