In many events, Harvard was overwhelmed in the numbers of athletes alone—where Harvard could only put two, one, or sometimes no runner in an event in which eventual champion Cornell had between three and five of its own athletes.

A partial factor in this has been injuries that have disrupted the workout regime of a number of key runners—as evident in a big way this weekend.

“I really feel that their youth, as well as that of our team in general, gives us an excellent chance to make a run at the Heps title next year,” sophomore Tekky Andrew-Jaja said. “Personally, I know that I had not adequate enough time to prepare for the meet.” 

Junior Alasdair McLean-Foreman—one of the team’s strongest runners when healthy—has struggled this season with injuries and did not start as he was registered to do in the 1,500.

“I think everyone who competed knows they gave it everything they had, we just didn’t get enough breaks our way,” Albertine said.

Freshman Sean Barrett—another of the Crimson long distance runners who struggled with injuries earlier in the year—ran a personal best of 15:22.89 in the 5,000-meter race.

In the field events, Laine and Adjah showed why Harvard’s future is bright and could see those breaks in the future.

After dominating Ivy League competition all season, the duo swept the Heptagonal championships in their field of expertise, the triple jump, with jumps of 15.33 meters—just over 50 feet—by Laine and 14.70 by Adjah.

“The 1-2 sweep felt a lot better than the win itself because Lawrence and I, I believe work harder than many people in the league and we wouldn’t have accepted anything less,” Laine said. “In fact, we had 1-2-3 in mind but Lawrence, Travis and I will be back next year for that and all three of us have IC4As to look forward to.”

As with the women, the last meet for the Harvard men will be the regional championships next weekend, in which only those who qualified will run.

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