At Outdoor Heps last season, she set school records in the 100-meter high hurdles and 4x100 relay before re-injuring her hamstring while setting another school record in the 100-meter dash. She still ran in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. Despite the injury, she finished second.

The women's track team has had no shortage of inspirational performances. Junior thrower Nicky Grant competed last Saturday, despite breaking her toe in a weight room mishap. The toe made it impossible for her to throw with proper technique.

But it didn't stop her from making the best throw in school history. Her 17.71-meter throw beat the NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark and fell just a few centimeters short of the best-ever Ivy throw by Yale's Melanie Harris.

"That performance was just awesome," Schutte said. "It was very inspiring to see her make that throw. You wouldn't expect her to have even a good throw with an injury like that, but she had a great throw."

If Grant can make a personal-best throw while hurt, she should be capable of even more when healthy. "Technically she can't throw properly with the broken toe," Haggerty said. "She could probably improve another two feet."

Freshman high jumper Kart Sillats also set an NCAA Provisional mark last Saturday with a 1.84-meter leap. Only senior Dora Gyorffy, the defending NCAA Indoor champion in the event, has ever jumped higher in school history.

Gyorrfy took this semester off to compete in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She will be back in the spring, and she will be eligible to compete in Indoor Heps.