Harvard Helpless at Heps

The T-shirt reads, "The Ivy League: A Tradition of Men in Exciting Positions," and the Harvard track team sold over one hundred of them at Cornell last weekend. But while the underwear market was brisk, the Crimson finished a dull fifth at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships.

Harvard managed only six places in individual events for a meager 19 points to lag far behind champion Cornell, which racked up 44 points. The host team was enthusiastically urged to higher heights and faster times by a crowd that made "Rollerball" sound like a wake. The band played, people screamed and air horns blared every time the Big Red pasted their opponents.

Tri-captain Jeff Campbell snared Harvard's only first in the 1000-yd. run. Campbell coyly stayed on Penn's John Stockel's shoulder through most of the race, then blew past the quavering Quaker to bring home the gold in 2:11.54.

Ed Ajootian handled the 35-lb. weight like it was a nerf-ball and bulked it 63 ft. 4 3/4 in., a personal best. The toss avenged, an earlier defeat to Princeton's Gene Mancino and placed Ajootian second.

Tri-captain Todd Hooks high-stepped to a third-place in the 60-yd. hurdles, Dan Sullivan flopped for fourth in the high jump, and Geoff Stiles grabbed a third in the pole vault for Harvard's remaining points.