Big Enough
Keith Hampton became a runner in a roundabout way. He started running as a high-school freshman in Deerfield, Illinois, to get in shape for the swimming team. "But I was too small for swimming," the 5-foot 8-inch, 135-pound senior said. His size hasn't been a barrier to success in running at Dartmouth. Hampton has earned all-Ivy recognition in either cross-country or track for six consecutive terms. In May, he successfully defended his 5,000-meter title at the 48th Heptagonal championships, which were held at Dartmouth. Hampton's victory helped Dartmouth finish third in the ten-team competition, the Big Green s best showing since 1976 and its highest point total since 1944.
Hampton was a veteran runner by the time he arrived in Hanover four years ago. In high school he had captained both the cross-country and track teams. His crosscountry team was the state and national champion in 1976—77 and the conference, county, and district champion from 1975 to 1977. Hampton earned all-state recognition in cross-country and track. The promising runner came to Dartmouth and abruptly broke his ankle. "1 stepped in a hole the day after the first meet," he said. He was not a productive runner as a sophomore because he spent the winter term in Berlin. "Last year.was the first healthy year 1 had," he said. "It was nice."
Captain of last fall's cross-country team, Hampton was also co-captain of the indoor and outdoor track teams during the winter and spring. He was the victor in crosscountry meets against Brown and Harvard and finished in the top five in all of the meets he entered. Hampton's fall efforts earned him a trip to the N.C.A.A. championship meet, where he finished a distant 140 th. "Keith's heel was annoying him, said Vincent Lananna, head coach of the cross-country team and assistant coach of the men's track team. "But he ran a good race and was glad to be there."
Hampton said his repeat victory' in the Heptagonals was one of the highlights of the season. "It was certainly one of the goals I was shooting for this year,'' he said. Hampton won the 5,000-meter event by five seconds, nipping freshman teammate Jim Sapienza. Hampton's time for the race was 14:26.64. Another goal Hampton was shooting for late in the spring was a 14minute-flat time in the 5,000-meter race, which would qualify him to compete in the N.C.A.A. championships. "He has a lot of talent," said Lananna. "What's probably more important is that he s very determined. If he gets his mind set on something like the Heps, he does everything he can to make sure it happens.'
During the cross-country season, Hampton ran about 115 to 120 miles per week at the beginning of the season, gradually lowering the number of miles as the season progressed. He logged a weekly 100 miles at the beginning of the track season and had reduced his mileage to 70 to 80 a week by May. "I now run four miles in the morning and eight at night, he said.
Hampton will be one of many seniors track and cross-country director Carl Wallin will lose next year. "It's tough, but they really put it together for the Heps." Wallin said. "We've had a pretty good year. It was the first time we had beaten Harvard in cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track, and to top it off with a third in the Heps is an outstanding season for us. That means we were the second best team in the Ivies. VCallin cited strong performances by Kwabena Gyasi-Twum and Shawn O'Neal, who won the 800-meter and 1,500-meter events, respectively, in the Heps; co-captain Pacey Pet in the shotput; and College-record holder Paul Keefe in the high jump.
So Close
GOING into the final match of the season, the men's lacrosse team had a chance to do something that no other Big Green lacrosse team has done since 1949: win ten games. There was also a hope of going to the national play-offs. Harvard quashed both possibilities, winning an end-of-season thriller, 9-8, in Cambridge. Harvard scored the winning goal with just under three minutes left in the game.
"It was a terribly disappointing loss for both our players and our fans," said coach Dud Hendrick, who nevertheless took pride in the team's 9-3 record.
Dartmouth defeated Princeton for the first time in 17 years and for only the third time in the history of lacrosse at Dartmouth. The Green's sole Ivy League loss through its first 11 games was to Cornell, which has won or shared the league title in every year, except one, since 1968. Cornell defeated Dartmouth, 14-5. "We played with them for three quarters," noted Hendrick. After the early season loss to Cornell, Dartmouth reeled off six straight victories, including a surprising 10-7 win over nationally ranked Adelphi in late April. The streak was snapped by a powerful Massachusetts team in May. Dartmouth defeated Princeton, 9-8, in the next outing and then turned back the University of New Hampshire, 14-13.
"We have four key players, each of whom has a chance to be an all-American," said Hendrick. "They are Lee Apgar, Rob Olsson, Steve Gleason, and goalie Jim Ulcickas. Senior middie Apgar was the top scorer through the first ten games with 25 goals and eight assists. Olsson was the team's fourth leading scorer with 20 goals and six assists. Hendrick said that Olsson, a senior middie and a "real strength," dominated the faceoffs in every game except one. Gleason, one of the co-captains, was the defenseman put on the top opposing attackman in each game. "He's done an exceptional job," said Hendrick. "He's the most forceful, dynamic, positive leader that I've had."
Borrowed Shorts
RAGTAG it may be, but somehow the Dartmouth men's volleyball team is successful. "We have a great time," said junior Tim Golden, who captained the team in 198 1. The volleyball team started as a club sport four years ago and received nominal varsity status last year. non-funded varsity team. We get ey, "0 help, no breaks,"said Colder we've been able to raise money when we've had to and people have chipped in."
rhe team has about 16 members though only Hot 12 of them are on campus at any one time. Their coach is Frank Gould, an elementary-school teacher from nearby Enfield. Practices take place stairs in Alumni Gymnasium, where ceiling is too low for volleyball, and th infrequent home matches three th year are held on the downstairs basket ball court. The team gets its net and posts from Hanover High School and the Hanover recreation department.
The squad played about ten league games and about five or six matches each in the New England jamboree, the Ivy League championships, the New England Open, and the New England championships. The volleyballers were undefeatc and won Division 1-B of the New Engian Jamboree. The team came in second in the New England Open, losing to Harvard ir two close games in the finals. Junior Johr Fanestil was named the Open's most valuable player and his brother, senior captain Brad Fanestil, was named to the all-W England team. Dartmouth finished fount in the Ivy League and third in the N'c; Englands.
The team is so poor that it's had to tape numbers and letters to the backs of tht players' green shirts. They were finalh loaned shorts that had been used by the junior varsity squash team. For awa) games, they frequently jammed more people into cars than legally acceptable. The team has been late to matches and been forced to win the second and third garrnafter forfeiting the first one. "We've got a whole slew of road-trip stories," Golden said.
The Records
Hampton leads teammate Sapiens acrossfinish line in the Dartmouth Invitational, aperformance they duplicated in the Heps.
Celebrating his own goal against Massachusetts, midfielder Dave Chabot (right) typified thesoaring mood of the lacrosse team until the end-of-season comedown against Harvard.
Varsity results through end of spring season. Baseball (8-23-1), Men's Heavyweight Crew (3-4); Men's Lightweight Crew (3-2-1 Women's Varsity Crew (0-9), Men's Golf (4-3 Women's Golf (2-.1), Men's Lacrosse (9-3) Women's Lacrosse (2-9), Men's Tennis (5-12) Women's Tennis (2-4), Men's Track (2-1) Women's Track (0-1), Men's Rugby ( 6-5) Women's Sailing (qualified for nation championships).
