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Track And Field Continues Dominance, Bests Bulldogs In Annual HY Meet

Mary Hirst won the high jump and the javelin Saturday at the HY meet (Harvard Athletic Communications).

NEW HAVEN, Conn. –
The run of dominance continued Saturday when the Harvard track and field team collected a pair of wins over archrival Yale in the annual HY meet. The men powered to their third straight meet title with a 97-64 victory, while the women logged their sixth consecutive win over Yale with an 89-69 result.

The men increased their all-time lead over Yale in the series, claiming their 62nd victory in 110 all-time contests. The women improved their record against the Elis to 24-11 and, with Saturday's results, matched the longest winning streak by either team in series history.

The women left no doubt in the sprints and middle distances, earning the bulk of their points in those events. Sophomore indoor All-American Erika Veidis highlighted the running performances, leading a 1-2-3 Harvard finish in the 800 with a blazing time of 2:05.92. The mark is a significant personal best for Veidis, and stands as the second-fastest time in program history in the event. Senior Sammy Silva also logged a big PR in a victory in the 1,500. Her time of 4:25.26 shaved more than three seconds off her previous top mark, and ranks second in the history of Harvard women's track and field. Morgan Kelly was right on her heels in second at 4:26.52, representing a personal best for the junior and the sixth best time in team annals.

Danielle Barbian (12.22) and Ashley Collinsworth (12.24) breezed to a 1-2 finish in the 100 and Christi Scott led a Crimson sweep in the 200 with a winning time of 25.42. Gabrielle Scott approached her personal best in the 400, taking the event title in 55.16.  The 100 hurdles featured a 1-2-3 Crimson finish, led by freshman Autumne Franklin with a time of 14.48. The 4x100 relay quartet of Collinsworth, Christi Scott, Franklin and Barbian breezed to victory in 46.93, the fifth-best time in team history, and the 4x400 team also earned the win to help the women sweep the relays.

Harvad boasted four winners in the field events to bolster its overall team score. Mary Hirst's clearance of 1.65 (5'5") lead a 1-2-3 Harvard finish in the high jump, and Shannon Watt edged out Yale's Karleh Wilson for a win in the discus with a 43.79-meter (143'8") mark. Adabelle Ekechukwu finished more than three meters ahead of the closest competitor in the hammer with a winning throw of 52.65 (172'9"), and Hirst captured her second event with a win in the javelin.

Jarvis Harris had the top performance for the men on the afternoon, breaking the school record in his 110 hurdles victory. Almost a month removed from posting his previous best at the Victor Lopez Classic, Harris turned in a time of 14.13 to break the 48-year old school record by .11 seconds and claim the event win by more than a second.

The men followed suit in the sprints, earning 19 team points between the 100, 200 and 400. Connor McCarthy took the 100 by a healthy margin, running a time of 10.58 on the heels of posting a wind-aided 10.52 last week in Florida. His time in the 200 was just off his personal best, winning the race in 21.61. Senior Jeff Homer continued the sprints dominance with a victory in the 400, running a time of 49.19 with teammate Jared Kadich right behind at 49.56. James Leakos' time of 8:17.32 in the 3,000 gave him the victory by over six seconds while Adam Cotton picked up three more points for Harvard with a second-place result. Five more points went to the Crimson when Harris, McCarthy, Kadich and David Trompke teamed for a win in the 4x100 relay.

Four more event wins came in the field events, highlighted by a Crimson sweep in the shot put. Ben Glauser earned the event win with a mark of 17.42 (57'2") and Dustin Brode (17.35/56'11.25) and Edward Brucker (15.61/51'2.75") were close behind. Malcolm Mason Rodriguez and Harris finished 1-2 in the triple jump, with the former posting a distance of 14.44 (47'4.5") and Jacques Barjon led an all-Harvard javelin competition with a winning toss of 46.04 (151'). Fedor Garin was the final event winner for Harvard with a 1.95-meter (6'4.75") clearance in the high jump.

The historic stretch continues for the Crimson, as Harvard plays host to the biannual Harvard/Yale vs. Oxford/Cambridge meet Tuesday at McCurdy Outdoor Track. The meet is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

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