Harvard got second-place finishes from sophomore Matt Getman in the javelin, junior David Martin in the steeplechase, junior Dom Patillo in the 800-meter, and freshman Kevin Worrell in the triple jump.

Sophomore Arthur Fergusson placed second in the long jump but suffered a high hamstring pull and was unable to do the triple jump and 110-meter high hurdles. Sophomore Chris Clever, who has already qualified for the NCAA championships in the javelin, sat out with an arm injury. Freshman Kobie Fuller, a top sprinter, also was hurt.

On a positive note for Harvard, Yang, who placed sixth in the 100-meter, ran competitively for the first time in five years. He had been recovering form the effects of a thyroid problem and had been hampered this year by track-related injuries.

"It's good to be back," he said "I had been forced to take some time off, and I really wanted to do well, I guess my goal was to get back in competition and test the waters. I learned it's hard to come back after five years, but I'm really happy for the team because we really have great freshmen."

Dartmouth's dominance in the 5,000-meter, hammer and high jump--events in which Harvard did not score a point--made the difference in the meet.

"Normally, Muoio is an exceptional 5,000-meter runner also, but it was not worth it for him to race twice this early in the season," Ciollo said. "The steeplechase was first event and the 5,000-meters is normally one of the last, so it's usually possible to double. The same thing went for Dave Martin.

"The Brown-Dartmouth meet wasn't one where we felt we needed to scratch and claw our ways to a victory. We really want to keep everyone healthy and ready for the important meets like Yale and Heps," Ciollo added.

Brown Women 78-Harvard 58-Darthmouth 55

The Crimson women's team also finished second, falling as expected to defending Ivy champion Brown.

Some little things went wrong for Harvard, which was undermanned because of injury. Junior Kate Moynihan was not available to run the 1,500-meter, and sophomore Tara Keck did not run the 800-meter as she usually does.

Sophomore Brenda Taylor false-started on the hurdles which she "probably would have won," according to co-captain Heather Hanson.

Hanson herself was limited in running the 100-meter because of worries that she would worsen her hamstring injury. She is trying to go full-speed against Yale next weekend.

"We knew what Brown had, so that wasn't too surprising," Hanson said. "Their team is a little bigger than ours when it comes to depth. For instance, after I dropped out of the 100-meter, we had only one other person, and Brown had five girls. It's not that they have a lot more talented people than we do, just greater numbers."

Harvard beat out Dartmouth with a first-place finish in the mile relay.

"It's exciting any time you win on the relay at the end," co-captain Margaret Schotte said. "We're still getting our legs under us after Spring Break, and as Coach [Frank Haggerty '68] said, we need to wait a week or two before we see results from our hard training. It was basically a fine-tuning week for next weekend."

In addition to the mile relay win, Harvard got first places from dependable sophomore Dora Gyorffy in the high jump, Sophomore Marna Schutte in the 200-and 400-meter, sophomore Kate Ousley in the triple jump, and Taylor in the 400-meter hurdles.