Although Martin and Baker ran well, they have both been sick recently and are expecting to run better in the coming weeks..
Indeed, Martin thinks he and Baker could have done much better, had they been healthy.
"We are capable of running much faster," Martin said. "Just to make All New Englands is not enough; we should both have been in the top five."
Overall, the team ran in a closer pack than they had had in earlier races. Like the women, the men have been working on reducing the gap between their No. 1 and No. 5 runners in preparation for Heps.
Shenk-Borig, in his first New England Championship, ran the best race of his college career, finishing 3rd for the Crimson. He kept up with Martin and Baker early in the race, but settled down to a good pace around the fourth mile.
"This was my best race this year by far," Shenk-Borig said. "I am still adjusting from five kilometers [the high school cross-country distance], so the last 2 mile were tough."
Sophomore Brian Schoenbeck (25:27) finished fourth for Harvard and 51st overall. Right behind Schoenbeck, sophomore John Friedman (25:49) finished fifth for the team and 70th overall, and senior Geoff Deschenes (25:50) finished sixth and 71st overall.
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