Track

Next on our list of spring previews was the track team, so we stopped off in Alumni Gymnasium to see that very capable mentor of the Dartmouth track squad, Ellie Noyes. Although he was recently sidelined by pneumonia, we found him much improved and ready for the season ahead.

The 1962 outdoor season will provide few meets, but from a local spectator's point of view, it should be an interesting one. After an opening dual meet with Boston University at Boston and the Penn Relays at Philadelphia, the Indian trackmen will return to Memorial Field to host Brown and Harvard in a triangular meet on May 5 and then a week later will compete in the Heptagonal Championships scheduled for Hanover on May 12.

The roster this spring is pretty much as it was indoors except for some new faces in the field events. Dana Kelly will throw the javelin this spring, while Charlie Greer has returned to toss the shotput. Both men are also known for their football prowess. Another addition to the outdoor squad is John Knight, who was injured early in the winter season. Having placed in last year's outdoor Heptagonals, Knight should add valuable points in both the high and the low hurdles.

Coach Noyes will still be able to call upon the always dependable Gerry Ashworth in the 100 and the 220, the speedy Tom Holzel in the quarter-mile and middle distances, Nick Jennison in the mile, and Tom Laris in the two-mile run. Also we were told to watch the one-mile relay team which this winter established a record-setting pace.

Coach Noyes pointed out that even the opening meet with Boston University will be far from an easy assignment. Indoors the Indians nipped the Terriers in the mile relay to win the meet. As Coach Noyes prepared to head for the field, we could sense the 1962-track season will be an interesting one for Dartmouth fans.