CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard track & field returns to action after the winter break on Sunday, Jan. 14 for the UMass Flagship Invitational. The Crimson will run at The TRACK at new balance for a second time this season, taking part in the Joe Donahue Games in early December.
 
The meet begins at 10 a.m. with the women's weight throw, as track events kick-off at 10:45 a.m. with the trials for the men's 60m hurdles. The UMass Flagship Invitational is scheduled to conclude around 5:10 p.m. with the men's 4x800m relay.

WHAT TO KNOW:

• Harvard track & field student-athletes have made history over the first three meets of the 2023-24 indoor season.
• At the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, junior distance runner Graham Blanks toppled the NCAA 5000m run record with a run of 13:03.78, a time that also meets the Olympic standard.
• Senior distance runner Maia Ramsden made some history at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, breaking the Ivy League record in the 3000m with a time of 8:46.84.
• First-year field athlete Tito Alofe bested a program record in the men's high jump in his debut at the HBCU & Ivy Challenge, snapping the 48-year-old record school high jump record with a successful attempt of 2.20m.
• Along with Alofe, juniors Anastasia Retsa and Victoria Bossong broke their own school records in the pole vault and the 600m at the HBCU & Ivy Challenge, respectively.
• First-year sprinters Timi Esan and Amari Turner started their Crimson careers strong at the Joe Donahue Games.
• Turner ranks third all-time in school history in the 200m dash after posting a time of 21.31 at the Joe Donahue Games.
• Esan matched Lance Ward's 60m time of 6.76 at the 2022 HBCU & Ivy Challenge, as the two Harvard sprinters are tied for sixth in the all-time performance list.
• Sophomore sprinter Fabiola Belibi logged new personal bests in the 60 hurdles (8.66) and the 300m dash (41.36).
• Junior sprinter Chloe Fair set a new meet record at the Joe Donahue Games in the 300m dash with a run of 38.48.
• Two Harvard student-athletes are included The Bowerman's 2024 Men's Preseason Watch List.
• Blanks and junior thrower Kenneth Ikeji earned spots on The Bowerman's first watch list of the season.
• Ramsden received votes for The Bowerman's Women's Preseason Watch List.

UP NEXT:

The Crimson will compete in two local meets next weekend, taking part in the Collegiate Showdown at The TRACK at new balance and the Battle in Beantown at Boston University.

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