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When the same thing happened a few meets later at the Greater Boston Championships, Rogers recalls former harrier captain Sarah Linsley advising her at the finish line to swallow her disappointment and become a strong, enthusiastic captain despite her personal performances. Linsley's words were apparently not taken in vain, for Rogers has been running more relaxed, faster races ever since, and her ability as a team leader is beyond dispute...
...elation turned to despair," recalled harrier captain Becky Rogers, but she added, "We still ran a really good race. We kept on saying, 'If only we'd done a little better', but that's a destructive thing to do. I can still say we ran well...
...Kris (Linsley) and I decided to stay behind Yale's top girl Sally Strauss and wait to make our move until she started to sound tired," harrier Darlene Beckford said, describing her race-winning strategy...
...Notebook: Finishing fourth and fifth for Harvard were Wiley McCarthy and team captain Martha Clabby, another inseparable harrier pair, and in sixth was Becky Rogers in 18:43, her best cross country race-- "by far!" Becky recalls being puzzled that she and other harriers kept hearing their names yelled during the race. It turns out there's a homesick exharrier down at Princeton Grad School who got a hold of a program and did his best impersonation of a cheerleader to urge the Crimson on to victory...And now, for those of you who were left breathless with suspense after...
...with final clubs' selection rituals, or the vodka-loaded slop you drank last Saturday night; this punch belongs exclusively to the women's cross country team. Darlene Beckford and Kristen Linsley, currently Harvard's top two runners, have shared between them first and second place in every harrier meet this fall, and there doesn't appear to be anyone on the horizon who can beat them...