Gyorffy's absence won't necessarily cost Harvard an individual NCAA title. Siilats, the Estonian national champion ranked fourth on the national performance lists, is among the favorites to win the event.

"[Siilats] got overconfident at 1.80, and I got overconfident at 1.90, so we kind of did the same thing," Gyorffy said. "But she's going on to nationals, and she'll be fine there."

In the triple jump, Gyorffy placed first, sophomore Helena Ronner held down second and senior Kathryn Ousley placed sixth to bring Harvard an improbable 19 points in the event.

Ronner also finished fifth in the long jump.

The triple jump finish looked possible on paper, although Ronner was out of action for much of the season and Gyorffy never practices the triple jump and only competes at Heps.

Gyorffy won with a 12.79-meter leap on her last jump after a slow start.

"For eight months I hadn't been doing it, so I needed some jumps to get into it," Gyorffy said. "I'm very excited to score points for the team. We did our best."

In the weight throw, Crimson junior Nicky Grant--who had previously qualified provisionally for NCAAs with a league-best throw of 17.76--had hopes of winning her first Heps title, but Yale's Melanie Harris unleashed a new meet record toss of 18.12 meters on her second attempt.