Although Baker and Martin ran typically well, the rest of the men's team had trouble with the race course, which runs through a golf course of hilly terrain. This course, which is Yale's home course, proved to be a considerable advantage for Yale. Some of the Harvard team also felt the course was longer than the typical five miles.

"The course was more challenging than any other I have run on this season," said Baker. "I think that the course was over five miles, and the terrain was quite hilly."

Moreover, the Crimson raced just last weekend in New York, at the Iona Meet of Champions, and had been training hard all last week, so the team was not as rested as it could have been.

"We had a race and a couple of hard workouts in the six days preceding the Harvard-Yale meet," said Baker, "so we were not exactly well rested for this race."

Unlike Harvard, the Yale team had only a few seconds between its No. 1 and No. 5 finishers. In the coming week, Harvard will look to narrow the gap between its runners.

"I have all the respect in the world for the Yalies as people, they are certainly good friends of ours," said Martin. "However, they stole one from us yesterday and we only have ourselves to blame."

"Right now we have a larger gap [than Yale does between its runners], but we are working on decreasing that gap, and I believe that it will just be a matter of time," Baker added. "At least five other guys have been training up with Dave and me, so I am confident that they will be able to race closer to us towards the end of the season when it will matter the most."

The team is looking forward to its most important race of the season on Friday, the New England Championships. The team has high hopes for its prospects there.