Junior Alasdair McLean-Foreman earned first place in the mile (4:08.2) and then came through in second in the 1000m as well. The two finishes solidify his top-five standing in each race in the league.

Additional strong running performances and personal records were turned in by junior Devon Lyons-Quirk and freshmen Conor Wilson.

Lyons-Quirk ran a personal record in the 3000m for the second straight meet, having lowered his time in the race by 19 seconds in the last two weeks, vaulting himself into the competition to score in this event at Heptagonals.

On the field side of things, sophomore Chris Ware and junior Kris Henson—who finished first and second, respectively, with throws over 15.6 meters in the shot put—have been dominant.

Based on conference competition, they can make a claim to being the second- and third-best throwers in the Ivy League right now.

Additionally, led by Andrew-Jaja in the high jump and Ezekwueche in the long jump, Harvard reined in two of the podium spots in the former and all three in the latter.

“A realistic goal for [Harvard] would be to come in and try to grab 4th or 5th place given the personnel we have,” Ezekwueche said. “That would send a statement to the league.”

Still, keeping this meet in perspective, a number of the athletes noted that despite this optimistic outlook on Saturday’s events, the fact remains that they lost to Yale.

In two weeks, maybe there will be another set of sheets presented by Gelardi, this time to inspire the team to beat the Bulldogs when it matters most.

WOMEN

Like the men, the Harvard women also outperformed expectations—but still lost to Princeton and Yale—leaving the team looking ahead to Heptagonals.

“People have counted us out this year,” Gibson said. “And I think this last meet shows we are still a force in the league.”

Once again, the Crimson’s mainstays on the individual leader board pulled through for the women, but it was not quite enough to fly by either Yale or Princeton, who battled tightly for the victory.

Freshman Chelsae Smith notched four top three performances on the day in the 60m, 200m and 60m hurdles, as well as the triple jump.

But she seems to have met her rival for the next three years in Yale sophomore Joslyn Woodward, who edged Smith in the two sprinting events by just over half a second combined.