Second-team All-American for the indoor 5000-meter race, freshman distance runner Judy Pendergast achieved a second place finish in the 1500-meter race with a time of 4:28.58 seconds. In the same race, sophomore teammate Miranda Sadler finished just under seven seconds behind her teammate to take the bronze. Also running long distance was junior Elianna Shwayder, who took silver in the 3000-meter run. Her time of 9:49.13 was an outdoor best for the Saline, Michigan native.
In pole vault, Harvard took both first and second. Junior Marlena Sabatino achieved a gold medal jump at a height of 3.65 meters, just 1.5 meters above sophomore Nicole Trenchard in the silver position.
“It's exciting to cheer on teammates showing off their hard work as they finally get to throw javelin, discus and hammer as well as run the long hurdles and outdoor track relays,” Trenchard said. “It is always a fun to compete as a team.”
Co-captain Raegan Nizdil rounded out the success of the women against Yale with a gold medal and personal best throw of 29.95 meters in the javelin.
MT. SAC RELAYS
Taking to Torrance, California, the majority of the short distance runners for the women’s team competed in the more competitive Mt. SAC Relays.
Sophomore sprinter Gabby Thomas headlined the team’s success taking two medals. The first was a bronze in the 200-meter dash and the second a silver in the open 100-meter dash. In the former, Thomas clocked a 22.64 second finish, only .04 seconds off her season best.
Freshman Zoe Hughes competed for the Crimson in the heptathlon and finished in sixth place. The Hornchurch, U.K., native achieved the feat with 5444 points, a personal record, the second best finish in program history, and the fourth most points in Ivy League history. In her path to the medal, Hughes achieved personal bests in both the long jump and javelin events.
The 4x100-meter relay team also grabbed a season best in their path to a ninth place finish. The squad, featuring sophomore Ngozi Musa, Thomas, freshman Karina Joiner, and senior Jade Miller, crossed the finish line 45.23 seconds after the sound of the gun. The finish was the second fastest time in program history.
Miller and Joiner rounded out the weekend with successful finishes in the 400-meter hurdles. The former took bronze in the event with a time of 56.41 seconds while Joiner finished in sixth with a personal best time of 1:00.28.
The teams will travel next weekend to the Cardinal Classic in Stanford, California.
—Staff writer Cade Palmer can be reached at cade.palmer@thecrimson.com.