The Harvard men's and women's track and field teams began their seasons with strong wins against Boston College on Saturday at the Gordon Track and Tennis Center.

Junior Ed Baker paced the Harvard men with a dominant performance in the mile, as the Crimson men won 99-36 and lost only three events at the meet. Junior co-captain Brenda Taylor blazed the way for the Harvard women by winning all three events she entered in the Crimson's 89-47 over the Eagles.

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The Harvard men dominated the short distance events on the contributions from young runners.

Sophomores Kobie Fuller (49.0 seconds) and Osahon Omoregie (1:04.5) won the 400 and 500-meter runs, respectively. Sophomore Nnamdi Okike placed a close second in the 400-meter run with 49.9. Omoregie (22.5) and Fuller (22.6) also took first and second places in the 200-meter dash.

Harvard took the top three spots in the 60-meter dash, with junior Okechukwu Nwokocha (6.9) sophomores Daniel Miree (7.0) and Samuel Hornblower placing first, second and third respectively.

The freshmen made big contributions at longer distances. In their first collegiate performances, Christopher Antunes and John Traugott shined for Harvard in the middle-distance events. Antunes finished first in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.3, and Traugott won the 1000-meter run in 2:34.2.

"I was a bit nervous," Traugott said. "But I think it was more of a positive nervous energy which I was able to channel into running the race, since I was really pumped up to run in my first collegiate track meet."