Women to Track Fierce Foes

ust-completed indoor season is any indication of team strength, the Harvard women's track team promises a strong showing when it breaks from the confines of the ITT.

However, the winners of the Greater Boston Championship and Big Three Meet (between Harvard, Yale, and Princeton) during the indoor season will find even stiffer competition outdoors this spring.

"We've got a tough schedule, all right," head coach Pappy Hunt says. "Springfield, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and UMass have four of the strongest teams in New England. But I think these girls would rather compete against the top teams."

Knee Deep

With the exception of the hurdles and javelin, depth will be a team strength. Hunt-says his team has "two or three" people behind its own strongest competitor in most events.

The thinclad's biggest power rests with the field events. Senior long jumper Kathy Rice leads a talented group of jumpers and Rice, the high point-grabber for the team during the indoor season, holds the University record in her event with an 18-ft. 1-in. leap.

Sue Hewitt and freshman Liane Rozzell will hold down the high jumping duties. Hewitt, a senior and former varsity basketball center, won both the GBC and Big Three meets with 5-ft. 2-in. jumps. Rozzell has also cleared that height.

Put It Here

Another freshman, Kim Johnson, is expected to do well in both the discus and shotput. A fourth-place finisher in the Eastern championships, Johnson holds the indoor school record with a toss of 43-ft. 9 3/4-in.

Johnson will get help from senior co-captain Lisa Burrus and Lisa Westlake in the discus and from Wendy Blatt and Betsy Adams in the shotput.

Depth is a problem in the javelin throw and the hurdles. With junior record-holder Wendy Carle recovering from a shoulder injury, Hunt will have to rely solely on junior Debbie Vogel for javelin points.

Junior Sue Harper is the team's only hurdler. Hunt says he expects her to carry the load successfully; but the lack of depth in this event will hurt his team.

Depth, however, is no problem in the sprints. Rice, senior Kim Clermont and sophomore Leslie Sims will carry speed into the 100-and 200-yd. dashes.

In the longer events, co-captain Sarah Linsley will lead a talented group of distance runners. Joining her in the 880-yd. run are Rozzell and freshman Martha Clabby.

Karla Amble, who has a 5:05 mile time to her credit, and freshman Therese Sellers--a converted half-miler--should add points in the mile run. Indoor veterans Kat Taylor and Diane Jacobson will lad the two mile run.

After spring training in Harvard Stadium, the women will open their season April 7 in Springfield against a talented UMass team.

"I expect an action packed season," Linsley said last week. "If anything, we proved that we were pretty good during the winter. We'll have to perform to stand by it. But when the adrenalin starts flowing..."