“The biggest moment was when she decided, ‘I’m going to go after it, or I’m going to fold it,’ and that was during the long jump.” Tolbert said. “She was aggressive and had a pretty good jump, and that was what kept her in the mix.”
Salander covered the 800-meter run, the final leg of the pentathlon, in 2:19.36 to lock up fifth place in the competition.
“She came in a fairly accomplished athlete already, and with the improvement that she’s made in only her freshman year, I think we’ve only been scratching the surface.” Crimson coach Jason Saretsky said. “There’s definitely a tremendous upside to the future of her career at Harvard.”
—Staff writer Dominic Martinez can be reached at dmartinez@college.harvard.edu. Follow him on Twitter @dominicmTHC.