Cambridge, Mass. - Competing at home for the first time in the outdoor season, the Harvard Track and Field teams will host the 126th Harvard-Yale vs. Oxford-Cambridge (HYOC) meet on Saturday, April 8. The meet will air on ESPN3. 

The HYOC meet is a longstanding tradition between four storied universities that sends athletes across the Atlantic every two years to compete. The meet traditionally rotates in location between the four schools but was temporarily suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The last time Harvard hosted the event was in 2013.

Saturday's competition will begin at 12 p.m. with the men's hammer throw. Field events will run on a rolling schedule and track events will begin at 1 p.m. with the women's 4x100m relay. The meet will end with the conclusion of the mixed 4x400m relay, set to go off at 3:45 p.m. A full meet schedule is available at the link above. 

What To Know

• Harvard-Yale has won every matchup over Oxford-Cambridge since 1993, with the Ivy League schools taking a 33-7 team victory at the most recent meet in 2019.  
• Last time Harvard hosted the meet in 2013, HY won by a 27-11 margin. 
• The Crimson most recently competed in the Florida Relays meet, where six more school records fell. The men's 4x400m relay of Lance Ward, Aaron Shirley, Peter Diebold and Gregory Lapit, Stephanie Ratcliffe in the hammer throw, Anastasia Retsa in the pole vault, Kenneth Ikeji in the hammer throw, and Samuel Bennett in the 110m hurdles all set new records.
• Izzy Goudros set a new record in the heptathlon at the Texas Relays meet last week as well. 
• Ratcliffe currently ranks first in the nation in the women's hammer throw with her 70.15m throw. She is the only one to throw over 70m so far this year. 
• Both Crimson teams are ranked nationally, per the USTFCCCA, with the women's team coming in ranked 18th in the nation and the men's team ranking 20th. 

Up Next

Crimson athletes will stay local to the Northeast in the upcoming weekend, heading to compete at Providence College on April 14 and at the UConn Northeast Challenge from April 14-15.