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Just like with the women, the men came out and posted some of their best times ever.

Following up last week’s strong performances at the New Hampshire Invitational, senior James Albertine and junior Art Baum ran personal bests in the 800-meter race.

In another bright spot for the long distance side of the team, freshman Jonathan Paul continued his impressive outdoor season with a victory in the 1,500-meter race.

In the shot put, Harvard took the third through fifth spots, racking up a number of points in the event. Junior Kris Hinson took third with a throw of 15.52 meters, followed by co-captain Adam Gelardi (15.44 meters) and sophomore Christopher Ware (15 meters).

At Heptagonals, the Crimson throwers believe that the championship in the shot put is up for grabs and an attainable goal.

“Since I placed fourth indoors in the shot, my goals are to improve upon that, qualify for NCAA regionals and also to score in the hammer and the discus,” Ware said.

Ware finished up his strong double on the day by taking home a victory in the discus, although he said the throw was not his best.

“I decided to train through this last week because next weekend is the most important being Heptagonals,” Ware said. “So in that respect, I still didn’t perform as expected and was also surprised at the lack of quality competition and energy at the meet. Regardless, this next weekend is all that matters and I will be making some last-minute adjustments, polishing up my technique and slightly shifting the training emphasis.”

For the entire team, the focus now shifts to last-minute tweaking of technique and training for next week’s championship meet. Harvard’s full team season will wrap up over next weekend when it competes in the outdoor Heptagonals at Brown University.

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