“That first strong day really helped us,” co-captain Ashley Furst said. “We were really motivated and people really stepped up.”

Furst finished fifth in the 400-meter dash and anchored the 4x400-meter relay team in its fourth-place performance. Furst brought the Crimson from sixth to fourth during her anchor leg of the relay.

“I had a lot of momentum coming around the corner and the last straightaway,” Furst said. “It was an exciting finish.”

Harvard also got a fourth-place finish from freshman Laura Maludzinski in the 1,500-meter run and a fifth-place showing from her classmate Adanna Scott, who turned in a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles.

Freshman Anne Hillier placed third in the 400 in 56.21 seconds after being relegated to the seventh lane due to her relatively slow qualifying time.

“I really had to get out of the blocks fast because I was running blindly until about the 200-meter mark,” Hillier said.

The 4x800-meter relay team of Maludzinski, senior Megan Moran-Gates, junior Bev Whelan and senior Sam Piper also raced to a third-place finish in 8:54.72.

“This was a really sentimental meet for most of us, especially the seniors,” co-captain Alaina Aguanno said. “Everyone really put it out there, and we ended up in a position we are proud of.”

Men

Lambert’s blazing first-place finish in the 100-meter (10.30 seconds) was the Harvard men’s only win. His qualifying time of 10.29 seconds would have tied a HEPS record had it not been wind-aided.

It was Lambert’s second consecutive 100-meter win at HEPS.

In a disappointing turn of events, Lambert was disqualified from the 200-meter dash final due to a false start.

He had the two fastest qualifying times of all the competitors.

Laine impressed in the triple jump with a second-place finish (15.06 meters). He was narrowly defeated by Brown’s Sean Thomas, who jumped 15.08 meters.

Senior Nathan Shenk-Boright took third place in the 5,000-meters in 14:23.41 and fourth place in the 10,000-meters in 30:27.02.

Harvard had two fifth-place runs on the day—by co-captain John Traugott in the 1,500 (3:48.96) and the 4x100-meter relay team of seniors Eric LaHaie, John Meeker, Robert Burns and Lambert.

“Obviously we were pretty disappointed with the overall outcome,” Traugott said. “But, on the positive side, there were a lot of freshman and sophomores that did well. They now have the experience of competing in a meet like [HEPS], which is good for the future.”

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