CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard men's and women's track and field and cross country teams will add a talented class of 23 first-years from 10 different countries to the program for the 2023-24 seasons, The William W. "Bill" McCurdy Director of Track and Field/Cross Country, Jason Saretsky, announced on Thursday.

"I'm thrilled to welcome our class of 2027 to Harvard and look forward to supporting them as they add to our tradition of academic and athletic excellence. This is a phenomenal group representing so many different backgrounds and I know they share my excitement in building on our program's recent successes," says Saretsky. 
 
The incoming student-athletes will join a track and field and cross country team that had an outstanding 2022-23 season on both the conference and the national level. The Crimson recently swept the Ivy League outdoor championships with both the men's and women's teams landing on top of the standings. The women's team completed a triple crown, winning the cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field titles. The men's team finished second at the indoor track and field and cross country championship meets. 

On the national stage, Harvard has had representation at all three NCAA Championship events, with student-athletes earning All-American honors in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field. The men's team finished 17th in the nation at the NCAA cross country championship meet while both teams finished nationally ranked at the NCAA outdoor track and field championship meet, with the women's team finishing ninth in the nation at the NCAA Championship and the men's team finishing in a tie for 11th.

Men

Tito Alofe | T&F | Peachtree City, Ga. | Starrs Mill High School

High Jump: 2.14m (7' 0")
Triple Jump: 14.74m (48' 4.5")
Long Jump: 7.05m (23' 1.5")
• Georgia state champion in the high jump and triple jump with a second place finish in the long jump, earning the Georgia state point total MVP
 

Amari Turner | T&F | Deltona, Fl. | Seminole High School

100m: 10.37
200m: 20.66
400m: 47.39
• Won the USATF Junior Olympics in the 100m & 200m in 2022 and finished 2nd in both the 100m and 200m dashes at the 2023 Florida High School State Championship
 

Olutimilehin "Timi" Esan | T&F | Cambridgeshire, U.K. | Ardingly College

60m: 6.81
100m: 10.54
200m: 21.82
• Represented Great Britain at the World Athletics U20 Championships in the 4 x 100m relay in Cali, Colombia
 

Zane Wallace | T&F | Wylie, Texas | St. Mark's School

Triple Jump: 14.63m (48' 4")
Long Jump: 7.19m (23' 6")
• Southwest Preparatory Champion in the triple jump. Nike Indoor National qualifier in the LJ & TJ
 

Simon Weiser | T&F | Prauge, Czech Republic | Gymnázium Jirího Gutha-Jarkovského

60h: 7.84
110h: 13.61
300h: 37.48
400h: 52.71
• Represented the Czech Republic at the World Athletics U20 Championships in the 110HH's in Cali, Colombia
 

Isaac Delaney | T&F | Preston, England | Cardinal Newman College

Shot Put (6kg): 18.16m (59' 7") 
 

Ethan Aidam | T&F, XC | Columbia, Md. | Oakland Mills High School

1600m: 4:21.56
3200m: 9:26.22
 

Owen Bosley | T&F, XC | Thiensville, Wisc. | Homestead High School

1600m: 4:11.13
3200m: 8:54.19
 

Sam Burgess | T&F, XC | Framingham, Mass. | Framingham High School

1600m: 4:10.28
3200m: 8:58.34
 

Ferenc Kovacs | T&F, XC | Torokbalint, Hungary | Illyés Gyula High School

800m: 1:49.79
1500m: 3:39.88
3000m steeplechase: 8:52.25
5000m: 14:08.24
 

Charlie Ortmans | T&F, XC | Arlington, Va. | Potomac School

1600m: 4:11.25
3200m: 8:54.32
 
 

Women

Alice Mihas | T&F | Chicago, Ill. | Latin School of Chicago

Hammer Throw: 48.99m
Weight Throw: 16.05m
Discus Throw: 41.81m
Shot Put: 12.42m
• Fifth at New Balance Nationals for Hammer Throw (All-American) in 2023, finished secibd in discus at Illinois State Championships in 2023 and finished sixth at New Balance Nationals for Hammer Throw (All-American) in 2022
 

Milina Wepiwé | T&F | Friedrichsdorf, Germany | Kaiserin-Friedrich Gymnasium

Discus Throw: 53.18m
• No.1 in the European Ranking 2023, Represented Germany at the U18 European Championships in Jerusalem
 

Emilia Kolokotroni | T&F | Nicosia, Cyprus | Kykkos B' Lyceum

Hammer Throw: 63.55m
• Gold medal in Games of Small States of Europe 2023 (Malta), Silver medal in ISF Gymnasiade 2022 (Normandy France), Bronze medal in European Athletics U18 Championships 2022 (Jerusalem) and World Athletics U20 Championships (Kenya & Colombia)
 

Lillian "Lilly" Hodge | T&F | Keene, Ky. | West Jessamine High School

High Jump: 1.75m (5' 8.75")
Pole Vault: 3.86m (12' 8")
• New Balance Nationals High Jump All American (2022), 3x Kentucky High School State Champion in the High Jump (2021, 2022, 2023), Kentucky High School State Champion in the Pole Vault (2023)
 

Klara Barbic | T&F | Zagreb, Croatia | Vladimir Prelog Science School

High Jump: 1.75m (5' 8.75")
Triple Jump: 11.48m
 

Mickaila Haisley | T&F | Kingston, Jamaica | Immaculate Conception High School

100m: 11.51
200m: 23.68
 

Ophelia Pye | T&F | Devizes, England | Dauntsey's School

400h: 58.09
4x400m relay split: 52.9
 

Marta Amani | T&F | Villa Cortese, Italy | Liceo Scientifico Statale

60m: 7.60
100m: 11.85
200m: 24.01
400m: 53.42
Long Jump: 6.52m (21' 4.75")
 

Kaiya Brooks | T&F, XC | Hillsborough, Calif. | Crystal Springs Upland School

1600m: 4:53.10
3200m: 10:23.66
 

Sophia Gorriaran | T&F, XC | Providence, R.I. | Moses Brown High School

500m: 1:10.42
800m: 2:00.58
1000m: 2:39.83
1600m: 4:37.54
• Competing at USATF Outdoor Championships 2023
 

Samira Kennedy | Palo Alto, Calif. | Castilleja School

800m: 2:09.82
1600m: 4:49.37
 

Fieke Van der Kamp | Victoria, Australia | Nillumbik High School

1500m: 4:48.80
3000m: 9:58.16
5000m: 17:29.49