“It was good to beat [Kollar] since he was ahead of me in the national rankings, even though it was pretty far from my best distance,” said Clever, who is now IC4A javelin champion for the first time in his career.

Clever expects to be at his best when he competes at NCAAs on the evening of May 30.

“I just felt sluggish [last Saturday],” Clever said. “It was tough week with exams and papers. But now I’m done with everything, so I can focus.”

John Stiegeler of Oregon still has the best javelin performance in the nation this year at 74.92 meters. Clever believes that a throw of about 75 or 76 meters will be enough to win at NCAAs.

“I think I’m capable, and there are about five or six guys with a legitimate shot,” Clever said. “I’m pretty confident going in.”

Outside of the three Crimson champions, men’s co-captain John Kraay and sophomore Helena Ronner each earned top-eight finishes that earned points for their respective teams. In the final men’s standings, Harvard placed 25th with 11 points. The Crimson women finished 11th with 24 points, which happened to be just one point ahead of Yale’s final score of 23.

Ronner took fifth place in the triple jump on Sunday with a season-best leap of 12.80 meters, which met the NCAA provisional qualifying mark dead-on. That jump places her 34th on the national performance list in her event.

Kraay closed out his Harvard career on Sunday with an eighth-place finish in the shot put at 16.32 meters. He also competed in the discus on Satuday, but placed well back of the leaders with a top throw of 41.88 meters.

Both Crimson freshmen at the competition last weekend performed a notch below their season bests on Sunday but still earned top-15 finishes in their respective events. Alasdair McLean-Foreman, the Indoor Heps champion in the men’s 800-meter run, placed 13th in the same event on Saturday with a time of 1:50.54. Alexandra Petrone finished 14th in the women’s javelin with a throw of 38.40 meters on Sunday.