Both the Harvard men's and women's indoor track teams have good reason to be optimistic looking into the coming season, which resumes tomorrow afternoon with the Harvard Invitational meet at the Gordon Indoor Track and Tennis Center.

The women's team, captained by seniors Brenda Taylor and Marna Schutte, is coming off a banner year. The Crimson won the Indoor Heptagonals--its league championship meet--for the first time in 10 years.

With nearly every competitor who placed last year returning this season and a freshman class that has already left its mark on the all-time performance list, there is no reason to doubt that the team can do it again.

"We have the potential to have perhaps the strongest team we've ever had," Harvard Coach Frank Haggerty said.

On the men's side, Harvard stands little chance of overtaking Princeton and Penn--who are stacked as usual--but the Crimson, captained by seniors Chris Clever and John Kraay, looked strong in its opening meet last Saturday

. "We have fabulous leadership this year from our captains, on both the men's and women's teams," Haggerty said. "That fact in and of itself makes us better. The captains are very passionate about what they're doing. They are leading by example and raising everyone to a higher level."

On the last weekend of February, Harvard will host the Heptagonal Championship meet. The desire to impress the home crowd will be good motivation for the two teams throughout the course of the season.

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