Freshman Christopher Green, after an impressive cross-country season, posted an equally impressive performance by winning the 800-meter event, finishing in a time of 1:55.40.

In the field events, Hinson took home first in the shot put while Harvard swept the weight throw with a one-two-three punch of junior James Rhodes and sophomores James Ayers and Matt Niemczak. Rhodes’ winning throw registered at 15.62 meters, and was a personal best for him.

“I was impressed by James Rhodes—that was a personal best for him but still far below what he’ll throw this season,” Hinson said.

In the jumping events, senior Samyr Laine won the triple jump.

WOMEN

As with the men, the women’s team still scored the majority of its points in the long-distance and field events, but found a boost from its sprinters and hurdlers.

Freshman Chidimma Kalu won the 60-meter hurdles in 7.85 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 25.65 seconds. Junior Stephie De Groff just trailed Kalu in both, finishing in third in the hurdling event and second in the 200-meter dash.

Kalu was not the only younger athlete who came through in a strong way on Saturday, with a number of freshmen and sophomores finding their stride early in the season.

In the sprints, freshman Julia Rozier won a two-woman 400-meter race, posting a time of 58.77 seconds.

Freshmen Lindsey Scherf, fresh off of an amazing cross country campaign, won the 5000-meter in a time of 16:20.88. She outpaced the nearest competitor by 19 seconds.

“The freshman class was amazing in cross-country which should translate nicely into the middle and distance events,” Musante said. “It’s great to get some new blood, especially in the shorter events.”

It was the same story for Harvard in the field events.

Sophomore Sandra Stankovic led the way in the field events, winning the high jump by clearing a height of 1.65 meters. Freshman Jitka Vinduskova finished third in that event with a jump of 1.60 meters to go along with her second-place finish in the shot put.

“I am really excited to see how the freshman will add to the team in track,” Musante said. “I think its going to be a great season.”

One of the killers for the Crimson was losing to Boston College in both of the relays, falling by over 10 seconds in both the 4x400-meter and 4x800-meter races. By themselves, these two races represented an eight-point swing in the meet standings.

—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu.