Rookie Dean Sullivan ended his first season of collegiate competition on a high note by taking home the Ivy title in the javelin. Sullivan’s throw of 63.68 meters outdistanced the second-place mark, thrown by Penn’s Karl Ingram by 1.13 meters.
On the women’s side, junior Mary Hirst turned in one of the strongest showings of her outdoor season. Hirst finished in second place in the heptathlon (a personal-best 4910 points) and the high jump (1.76 meters) to earn 16 team points for the Crimson.
“She was just crushing it,” Saretsky said.
The women’s squad’s only championship performance came from junior Shannon Watt in the discus. Watt threw 48.47 meters—over a meter farther than the second-place finisher—in the discus to earn the event win.
“It’s the nature of track and field that some things are going to go your way and others are not going to go your way,” Saretsky said. “I felt that our men and women dug deep and competed with a lot of heart, and I’m very pleased with the overall outcome.”
—Staff writer Dominic A. Martinez can be reached at dmartinez@college.harvard.edu.