Crimson Trackmen Seek Fifth Boston Area Title

The Harvard track team unleashes an all-out assault today and tomorrow to capture its fifth consecutive indoor title in the Greater Boston Championships.

Coach Bill McCurdy plans to throw everything he has at the other six competing schools (Northeastern, B.U., B.C., M.I.T., Brandeis, and Tufts), hoping to make the most of his team's sole outing before the Big Three Meet on February 17.

Last year Harvard ran away from everybody in the Greater Bostons.

With the team healthier than it has been all year, the Crimson should do it again this weekend. Northeastern, this year's host school, was a distant second, 23 points behind.

Relay Team

The Greater Bostons are not the only thing on McCurdy's mind today. The two-mile relay team, by far the finest in Harvard history, travels to New York to compete in the U.S. Track and Field Federation meet at Madison Square Garden.

The quartet is composed of seniors Jim Baker, Dave McKelvey, and Trey Burns--who with Jeff Huvelle hold the University two-mile relay record of 7:33.6--and sophomore Roy Shaw. They will face stiff competition in the Garden, running in the same heat with Villanova Michigan, Maryland State, and NYU.

Villanova, anchored by sub-four minute miler Dave Patrick, has beaten Harvard twice in the last two weeks, at the BAA Meet and in the Philadelphia Track Classic, Michigan, probably the fastest of the five teams, has run a 7:27 two-mile relay.

Since McKelvey and Burns will miss today's trials at Northeastern, they will not be able to compete in the Greater Boston. Fortunately, sophomore Keith Colburn is finally back in action and should fill any gap in Harvard's middle distance ranks.

As there are no trials in the mile or two-mile, Shaw and Baker will be back in Boston tomorrow to run those races.

Tonight's action at the Husky cage consists mainly of elimination heats and trials. Final events begin at 1 p.m. tomorrow.