Co-captain Marna Schutte and sophomore Amanda Shanklin ran the final two legs to finish in 3:49.90, as Harvard became the first Ivy team to crack the 3:50 mark this season. Since Cornell placed last in the event, the relay win clinched the meet for Harvard.

The third-place showing by Brown, the defending Outdoor Heptagonal champions, was due in large part to the absence of Bear tri-captain Lindsay Taylor, Brenda's twin sister who is just as versatile when healthy.

"It was a big time letdown when she showed up in regular clothes," Taylor said. "[Running against Lindsay] was one of my main motivations today. We look forward to this meet, since we always PR against each other. I guess we'll have to save it all for Heps."

Taylor won the 60-meter high hurdles comfortably in 8.57 seconds, but faced tougher competition in the sprints. In the 60-meter dash, Taylor narrowly beat out Cornell sophomore Skye Jay who finished just three-hundredths of a second off Taylor's winning time of 7.71. The pair would match up again in the 200, but Taylor won easily in a season-best 24.44 seconds, while Jay finished over a half-second back.

"It was fun to have the competition close," Taylor said. "[Jay] looked good, and that's a positive for us, because if Cornell has good sprinters it'll take points away from Brown, who should be our toughest competition at Heps."

The Crimson got a big performance from sophomore Melissa Tanner, who won the 3000 convincingly in 10:15.39. Last year, Harvard was hard-pressed to get any scoring from any of its distance runners, but Tanner is beginning to change that.

"Not only did she have a phenomenal meet on Saturday, but she also ran the 5000 on Friday at the Terrier Classic and PRd there too," Taylor said. "She's just been stepping it up and training consistently, and we're all highly impressed. She was our team's athlete of the week against Northeastern and she may be again this week."

Schutte placed fourth in the 200, and put together her usual impressive performance in the 400. Cornell and Brown's best were no match for her as she won easily with a season-best mark of 56.17 seconds. Shanklin finished fourth in the event. Furst placed fourth in the 800-meter run to round out the Harvard scoring on the track.