Harvard Thinclads Split at Heptagonals

The Harvard women's track team must be getting awfully sick of losing to Princeton by only a few points.

Last week at the Big Three meet in Princeton, the squad fell to its hosts by only one point. This weekend at Yale, the Tigers doubled their margin of victory to take the Heptagonals with 55 1/2 points to Harvard's 531/2.

Frustration

Despite suffering another frustrating loss many of the Crimson runners turned in their best performances of the season. Sophomore Jenny Stricker, who has been unbeatable lately, continued to dominate the mile and two-mile. She broke the University record she set last week in the 3000 with a time of 9:09.49, also a new Heptagonal and Cox Cage record. She also set a new facility and meet record in the 1500 and as a result was named the Outstanding performer of the meet.

A Second Saved...

Teammate Kate Wiley also earned herself a spot in the Heptagonal record book, thanks to her 16:00.90 performance in the grueling 5000. Wiley also finished second in the 1500 behind Stricker.

Grace De Fries eked out a victory in the 800 for the only other Crimson ribbon-breaking performance, but Maria Acacia heaved the shot put for enough to earn second place.

There were also a number of Harvard third place finishers, such as Teresa Moore in the 65-yd dash, and Kathy Busby who tied for third in the 2000 Maraquita Patterson took fifth in the 65 hurdles as well.

Bottom Line

From the outset of the meet it was obvious that it was going to come down to the Tigers and the Crimson. Yale, their closest competition, finished more than 15 points behind the duo. So when it came down to the relays, the only two squads with anything on the line were Harvard and Princeton, and when the Crimson squad didn't even place in the mile relay, the Tigers were able successfully to denied their title. B.H. Photo