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The Harvard men's cross-country team came away with only half a victory at Friday's tri-meet with Brown and Northeastern in Providence, R.I.
While the Crimson soared past Northeastern, 40-20, it lost to Brown, 21-34.
"We were not gung-ho for this race," said senior Captain Robert Failla. "This was not a big meet for us, although we would have liked to have beaten Brown."
Harvard's top runner was freshman Brain Walsh who placed fifth with 26:27.
The next four Crimson runners to place were senior William Bland (26:29, sixth), Failla (26:31, seventh), junior Douglas Lanzo (26:53, 10th) and junior Steven Kelts (26:57, 11th).
Some Harvard runners said that Brown's course was unusually difficult to run on.
"Brown had a definite home course advantage," said Failla. "The course was tight, and our guys were running off the course."
"It was the toughest course I ever ran. There were a lot of hills and sharp turns," said Walsh.
Despite the defeat, Harvard anticipates a successful season.
"The team is slowly starting to gel together," said Failla. "We're looking forward to the upcoming October, November meets. I think we can beat Brown at the Ivy championships at the end of the year."
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