"This sure feels a lot better," said Patillo, reminded by the painful team loss to Cornell after an exciting win in the two-mile relay two weeks ago.
The Crimson sprinters did a phenomenal job in the 60-meter dash, placing four men in the top six. Freshman John Meaker led the way with a second-place finish of 7.11 seconds. Close behind were sophomore Daniel Miree (7.20), freshman Michael Atkinson (7.26), and sophomore Samuel Hornblower (7.27).
The Crimson tide was also powered by four other second-place finishes. Junior John Kraay muscled his way to a second place finish in the shot put with a throw of 16.29 meters while sophomore Aaron Snead won second place in the pole vaulting competition leaping 4.50 meters.
Sophomore Kobie Fuller ran to a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash while Cinelli won second place in the 1000-meter run with a time of 2:28.99.
The competitive tension was broken for a minute in the 500-meter dash as an Eli runner lost his shoe on the second lap. Nevertheless, Bulldog Don Carson ran the last 300 meters with one shoe on his way to a second-place finish in the event.
Harvard Women
Junior Marna Schutte placed second in the 200-meter dash, giving the Crimson a one-two finish in the event with a time of 25.14 seconds. Schutte also won first place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.16 seconds, Crimson sweep of the top places along with sophomore Carrie McGraw (57.16) and freshmen Kendra Barron (58.05) and Amanda Shanklin (58.71).
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