Trackmen Fall By Two Points To Underrated Brown Squad

Frustration. The men's track team has performed well in all three meets this season and all they have to show for it is a disappointing won-lost record of 0-3.

Despite some stellar individual performances, Harvard suffered its closest and most frustrating defeat in yesterday's meet against Brown and Dartmouth.

When Harvard entered the race they underestimated Brown's ability and considered Dartmouth the more formidable foe.

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But Dartmouth quickly fell out of the race and the triple meet turned into a dual meet--with Brown and Harvard fighting it out down the wire, tied until the final event.

Brown won the deciding race, the one-mile relay, and emerged victorious with 90 points to Harvard's 88, and Dartmouth's 25.

Harvard wasted no time racking up points in the first couple of field events, consistently their strongest areas. Tom Lenz and Ed Adjootian took first and second place for Harvard and scored personal highs by hurling the hammer more than 190 feet.

The team also clinched the top two spots in the javelin throw as the duo of Dave Kinney, placing first with his 250-ft., 10-in, effort, and Mike Stewart, placing 2nd despite his injured arm, added to Harvard's tally.

Dan Sullivan soared in the high jump to give Harvard another win and Geoff Stiles captured first place in the pole vault competition, although his 14-ft., 6-in. vault was far from his personal best.

Discus-thrower Joe Pellegrini finished first in his category by registering a powerful 67-ft., 1-in. throw.

Harvard's best race came in the steeplechase competition. Reed Eichner, although he was new to the event, boasted the fastest time, and Peter Fitzsimmons and Brian Finn followed suit, sweeping the race right before Brown began to fight back and pick up most of its wins.

The crucial events for Brown were the sprints and hurdles, where Brown began to steadily catch up and eventually surpass Harvard.