No score, no problem.

The Dartmouth Invitational might not have kept team scores for its events, but the Harvard men and women’s track and field teams still headed up to the Leverone Field House in Hanover with competitive fire and left with an impressive showing.

“The meet was a good way for us to stay sharp for the upcoming Harvard-Yale-Princeton [event], which we need to attack with the same intensity that we will bring to Heptagonals,” senior Tekky Andrew-Jaja said.

Next weekend, the Crimson heads down to New Haven for its last dual meet of the season as it squares off with Ivy foes Yale and Princeton in a final intra-league tune-up for the Heptagonal Championships at the end of the month.

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It is unfortunate for the Crimson that the Dartmouth Invitational was not a scored meet because, if it was, Harvard might have won the meet by leaps and bounds.

Juniors Sam Laine, Lawrence Adjah, and Travis Hughes swept the top three spots in the triple jump with leaps of 15.46, 14.82, and 14.04 meters, respectively. Laine’s leap gives him the best mark this season in the Ivy League by almost half a meter—an incredible margin. Hughes also took home second in the long jump with a leap of 6.56 meters. The jump was actually tied for first place, but Hughes was awarded second because of the tiebreaker.

“The jumpers were excellent and, with performances at that level so early, I can see they’re going to be putting out some huge marks when the big meets come around,” senior Alasdair McLean-Foreman said.

Last year, the tandem of Laine and Adjah took first and second, respectively, for the Crimson at Heptagonals, and look to be poised to repeat after their performances this Saturday. Looking beyond the league, the NCAA provisional mark is 15.50 meters—which both Lain and Adjah are fast approaching.

Another jumper looking to prove he will be among the top in the league, Andrew-Jaja won the high jump by clearing 2.08 meters. Andrew-Jaja’s jump puts him in a tie for the second-best mark by any Ivy Leaguer this season. David Pell of Cornell leads all with a leap of 2.11 meters.

“Last week I was able to jump well at home against the two other high jumpers in the top three,” Andrew-Jaja said. “However, I think that the best thing that I can take from my performance at Dartmouth this weekend, getting a personal record, is that it is uniquely confirmed to myself and the rest of the Ivy League that I am able to improve or past performances no matter the venue.”

In the running events, freshman Christopher Green took second in the mile with a time of 4:17.34, less than half a second behind the winner.

“Chris Green has developed really well over the season and I think he’s got a great shot at Heptagonals,” McLean-Foreman said. “He’ll have to have a great race but he’s an excellent competitor with an outstanding attitude so I’m very confident in him.”

Another freshman making a splash was Lu Haibo, who came through the 100 meter run in 2:39.00, good enough for sixth.

Harvard’s top long-distance runner, McLean-Foreman, did not compete in order to rest a suspect Achilles tendon.