“Nick is two-for-two in the javelin this season,” Saretsky said. “He’s done a great job coming back from an injury.”

Harvard also had an event-winning javelin thrower on the women’s side.

Freshman Hannah Meyer was awarded first place with a toss of 45.10 meters.

Sophomore Shannon Watt had an equally impressive showing at the Ole Miss meet. After taking 10th place in the shot put, Watt finished sixth in the discus, throwing an ECAC-qualifying distance of 44.41 meters.

GEORGE DAVIS INVITATIONAL

While the Crimson’s throwing squad was flexing its muscle at Ole Miss, Harvard’s runners were delivering a solid performance of their own at the George Davis Invitational in Lowell, Mass.

A trio of freshman distance runners was impressive for the Crimson on Saturday.

Kurt Ruegg took third place in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:30.18. Classmate Paul Koullick finished the two-mile run in 9:12.66, good for fourth place at the meet. Another freshman, Peter Dolan, finished 11th in a highly contested 800-meter run.

“We’ve got some great young talent that’s developing,” Saretsky said. “This weekend provided them with an opportunity to really see where they’re at and see what they need to work on. It’ll give them some momentum going into the final stretch of the season when it’ll really count.”

The young distance runners were able to shine at the meet in the absence of some of their older teammates. Saretsky held many of the Harvard standouts, including senior Dan Chenoweth and captain Brian Hill, out of competition this weekend so they could train and prepare for next weekend’s invitational at Yale.

“[The team’s older runners] are getting ready for Harvard-Yale next week,” Dolan said. “So it was a good opportunity for us to go out and put down some good marks.”

On the women’s side, a pair of freshman sprinters found success at the George Davis meet. Chelsea Celistan ran a 12.56 in the 100-meter dash, which earned her second place. Classmate Christina Twicken finished third in the 200, crossing the line in 25.25 seconds.

Winning performances came from the Crimson’s 4x100 meter relay team, who finished with a time of 48.90 seconds. Freshman Adrienn LaChance was victorious in the pole vault, with an impressive clearance of 3.50 meters.

Harvard will be back in action next weekend on April 16 in New Haven for the Harvard-Yale Invitational.