Crimson senior Cliff Sheehan became th Roger Bannister of New England college track by running a sub-four-minure mile Saturday in Philadelphia.

Sheehan's 3:59:2 placed him fourth in the invitational mile at the Penn Relays More important, it made him the first New England collegian to break the four-minute mark.

Meanwhile, Sheehan's teammates competed in the Greater Boston Championships.

With less than a weck said the Heptagonal Championships the competition involving the Ivy Schools plus Arms and Navy--the Crimson headed to Northeastern's track in Dedham looking less for a show down with its Boston rivals than a chance to warm up for the Heps.

"We treated this meet very casually," Co-Captain Mariquita Patterson and "People were picking and choosing these events in order to get good seeds for next week.

The defending champion Harvard women finished fourth with 42 points behind. Boston Universities (54), Northeastern (67) and Boston College (57).

The men amassed 52 points and placed third behind Northeastern (113) and Boston University (82) and ahead of Boston College (24). NIH (19), Brandeis (17) and Tufts (10).

The 4x100 relay squad of Catol Katon, Dele Fayemi, Sigrid Gabler and Theresa Moore turned in its best performance of the season, finishing way ahead of the second place Terriers. The toursome's time of 48.4 seconds should earn it at least the third seed in the Heps.

The baton-passers also fared welt in their individual events. Moore woa the 100-meter dash, edging old Terrier Alison Kent, while Layemi finished fourth.

Gabler and the other members of the hurdling corps turned in good performances its both the 100 and Patterson running in her second outdoor meet finished less than half a second behind Northeastern's Kelly Toole, while Harvard sophomore Erin Sugrue took third.

Sugrue, who placed fifth in the high jump, made an impressive debut in the 400 intermediate hurdles. Competing in the event for the first time, the sophomore left the other runners in her section far behind and took second overall Toole, while Gablet took third.

The Next Hurdle

"It was very exciting and fun," Sugrue said of her debut. "I just kept concentrating on the next hurdle."

The male hurdlers also had quite a respectable afternoon. Co-Captain Steve Ezeji-Okoye and senior Jim Herberich took first and second respectively in the 110-meter hurdles, blowing away their competition. Herberich also ran very well in the 200, thought Huskie Bonnie Hooker edged him out of first place.

In the field events, senior Mark Henry had tropic pump of the outdoor section hop, skip and jumping 50-ft., 1 1/2-in, for a second place finish. Freshman James Russel finished only fifth but had a fine hammer throw of 195-ft., 11-in., andd pole vaulter Steve Pimmey took third in his event.

The thinclads returen to serious competition Sarturday at the Harvard outdoor track when the women's Heps trials begin at 11 a.m. and the men's at 2:30 p.m. The finals will begin the next day, following the dedication of the track to former Harvard Coach Willaim Wilkens McCurdy at 10 a.m.