An Eliot House senior placed first in the intramural cross country competition with a time of 9:27.0 yesterday.

Jeff Huvelle beat 106 other upperclassmen in the one and eighth-tenths mile race around Soldiers' Field. His time was three seconds faster than that of last year's winner.

Intramural Coach Floyd Wilson today will announce which House's team won the race. To qualify, a House had to enter a minimum of ten men. Wilson had not finished computing the results yesterday.

Fast Pace

Huvelle said, "Craig Lewis, of Dunster House was ahead at first and set a fast pace right from the beginning. Some guys couldn't keep up and fell back very soon.

"I was around fifteenth in the race after a half-mile but reached the fourth position by the halfway mark. Gerald Brock and Jim Maslech were in the lead then.

"It wasn't until we were a half-mile from the finish line that I gained the lead."

Others who finished in the top ten of the upperclassmen race: Frank Huck of Dunster, Douglas Huff of Dudley, Jim Maslech of Dudley, Gerald Brock of Quincy, Peter Ewing of Kirkland, Craig Lewis of Dunster, Edward Brown of Winthrop, Ken Moller of Lowell, and Wesley Williams of Dudley.

Ben Lounsbury of Grays Hall beat 56 other Yardlings to win the freshmen race with a time of 9:53.8.