Heps Hex Harriers

The Harvard men's and women's cross country teams each placed seventh at the Heptagonals yesterday at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City.

Dartmouth and Navy finished one-two for the second consecutive year in the men's division, while Yale captured the women's division. Princeton finished second, 46 points behind.

Paul Gompers (24:19.4) placed third behind Navy's Ron Harris (24:09) and Brown's Chris Schille (24:11.2) to top all Harvard finishers.

Other Harvard entrants following Gompers were Mike Curtis (36th place, 25:47.1), John Lewis (44th, 25:57.8), Brian Cann (45th, 25:59.4), and Mike Spence (64th, 26:29.5).

Other men harriers competing, but not placing, were Mike Rakov (26:38.8), Rich Glew (26:57.6), Seth Goldman (27:08.5), and Dudley McClellan (27.20).

Difficult

While the men bettered last year's eighth-place finish, the women had their five-year strong-hold on the Heptagonals broken by finishing seventh.

Katie Toner (18:35.1) and Toby Warden (18:41.3) led all women with 21st and 22nd place finishes, respectively. The freshmen trio of Lise Vansen (19:18.5), Michelle Sang (19:26.3), and Tina Lount (19:27.5) followed with 45th, 49th, and 50th place finishes, respectively.

Margaret Pinkham (19:36.7), Captain Alison Keller (19:44.1), freshmen Renee Covi (19:48.5), and Romney Resney (20:07.4) rounded out the Crimson finishers.