“He looked better than I had expected,” Saretsky said of Chenoweth’s performance. “He’s an incredibly hard-working young man, and he’s in a great spot. He can be even better than he is right now, and that’s saying something.”

This marks the third time in as many years that Chenoweth has won the dual meet, and the Lowell House resident shows no sign of stopping his winning ways any time soon.

While the race for first place was a blowout in Chenoweth’s favor, his individual performance was not enough to propel the Crimson men past Yale, as the Bulldogs finished with 24 points to Harvard’s 34.

The race also marked the first time the Crimson men were defeated by Yale at the event in the last four years, the first time since Chenoweth began college.

Chenoweth was the only member of the men’s squad to finish in the top four, with the next runners from Harvard finishing in fifth and sixth, respectively.

The captain knows that while the defeat may be partially attributed to inexperience, everyone on the team can perform better and run faster, including himself.

“I’m confident that by the end of the season, all of us guys will have improved,” Chenoweth said. “We’re going to be better, and we’re going to win.”