Trackmen Conclude Season With Demolition of Yale

It was bound to happen.

After suffering through an injury-riddled season of Boston Bruin-like frustration, the Harvard men's track team was bound to explode.

In typical, gloomy New Haven weather Saturday, the trackmen left no room for doubters, crushing Yale, 122-45.

The Crimson displayed remarkable field power, winning all events except the long jump.

Hammer thrower Tom Lenz and discus standout Joe Pellegrini each set meet records in his event. Lenz recorded a toss of 202 ft. 3 in, and Pellegrini heaved the discus 177 ft. 9 in.

Colin Ball established a personal best, throwing over 185 ft. He finished second behind Lenz.

Tracksters Lanny Tron and Dan Dvaric followed Pellegrini to register a sweep in the discus.

Pellegrini also grabbed second place in the shot behind cohort Gary Quantock, who projected the lead 53 ft. 11 in.

The slick conditions made life difficult for the javelin throwers, but Dave Kinney, freshman surprise Jim Mullen and Mike Stewart provided the thinclads with an impressive trifecta.

Captain Geoff Stiles capped a brilliant dual meet career by prevailing in both the pole vault (16 ft.) and the high jump (6 ft. 2 in.).

Because of the slippery conditions, Stiles did not attempt to improve his vault mark after clinching the competition. Last night at the team banquet, Stiles received the Harwood Pole Vault Award for the fourth straight year.

"I was very pleased with our performance. Everybody was really psyched despite the weather, which went from gray and cold to rainy," Stiles said yesterday.

The results of the meet will determine the lineup on the combined Crimson-Bulldog squad that will leave for England June 10 to face a joint Oxford-Cambridge team. The selections are still uncertain because the exact number travelling has not yet been determined.

About 30 trackmen will make the trip, and Yale is assured of ten places on the roster, Crimson assistant coach Ed Stowell said yesterday.

In the running confrontations, the Crimson had its best outing of the injury-plauged spring season.

Thad McNulty established a school record in the 1500 meters with a blistering time of 3:48.5. Sophomore John Murphy returned from the injured ranks to post a solid second-place result, and senior Guy McRoskey completed the thinclads' shutout.

The Yale officials were a little confused about the distance markings, so only the 1500 was run to proper length.

Freshman Adam Dixon, John Chafee and McNulty gave the thinclads another clean sweep in the (more or less) half-mile race.

Both the spring relay crew and the mile relay squad triumphed, rounding out the cruel punishment inflicted by the Crimson in its final dual meet of the year.