Word: webers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...race was close if slow for the first three miles over sluggish Moakley Golf Course. But as the harriers descended into Cornell's famed gorge, Harvard began to pull ahead. Finally, with manager Sue Barton screaming him on, sophomore Bruce Weber sprinted the last 500 yards of straightaway, passing Cornell's Harv Robinson to gain his first varsity victory ever...
...Weber's time of 26:19:03, though nowhere near the course record, was three seconds better than that of the Big Red's runner-up Robinson. But the next four runners, McNulty at 26:38, Schuler at 26:55, Jelley at 26:59 and Gerkin at 27:01, all wore crimson...
...just to make sure everyone was satisfied, the team avoided the nastiness of having first, second and third place finishers and instead had the top three runners--freshman Peter Jelley, sophomore Paul McNulty, and junior Bruce Weber--lope in together for a three-way tie. The three clocked a time of 31.18 over the boggish ten kilometers. The Crimson thus acquired the peculiar distinction of having four different runners take firsts after just three races. Only Weber has copped the laurels twice...
...story didn't end with the Jelley-Weber-McNulty trinity. Speeding in fourth with his best time ever was senior Peter Johnson with a 31:48. And a mere three seconds later freshman Cliff Sheehan plowed in to claim his share...
...trio of Columbia harriers crossed the finish line together at 25:45 to ensure the Lions' 23-32 triumph over the Crimson, while Harvard's Bruce Weber, captain Adam Dixon and freshman Peter Jellie grabbed the next three spots, in 26:05, 26:05 and 26:07, to help the squad down the Quakers...