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Joel Landau, the varsity track team's stellar hurdler, climaxed probably the greatest personal season in Crimson track history last weekend, as he won both the 120-yard high hurdles and 220-yard low hurdles titles in the ICAAAA meet at Villanova...
...strength of Landau's two wins, a fourth by John DuMoulin in the hammer, and a fifth in the javelin by Skip Pescosolido the varsity scored 13 points, good for a sixth place tie with Penn. Favored Villanova nosed out a surprising Penn State team to retain its title...
...first of his finals was in the highs. He got off to his best start of the season, and he needed it. He and Villanova's Bob Holup raced neck and neck for the first six hurdles, but then Landau began to pull away, to win by two feet in 14.2 seconds, breaking the record of 14.5 seconds held by Don Donahue...
...other Crimson entrants did not place. Pete Reider, in the two-mile, showed the effects of the heat and a rough trip to Villanova the night before. He faded badly after the first mile and was never able to move back into scoring contention...
...Holup of favored Villanova, considered Landau's chief competition in the high hurdles, ran a sterling 14.6 qualifying heat to lead the qualifiers...