The Harvard men's and women's cross country teams each placed seventh at the Heptagonals yesterday at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City.

Dartmouth and Navy finished one-two for the second consecutive year in the men's division, while Yale captured the women's division. Princeton finished second, 46 points behind.

Paul Gompers (24:19.4) placed third behind Navy's Ron Harris (24:09) and Brown's Chris Schille (24:11.2) to top all Harvard finishers.

Other Harvard entrants following Gompers were Mike Curtis (36th place, 25:47.1), John Lewis (44th, 25:57.8), Brian Cann (45th, 25:59.4), and Mike Spence (64th, 26:29.5).

Other men harriers competing, but not placing, were Mike Rakov (26:38.8), Rich Glew (26:57.6), Seth Goldman (27:08.5), and Dudley McClellan (27.20).

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While the men bettered last year's eighth-place finish, the women had their five-year strong-hold on the Heptagonals broken by finishing seventh.

Katie Toner (18:35.1) and Toby Warden (18:41.3) led all women with 21st and 22nd place finishes, respectively. The freshmen trio of Lise Vansen (19:18.5), Michelle Sang (19:26.3), and Tina Lount (19:27.5) followed with 45th, 49th, and 50th place finishes, respectively.

Margaret Pinkham (19:36.7), Captain Alison Keller (19:44.1), freshmen Renee Covi (19:48.5), and Romney Resney (20:07.4) rounded out the Crimson finishers.