The tandem of Hanson and Schutte made their presence felt in the 200-meter dash, finishing second and third respectively. Schutte blazed through the event in 25.32 seconds, while Hanson followed quickly with a time of 25.51 seconds.
"I wasn't expecting to do so well in the 200-meter dash," Schutte said. "I'm much more of a 400-meter runner, but everything fell into place for me last weekend."
Schutte, true to form, took the gold in the 400-meter dash in 55.57 seconds, while senior Lee Shearer followed in 57.13 seconds for fifth place.
Sophomore Mary Unsworth battled the heavy headwind in the 1500-meter run, finishing in 4:33.94 for fifth place, while freshman Erin Leonard took fourth in the 3000-meter run in 17:47.01.
During the final events, Harvard continued to dominate most events, including the 4x400 meter relay. Taylor and Schutte contributed to this first place finish with a time of 3:43.74, breaking the Ivy League record by a mere .04 seconds, a major feat for this team who was consistently breaking its own personal school record.
"Princeton and Brown have been the dominant forces in the Ivy League for a long time," Taylor said. "Brown is a tough rival, but we stepped it up last weekend a lot. Actually, we did more than that. What we did last weekend was inspirational."
The men's team didn't fare as well as the women, but still put up a number of strong erformances. Princeton, a legacy in Ivy League track and field, dominated the meet with 181 points, early doubling the second place performance. The Crimson's performance was good enough for 52 points.
"We expected to finish middle of the pack, and I don't think our fifth place finish was a big isappointment," said co-captain Joe Ciollo. "Many of the guys who placed last weekend got personal bests."
Beating such rivals as Yale and Columbia, who both finished with 37 points in seventh place, the Crimson was still a formidable opponent. But unfortunately, Harvard had only one gold-medal performance last weekend.
Sophomore Christopher Clever won the javelin throw with a distance of 69.64m (228'6.00), beating out the second place performer, Rob Manning of Princeton, by only one meter. Clever, in addition to the win, broke his own school record with this toss.
Freshman Kevin Worrell took fifth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.42 seconds, while co-captain Joe Ciollo finished 4th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.93 seconds.
"I was a little bit disappointed with my time because I didn't finish very strongly," Ciollo said. "I ran out of gas in the home stretch, but it wasn't too bad. Fourth place is still respectable in Heptagonals."
The 800-meter run was another source of points, as junior Darren Dinneen finished second with a time of 1:52.31. In addition, freshman Aaron Snead took fifth in the pole vault, with a height of 4.80m (15'9.00).
The Crimson's 4x400m relay team took the bronze home with a time of 3:12.73. Harvard was also entered in the 4x100m relay, but were disqualified after the first handoff because they were out of the passing zone.
"Our team is really young, and only two key point-scorers are graduating this year," Ciollo said. "In the future they'll do even better. The road ahead looks very bright for them."
Both teams look to the next few weeks as the season draws to a close. The women's team will be competing at New Englands and ECACs in a few weeks, while the men's team competes in IC4A's towards the end of May.