Junior Marna Schutte is the fourth competitor who the Crimson will need to score a significant number of points at this meet. Schutte has won the 400 meter at each of the recent Heptagonal meets. She'll be depended on to place highly in the 200 meter. At Indoor Heps, Taylor was the only runner to beat her.

The Crimson will also need the throwers to put together a performance similar to that of Indoor Heps, in which both freshman Jill Kornetsky and sophomore Natalie Grant placed among the top six. The throwers will look to rebound from a disappointing Yale meet, in which none of them managed a first-place finish.

"Hopefully they'll do well," Taylor said. "We're still waiting for [Grant] to have another great day, and Jill's been absolutely amazing as a freshman."

Taylor expects the top competition at Heps to come from Brown and Yale.

The Bears have two athletes that have been able to run with Taylor and Schutte in the past. Brown juniors Nichole Hill and Lindsay Taylor, Brenda's sister. Hill has managed to beat Taylor and Schutte in the past, but was unable to come up with a victory in the Indoor Heps this year.

Yale's emergence as a contender has been a surprise, considering that the Bulldogs scored half as many points as Harvard at Indoor Heps.

One reason for the Bulldogs improvement is sophomore Sikira Backus, who ran a school-record time in the 200 meter to beat Schutte in April's dual meet.