Currier and Lionel-Hollis Win In Intramural Cross-Country

The annual series of intramural cross-country races was run on Wednesday, highlighted by confusion and anger caused by the handling of the women's race.

By the end of the competition, Currier had emerged in first place among the Houses, and Lionel-Hollis was the clear freshman champion.

In the competition for upperclassmen, Bob Reason of Dunster House was the victor, followed by Steven Fischer of Mather House, and Steven Lucal from Currier House.

In the race for first-year men, two runners from Lionel-Hollis, Rock Moulton and Andrew Chaikovsky, took first and third places respectively. Eric Nordell from Stoughton came in second.

In a special event open to any members of the University, Gil Kemp and Richard Allen, both Business School students, took the first two spots. Dan Jordon, from the Law School, took third place honors.

A great deal of confusion grew out of the race for women. As the runners approached Webster Field, four competitors were unsure of the course, and merely crossed the field, rather than running around it as they had been instructed to do.

The four women, Robin Lothrop from Dunster House, along with Dorothy Kent, Janet Campbell, and Carlyle Singer, all from Winthrop House, came in 2 1/2 minutes ahead of the rest of the field.

After considering the matter, Floyd Wilson, director of intramural athletics, decided to give the women participation points and to give them performance points as though they had been the last four finishers in the race.

After this decision, Macaire Henderson, one of the few freshmen who ran in the women's race, emerged as the winner. Jennifer Hobart, of Leverett House, and Carol Petsonk, of Lowell House, followed her across the finish line.

Wilson said that the problems were a result of errors on the parts of the four women involved.

Christina Wozniak, a senior from Leverett House who finished 9th in the race, maintained that the women's race was poorly organized and approached by the intramural staff with a generally lackadaisical attitude.

She said that the course was shortened for the women's race in an effort to make the race easier, and that the new course was not adequately explained.

There was no one out on the course to direct the runners in the final race, as she claims there were for the earlier races. In conclusion, Wozniak said that the whole thing left her feeling "insulted."

Wilson said he had not told anyone to direct runners in the other races, and that there were flags to mark the course.

In the continuing chase for the intramural championship, Currier House was awarded the most points, 40. Lowell, Leverett, and Winthrop House followed behind Currier.

In the freshmen standings, Lionel-Hollis came first in awarded points, 39, followed by Pennypacker, Thayer, and Weld.