The Harvard women took ninth in a field of 50 schools in the ECAC Championship meet at Boston’s Reggie Lewis Center.

The top performance of the weekend for Harvard came from the women’s distance medley team. Senior Nicole Cochran kicked things off for the Crimson by running the 1200-meter leg. She then handed off the baton to Erika Veidis for the race’s 400-meter leg. Seniors Meghan Looney and Kailyn Kuzmuk rounded out the relay with the 800- and 1600-meter legs, respectively.

The squad ran away with the event. Cochran and co. earned first place and bested their nearest competitor by over 10 seconds,  topping the old record by a staggering seven seconds.

“Nicole really got things going for us,” Saretsky said. “She really closed hard, and from there we were, no pun intended, off to the races…. She set the tone for the others.”

Junior Mary Hirst contributed five points to the Crimson’s total by finishing in fourth place in the high jump. Hirst matched her personal best by clearing 1.77 meters.

—Staff writer Dominic A. Martinez can be reached at dmartinez@college.harvard.edu.