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Yale Ruins Weekend For Track Teams

The Harvard men's and women's track teams both came up short this past Saturday at Yale.

The injury-plagued Harvard men managed to ignore the pain and the terrible New Haven spring weather for one afternoon. They put together their best effort of the outdoor season, but it wasn't enough, as the Bulldogs triumphed 84-79.

The Harvard women had even more reason to be disappointed. The 82-72 Yale victory ended the Crimson's 10-year win-streak against the Bulldogs.

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Captain Darren Dinneen has struggled through injuries all season, but on Saturday he proved that he was still the Crimson's top competitor. Dinneen won the 1500 convincingly in 3:55.56 and took a close race in the 800 with a run of 1:54.35.

"I'm not sure how healthy he is, but the team was extremely happy to see him win like he did," junior Arthur Fergusson said.

Dinneen was also part of the winning 4x400 relay team, along with senior Cabral Williams and sophomores Nnamdi Okike and Osahon Omoregie, each of whom scored for Harvard in other events.

Williams won the 400-meter intermediate hurdles with a run of 55.25 seconds. Okike's time of 49.11 seconds placed him second in a close 400 race, just a hundredth of a second back of the winner. Omoregie also placed third in the 200.

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