Capping off two solid seasons, the Harvard men's and women's track and field teams finished fifth and second respectively last weekend in Heptagonals at Columbia University.

In perhaps the women's strongest showing all season, the Crimson was just shy of a first place finish, falling only to Brown by 14 points. The Bears led the meet with 128 points, while Harvard followed with 114.

Despite poor weather conditions and a headwind that prevented many runners from attaining the times they hoped for, the Crimson still pulled together for a number of personal records.

"Everyone did really well this weekend," said sophomore Marna Schutte. "Everyone came together with strong performances and there were a lot of personal records."

Sophomore Dora Gyorffy, a primary source of points for the Crimson, turned in her usual pair of victories in the triple jump and high jump. Gyorffy, named Athlete of the Meet, took the gold medal in the high jump with a height of 1.89m (6'2.25). The only athlete in the field to break six feet, she beat out the second place performer, Shawneequa Callier of Princeton, by five inches.

One of the most exciting performances of the meet, for the team and for Gyorffy personally, was the triple jump. Though it may not be reflected in the final distances, it was the tension leading up to it that was exciting.

Cornell's Danielle Brown had been leading the event going in to the final jump, and thought she had secured it by beating out Gyorffy's personal record by 20 centimeters.

With Harvard's final jump, Gyorffy not only won the event, but beat Brown's jump by 20 centimeters, topping her personal record by 40 centimeters with a distance of 12.94m (42'5.50).

Not to be outdone, sophomore Brenda Taylor competed in a total of five events, contributing greatly to the Crimson's overall score.

Involved in three gold-medal performances, and finishing no lower than the bronze in the other two, Taylor was one of the most hard-working athletes of the day.

She topped the field of competitors in the 400-meter high hurdles with a time of 56.97 seconds, as teammate Carrie McGraw followed in 61.89 seconds in fourth place.

And there was a bit of sibling rivalry evident in the 100-meter high hurdles, as Taylor competed against her sister, Lindsay in both the preliminaries and the final race.

Lindsay Taylor took the top spot in the preliminaries, while Brenda followed in third. But the final is the only race that counts, as Brenda finished first in 14.36 seconds, while Lindsay took fourth.

Taylor also finished second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.06 seconds, followed by

Co-Captain Heather Hanson with a time of 13.25 seconds in eighth place.