With a 72.84-meter throw in the javelin on Saturday, Clever moved into fourth-place on the national performance lists. For the second week in a row he buried his own school record in the event. He reached 70.32 meters last week in Texas.

"I've been healthy this year, unlike the past two seasons," Clever said. "This season I'm getting into shape, and I've gotten stronger, quicker on the runway, and more flexible, and it's translated into bigger distances."

Clever will be aiming for the NCAA title this season, after placing 14th last year.

"It will be a pretty tight race [at the top]," Clever said. "But it's not beyond my means to win it. I'm definitely shooting for top five. The first guy is high 74-meters. It should be interesting when June rolls around."

Co-captain John Kraay also had a career-best day in the javelin with a 57.52-meter throw. Other than that, Saturday was a difficult day for the Crimson throwers as the wild weather took its toll.

"We had some pretty tough distances," Clever said. "Kraay had a big PR in the javelin. 57 meters would put him in contention at Heps and he hasn't done that before. Other than that it was a pretty rough day across the board."

Harvard's other event winners on the day were junior Aaron Snead in the pole vault (4.26 meters), senior Arthur Fergusson in the triple jump (13.94 meters), junior Benton Bodamer in the 400-meter hurdles (57.08 seconds), and sophomore Chris Antunes in the 800 (1:56.25).