Running Events

Heckel's assistance was especially important, Hunt explained, because it allowed him to devote more time to the running events.

Hunt is looking toward the long-term future in terms of a program at Harvard. The high school women's track programs around the country have been improving for several years, he said, and the colleges are just beginning to reap the benefits.

As for a future direction in the squad's schedule, the coach anticipates gradual improvement. "Right now I'd like to concentrate on a solid dual or tri-meet schedule, and when this team solidifies, we can start looking to big meets," he said.

The Harvard varsity lights collected shirts number five and six at Princeton on Sunday as they took their fourth meet of the season. Princeton and Yale were the Crimson's victims.

The first freshman eight was the only Harvard crew not to finish first in Sunday's racing on Lake Carnegie.

The varsity shell showed a "reasonable spring," according to Coach John Higginson, countering a late Princeton surge and stretching the margin of victory to four seats. The times were: 6:05.5, Harvard: 6:07.5, Princeton; and 6:08.8, Yale.

Higginson said yesterday, "I couldn't see any bad luck among the other crews and Princeton is an excellent boat." In short, "We were delighted."

The season has turned around since the lights nipped Dartmouth (above) thanks only to a Big Green crab, just two weeks ago. The season has now gone according to the script, setting up a long awaited confrontation between Penn and Harvard at next Sunday's Eastern Sprints.