Clearing the bar at 1.68 meters, sophomore high-jumper Mary Hirst finished in fifth-place in the high jump but just 0.2 meters off her personal best of 1.70 meters. In the women’s 100-meter hurdles, freshman sprinter Olivia Abbate posted in a time of 14.97, to finish in seventh place overall for the event.
On the men’s side, junior Nico Weiler and sophomore Fedor Garin finished 2-3 in the pole vault, respectively, with Weiler clearing a height of 5.00m and Garin clearing 4.85m.
Back on the ground in the men’s 200-meter dash, junior sprinter John Dingus finished in third place with a time of 21.93, behind Utah State’s Armahd Lewis and Silas Pimentel.
Despite its victories so far this season, the Crimson hopes to continually build off of its success in its remaining races of the season.
“We are strong in a lot of different areas right now,” Saretsky said. “We have great depth and we have contributions being made from all the different areas, so it’s really exciting to see things coming together as a team.”
Kuzmuk went a bit further as she iterated her team’s desire to end the season with at least a third-place finish at the Heptagonal Championships.
“The big goal that we have as a team is to finish in the top three at Heps, and we have our eyes on competing against teams like Cornell,” Kuzmuk said. “ But I think that if we continue to give it our all, work together as a unit, and continue to support one another, we’ll be able to reach our goal.”
—Staff writer Oluwatoni A. Campbell can be reached at oluwatoni.campbell@college.harvard.edu.