Indeed, Harvard ran impressively together as a team and was able to cut down the time between its No. 1 and No. 6 runners to about 40 seconds, from 60 seconds before.
"We got off to an excellent start," said captain Kate Moynihan who clocked in at 18:46, 6th for Harvard and 63rd overall. "There was a band of Providence people up together, but we were right with them."
The Providence runners faired very well, taking places 2 through 4, but Harvard was right on Providence's heels.
Harvard has next weekend off, so it will look to improve even more upon this race and come out even stronger at Heps.
"We have time for a lot of improvement in the next two weeks," Moynihan said. "We have been training for six weeks now, and so we are starting to see the benefits now."
Harvard Men
"Our No. 3 through 7 guys ran their best races of the year today," Haggerty said. "They are coming together at just the right time."
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