On the men's side, the story was not a happy one.
A power failure in Lehigh during the meet prevented official results from being published, but the Crimson finished far back in the field.
Team captain Paul Kent had Harvard's highest finish in 66th place, and Mike Spence was next in 95th.
"Paul definitely had trouble with the weather," Sheehan said. "By and large, it was a difficult weekend."
West Virginia ran off with the team title with 130 points, followed by lona (147) and Boston University (153). Dartmouth, which won Heps, was fifth with 186.
Jean Pierre Ndayisenga of West Virginia was the individual champion, completing the 10-kilometer course in 30:39.
"It was definitely tough out there," said Crimson harrier Seth Goldman. "It was the kind of race where if you wanted to do well, you had to embrace the theory 'no pain, no pain.'"
The meet was the last for seniors Kent and Bill Pate.
"The leadership of those two has just been tremendous," Sheehan said.
Sheehan added that Kent and Pate's leadership will carry over to the track season and "a lot of people will run better in cross country next year as a result of their successes on the track."