According to Brown, these complications can force two-sport athletes to make hard academic decisions with limited guidance. However, both Brown and Janachowski have embraced this disadvantage as best they can.

“School-wise, it’s made me really time-conscientious,” Janachowski said. “It’s honestly helped me manage my schedule. Otherwise I’d procrastinate a whole lot more. But because I’m on a time crunch all the time, I’ve been able to manage everything better.”

However, in the midst of the balance-seeking, there are two things that both Janachowski and Brown believe are no-brainers—first, their equal preference for both sports, and second, their choice to become two-sport athletes in the first place.

“I did commit [to Harvard] for soccer,” Janachowski said. “At the same time, I love the track team and their dynamic and what they do. But I would say the dynamics of both teams are very different, and I can’t say I prefer one over the other.”

Brown will be graduating this year with the Class of 2015. Having sacrificed every semester of his Harvard life to a sport, he is unwavering in his decision.

“I would absolutely play two sports if I were able to do it again,” Brown said. “After my experience of playing two sports at Harvard, I don’t feel like I could be any more prepared to begin the next phase of my life.”

—Staff writers Jed Rothstein and Amanda Fang can be reached at jrothstein@college.harvard.edu and amandafang@college.harvard.edu, respectively.