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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hardin kept Coach Bill McCurdy in doubt about the battle for first place long after Harvard was assured of the team prize. "Dauntless Doug" fought a see-saw struggle for 41/2miles with Yale's previously undefeated captain, Frank Shorter...
...race for individual laurels will probably see a repeat of last year's dual between Harvard's Hardin and Yale captain Frank Shorter. A year ago Hardin outkicked Shorter over the last quartermile for the victory. But last week at Princeton, Shorter set a blistering pace from the outset and eased away from Hardin...
...Shorter forced the pace from the start, beating off successive challenges from Keith Colburn, previously undefeated Roy Shaw and captain Doug Hardin. Hardin and Shorter battled step for step over the last three miles of the five-mile course, until the Yale pulled away several hundred yards from the finish...
...today, Shorter passed the first mile in a reported 4:22 and in the process spread out the field. Colburn held on for a short time, but eventually fell back into stride and would up 12th...
...most pleasant surprises were sophomore Dave Pottetti and senior Tim McLoone. Pottetti took Greater Boston honors Tuesday and bounced back strongly again today in fourth place behind Shorter. Hardin, and Princeton's Eamon Downey just ahead of McLoone. All five men bettered the old course record held by Georgetown's George Wisniewski, Shorter smashing the mark by 53.8 seconds...