Men Not So Lucky

Although there were some bright spots, the weekend was mostly filled with disappointment for the Harvard men's track team.

The Crimson (50 points) placed second, upstaged by surprisingly strong Princeton (85 points) and unsurprisingly weak Yale (35 points) at Gordon.

That difference may be due to the loss of perennial point-getter Shayne Mauricette, who continually racks up first place finishes in the 200 and 55 meter races. Mauricette has battled migraine headaches for the entire year.

"Shayne had terrible migraine headaches all of first semester," said sophomore Ian Carswell, who won the 3000 meter in 8:20.96. "He is taking the whole semester off because the headaches have just gotten too unmanageable."

Despite the dismal final score, junior Darin Shearer picked up right where he left off last week. Shearer (2:27.96), who is a Crimson editor, continues to impress in the 1000 meter, clocking in at a full two seconds of his closest competitor.

"Darin is, as usual, amazing," Carswell gushed. "He does thing out there that most people on the track don't have the guts to do. You just have to respect what he's done for us all season.

"Darin is not afraid to throw it down at any time. He'll race anyone. He won't only run the race, he'll run it to win it every time," he said.

Bryan Henry (1:51.88) turned in the inspirational performance of the day in the 800 meter. Henry trailed with a 100 meters to go, pulled even by 50 meters left and passed a Princeton runner to take the lead with a scant 25 meters to go in the race.

"The person he was running against was really strong," Carswell said. "It was right down to the wire."

Even with the loss of Mauricette and the "waxing" (in the words of Carswell) of the Crimson, the outlook for the Heptagonals is still good.

"The points Princeton got yesterday will be tougher for them to get at Heps," Carswell said. "They beat us in depth, basically. And that won't help them at Heps."