In what was arguably the most important competition before the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, the Harvard men’s and women’s track and field teams welcomed Ancient Eight rivals Princeton and Yale to Cambridge for the annual H-Y-P meet on Saturday.

Both teams had success in their preview of Ivy League competition. The men and women each took second, with 36 and 54 points respectively, behind the champion Tigers, who took home the team titles in both events with 125 and 87 points, respectively.

The Elis finished third, with 22 points for the men and 41 for the women.

While the team was unable to claim the title at home, various individuals took home accolades led by sophomore Nikki Okwelogu, who continued her impressive campaign by breaking her own conference record in the shot put.

The Fresno, Calif., native threw a mark of 16.51 meters, 0.12 meters further than the previous record and two meters better than second-place Karleh Wilson from Yale.

Okwelogu wasn’t the only field athlete to take home the title, as classmate Joshua Whitener took home the title with an 18.41 meter mark in the weight throw, while rookie Floriaine Kameni took home the triple jump with an 11.7 meter leap.

“I was very surprised by the throw,” Okwelogu said. “I almost didn’t release it, [but] I then throw and then I look at it…. I was so shocked. I didn’t know it was a good throw.”

In addition to the three titles, there were various runner-up finishes earned by the Crimson. Junior Allison Morrison claimed a personal best in the long jump with a mark of 5.49 meters and classmate Raegan Nizdil claimed her runner-up finish with a jump of 1.70 meters.

Senior Taylor DuPont took second in the women’s weight throw with a mark of 16.8 meters, while on the men’s side, sophomore Efe Uwaifo claimed runner-up in his first meet of the year with a 15.36 meter triple jump mark.

Harvard’s success continued on the track, where the Crimson swept the top three spots in the women’s 60 meter hurdles, as junior Autumne Franklin won the event with a time of 8.61. Franklin was followed by sophomore Jackie Modesett and junior Madison Hansen.

The women’s 60 meter dash would prove to be fruitful as well, as senior Danielle Barbian’s 7.51 sprint won her the title, with classmate Ashely Collinsworth finishing just behind her at 7.60.

The sprinters’ success would continue as junior Christi Scott outran the competition from the start to claim the 200 meter title with a time of 24.89. The 4 x 440 yard relay team consisting of Scott, Franklin, Collinsworth and senior Gabrielle Scott would also be triumphant with a 3:45.92 finish.

The performances by the team drew praise from head coach Jason Saretsky, who believes that the team will be even better at Heps.

“We’ve got a lot of talented student-athletes that are ready to compete at a high level,” Saretsky said. “They know what it’s like to compete at that level and I feel confident we’ll be seeing a very different performance when we’re back at Gordon in two weeks.”

On the men’s side, junior Tom Purnell claimed the 3000 meter title with an 8:08.67 finish, while freshman Jonas Aranda would run a close 800 meter run, finishing in second place with a personal best, and Harvard all time-sixth best, 1:50.89 mark.