Men

The outlook is not so positive for the men’s team, as it totaled just 34 points, far behind the first-place Cornell’s 130.5.

“The league has gotten significantly better in the past few years,” co-captain John Traugott said. “We weren’t up to the task to compete with them this time. Hopefully, we’ll use these next couple of months to redeem ourselves.”

Traugott led for the first three-quarters of the 1000-meter run, but faltered and finished third in 2:27.79.

“I just didn’t have enough when those guys passed me,” Traugott said. “It’s very undesirable to lead in a championship race, so I’m disappointed with my tactics.”

Senior Chris Lambert had an impressive showing in the 60-meter dash once again, winning in 6.80 seconds. That time was .07 seconds off Lambert’s own indoor Heps record, which he set last year.

Another bright spot for the Crimson was freshman Samyr Laine, who took second in the triple jump at 14.69 meters.

Traugott hopes the team will be able to use this weekend’s dismal showing as motivation in the future.

“It was a big wake-up call for all of us,” Traugott said. “We have to regroup so we can show the rest of the league that we’re better than what we showed this weekend.”

—Staff writer Samita A. Mannapperuma can be reached at mannapp@fas.harvard.edu.