"We competed very well as team," Boulos said. "[Overall] coming in fourth doesn't give you the entire picture."

The Crimson finished as high as it did despite its lack of depth and injuries to key members, such as sophomore decathlete Ailey Penningroth.

The key to Harvard's high finish at Helps was its training. The team had preparing itself for this meet since back in November (September for those who ran cross country).

The Crimson placed first in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet earlier this month and improved as the winter season went along. Harvard's performance this past weekend was just the culmination of a very successful campaign for the women.

"We came home very satisfied," Kearney said. "It would have been nice to score a little higher, but no matter where we turned out we couldn't have been disappointed."

So now the Crimson can relax, right? After all, four months of grueling training tires one out.

Uh, no--the spring outdoor season is just around the corner.

"Our finish got the team very excited," Kearney said. "People are excited to start training again. They're hungry."

And with the positive results they've been coming up with, can anyone blame them for their appetite?