If Irish eyes are smiling, these key performers will make it to Navy with their health intact.

Sheehan, a legitimate sub-four-minute miler, earned All-America honors with a second place finish in the mile at the NCAA championships earlier this month. He was MVP of 1985 Indoor Heps, and had two first-place and one second-place finish in the '86 Indoors.

Boyd (who tips the scales at 205 pounds) is "pound for pound the best high jumper in the country," Haggerty says. In 1985, Boyd placed first at Indoors and second at Outdoors in the high jump.

He won the '86 Indoors by jumping over seven feet, but needs to improve his 7-ft., 1-in. personal record by two inches in order to qualify for the NCAA championship.

Kent, an All-Ivy cross country runner, is presently hobbled by a leg injury. If healthy, though, he should do very well in the 800, 1500 and 3000.

For the women, Stricker holds school records in the 1500 (4:29.9, as well as six of Harvard's top 10 all-time best 1500s) and the 3000 (8:58.33). In 1982-'83, she was an All-American in both cross country and track.

Stricker placed sixth in the 1986 NCAA cross country championships and won the 5000 at the '86 Indoor Heps despite a calf injury.

Sugrue, holder of the school record in the high jump, can compete in the 55-meter hurdles, triple jump, and pentathalon. "We decide meet to meet what she'll run," says Haggerty.

Co-Captain Theresa Moore, who runs the 100 and 4x100 relay, leads a strong corp of sprinters.

Another couple of key performers for the women will be Yamilee Bermingham--the other co-captain, who holds the school record for the indoor 400--and Mary Lawler, who is consistently strong in the 20-lb. weight and shot put.