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Harvard Track Posts Pair of Seventh-Place Finishes at Heps

The women’s field squad was just as impressive, with similar performances by the freshmen in the throwing events.

On Saturday, junior Jessica Fronk nabbed eight points for Harvard in the women’s javelin throw by grabbing second place, while freshmen Ashtynn Baltimore and Olivia Weeks placed fourth and seventh, respectively, in the women’s long jump.

Harvard’s heptathletes also battled intensely against the competition, as sophomore Nicole Sliva pulled out a strong second day to jump from fourth place to second in the seven-event competition. Freshman Mary Hirst grabbed two points by placing fifth, while sophomore Christine Reed took sixth.

Hirst also tied with Penn sophomore Kristen Judge for third place in the high jump with a height of 1.67 meters.

“I was really impressed by the multi-event athletes,” Saretsky said. “Three girls who all scored. They did an outstanding job, in particular Nicole Sliva finishing second and All-Ivy second team.”

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In the running portion of the championships, sophomore Meghan Looney placed sixth in the 800-meter run, less than 0.1 seconds behind fifth-place finisher Anna Scull from Cornell.

Baltimore doubled up with a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, although it marked a fall from her fourth-place ranking in the preliminaries the day before.

Despite the amount of individual victories, the problem for Harvard lay in the multiple 30-minute segments throughout the weekend when the Crimson could not manage to place in the top six positions.

“[Each event] it could go either way,” Saretsky explained. “That’s how our sport is, but overall I was really proud.”

—Staff writer Alex Sopko can be reached at sopko@fas.harvard.edu.

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