Senior Nnamdi Okike also was victorious in the 500 meters in his first meet since his sophomore year.

The Crimson won the meet comfortably despite not running two of its top competitors—sophomore Alasdair McLean-Foreman, who is expected to run the mile, and junior sprinter Chris Lambert.

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The Crimson won nine of 15 events on Saturday, highlighted by Grant’s record-breaking throw.

“It was surprisingly easy and felt really good so I look forward to building on that,” she said. “I am definitely pleased with my performance today.”

The throw by Grant not only blew away all personal, school, and Ivy records, it also put her in good position to qualify for NCAAs. Provided that Grant does not reach the automatic qualifying distance of 19.50 meters, she needs to be among the top 16 or 17 throwers in the country to make the NCAA meet. A throw of 18.90 meters would have put her on the brink of NCAA qualification at the end of last year.

“I feel if I can get up into the 19-meter range I’ll definitely be able to qualify,” Grant said. “But that’s a little ways away and I’ll take everything one step at a time.”

Grant wasn’t the only Harvard athlete to PR in the weight throw. Sophomore Breeanna Gibson had a 15.14-meter throw, near what she would need to score at Heps.

Gibson and Grant also went one-two in the shot put, with Gibson winning at 12.51 meters.

Defending NCAA high jump champion Kart Siilats got her season off to a respectable start, winning the event with a leap of 1.75 meters—short of the automatic qualifying mark by eight centimeters.

On the track, co-captain Carrie McGraw made a solid return to action after missing most of last season to injury with a victory in the 400.

Junior Melissa Tanner, coming off a highly successful cross-country season, ran a PR in the 3000 of 10:06.20 which placed her third.

Two freshmen won events for Harvard—Eleanor Thompson in the 60-meter hurdles and Chelsea Connolly in the pole vault.

Grant said that her team did everything that was asked of them.