Quakers, Wildcats During First Day

Defending champion Villanova, and cross-town rival Pennsylvania, the co-favorites, both qualified strong contingents for the finals during the first day of competition at the IC4A track and field championship at Princeton's Jadwin Cage yesterday.

Harvard's Bob Clayton, turning in the second best time in the semifinals of the 880-yd, run with a 1:54.2 clocking, gained the finals, while teammate John Quirk also reached the finals, running a 4:12.4 qualifying mile. The two, along with Dewey Hickman, who has reached the semi-finals in the 60-yd. hurdles. were the only members of the ten-man Crimson contingent to survive elimination,with triple-jumpers Kevin Benjamin and Vince Vanderpool Wallace, who was yet to compete.

By comparison, Penn and Villanova qualified 11 participants for the finals during the first day, with the Wildcats holding a 7-4 edge over the Quakers.