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Sparked by a brilliant double victory in the distance races by Frank Shorter, the Yale track team upset Heptagonal champion Harvard by a single point in the Big Three meet Saturday at Princeton...
Hardin vs. Shorter...
Today's meet will pit Hardin against Shorter in a rematch. Princeton's Eamon Downey, who placed third at the Heps, will also run in the two-mile...
...Heps, Yale's and Harvard's two-milers battled in one of the most exciting races this season. In the last quartermile Doug Hardin clocked a spectacular 60 seconds, opening up a 20-yd. lead over Yale's Frank Shorter, who had lead the entire race. Hardin broke the two-mile record and earned the meet's outstanding performer award...
Doug Hardin's spectacular, record-setting two-mile triumph earned him the meet's outstanding performer award for the second consecutive year. Hardin ran just off the pace for most of the race, following Yale's Frank Shorter and Princeton's Eamon Downey. With just over a lap to go, he uncorked an astounding kick to open up a twenty-yard lead. Hardin's last quarter-mile was clocked in 60 seconds, and his overall time of 8:48.6 shattered his own meet record of 8:56.4 set last year. Dave Pottetti took fourth place behind Downey and Shorter...