The strong all-around showing at UVA reaffirmed the program’s focus on maintaining a strong squad all around, which Saretsky was pleased with.

“I think it shows the depth of our team,” Saretsky said. “We take a lot of pride in being a complete track and field program, so we want to be able to be competitive in all the events and we were able to display that this past weekend.”

MIT SEAN COLLIER INVITE

Competing down the river at neighboring MIT, the Crimson had a five athletes place in the top-10.

Sophomore Alex Kirby and freshman Randy Raymond placed seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 400-meter run, while Kirby also placed tenth in the javelin.

The other top-10 finishes of the day were proved by senior Fred Ward, who took eighth in the 1,500, rookie Tomoya Hasegawa—ninth in the 100-meter dash—and freshman Lucia Alexander, who took fourth in the women’s high jump.

Harvard continues its season next week at the prestigious Penn Relays, which attracts a crowd upwards of 40,000 people and the Brown Springtime Invitational, before heading down to Philadelphia just two weeks later to compete at Heps.

With Heps comes pressure for both teams, as the men look to take home the title while the women look to defend it. While the expectations are high, Miller believes that the support the athletes have for each other—as well as the balance shown this weekend—will play a big role in preparing the team for the upcoming challenge.

“I would say the [team] is very supportive,” Miller said. “We all understand that one person alone can’t win this team title, we all understand that we’re all parts of something bigger and better.”

—Staff writer Julio Fierro can be reached at julio.fierro@thecrimson.com.