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Northeastern's Mike Buckley kicked past Harvard's Ric Rojas in the sixth lap of a ten-lap mile, and never relinquished the lead to win the televised invitational race at Monday night's Greater Boston Meet at Bentley College...
Rojas, who had beaten Buckley in an earlier outing at Northeastern's track, started out in the lead, but hit a slow quarter mile time of 64 seconds. He maintained a slim lead over Buckley with a half mile time of 2:08, but fell a stride behind shortly before the three-quarter mark. Buckley picked up a stride in succeeding lap and Roja's kick wasn't enough to make up the difference...
Rojas crossed the finish line at 4:14:1, six-tenths of a second behind Buckley...
Rojas, who had a vital infection last weekend, said he felt the sickness might have taken a little edge off his race. "It might have hurt me a little, but it's no excuse. Buckley ran a great tactical race," he said...
Although Harvard protested, disputing that Buckley had left the track for only three steps, adding nothing to his race, the decision stood and Northeastern triumphed...