CROSS COUNTRY
Dartmouth's cross-country team capped a 6-2 dual meet season by taking a strong seventh place in the Heptagonal championship meet and then finished 12th in the IC4A championships.
"We're coming," said Coach Ken Weinbel. "We just need a little more depth to give us a better concentration of scoring."
Paced by sophomore Tom Shiland from Cambridge, N. Y., and Eric Potter, a junior from Clinton, N. Y., the Indians stormed past six foes before bowing to Harvard and Northeastern in their final dual tests.
Then at the Heps in New York, Shiland led the Indians with a sixth-place performance that was a key to the overall improved scoring of the Dartmouth team. Shiland was a full minute faster than his best previous time for five miles at the Heps, while Potter, who had placed a solid 12th last year, dipped to 22nd.
A week later at the IC4A meet, Potter rebounded to finish 41st in a field of 177 starters. That improved on his placing in the IC4A's in 1969 and also saw him clip 27 seconds from his disappointing clocking in the Heps.
Sandwiched between the Heps and IC4As was Dartmouth's first appearance in the New England collegiate championships in 54 years—and it was a winning return. Shiland placed second in the New Englands while Potter was seventh. Steve Shirey, Bob Varsha and Captain Parke Rublee, all consistent runners this fall, rounded out hte Dartmouth scoring in the New Englands as the Indians finished 15 points ahead of second place Northeastern.
Tackle Barry Brink '71, from Mill Valley, Calif., is one of three Ivy Leagueplayers chosen to play in this year'sEast-West Game. He is a strong candidate for All-America recognition.
