EMBREE FINISHES NINTH

Harvard's record-breaking high jumper Mel Embree, competing despite a knee injury, finished a disappointing ninth in this weekend's NCAA indoor track meet at Detroit's Cobo Arena.

"It wasn't so much the knee as my lack of confidence," Embree said last night. "I hadn't worked out in three weeks, and I just wasn't aggressive enough going into the bar."

Embree missed at 7 ft. 1 in., eliminating himself from the competition which was eventually won by Greg Joy of Texas-El Paso with a jump of 7 ft. 2 in.