Nine Will Attend Collegiate Track Meet at Berkeley

Harvard's track team has qualified nine men to participate in the outdoor National Collegiate Track Championships next month at Berkeley.

As usual, Harvard's distance runners and weight men are the Crimson's best hopes for good performances against the country's best competition.

Jim Baker, Roy Shaw, and Doug Hardin--the stalwarts of Harvard's long-distance corps--and Dick Benka, Ron Wilson, and Charlie Ajootian, the Crimson's strong men, will all make the journey to the West Coast for the June 13-15 meet.

Baker and Shaw have both qualified for the 800-meter run in next month's meet. Shaw's 1:48.5 qualifying time, a record-breaking 880 clocking in the Yale meet, places him around third or fourth among the nation's qualifiers. Baker is not far behind with a 1:48.6 time.

Both have also qualified, along with Hardin, for the 1500-meter run. Baker's 4:02.2 mile--the standing Harvard record--is the best qualifying time of the three, followed by Shaw's 4:04 and Hardin's 4:07.3.

Baker and Hardin may also compete in the 5000-meter run (around three miles) on the basis of their respective 8:50.3 and 8:55 outdoor clockings in the two-mile this season.

Benka will be the Crimson's lone entrant in the shot put. His best throw of the season--an impressive 58' 10 1/2"--is well over the qualifying mark of 56' 6".

Wilson and Ajootian wil both be contestants in the hammer throw. Wilson--who will be seeded first in the ICA4's this weekend as a result of his season high 193' throw--easily met the NCAA qualifying standard of 172', as did Ajootian's 187' throw.