ITHACA, N.Y. – At day one of the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships, Harvard track & field dazzled at Barton Hall, producing several memorable and inspiring performances.

In all, two Crimson won individual Ivy League titles on the opening day of competition at Barton Hall.
Harvard began its time in Ithaca on the front foot, as senior Kenneth Ikeji earned his third-straight Ivy League championship in the men's weight throw. The defending NCAA champion in the event, Ikeji is just the fourth student-athlete in Heptagonals history to win three-straight men's weight throw titles. Hailing from London, United Kingdom, Ikeji broke the Barton Hall facility record with a throw of 23.48m (77'0.5").

The Crimson carried the momentum into the women's pole vault. In her Ivy League Heptagonal Championships debut, first-year Ella McRitchie won the conference title in the event after clearing the bar at 4.36m (14'3.5"), a collegiate career-best for the Bainbridge, Washington native. McRitchie is the first Crimson to win the Ivy League title in the women's pole vault since 2007.

With the first day of the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships in the books, the women's team sits in second place with 54 points, just two behind Princeton. The men sit in third with 22 points, as three points separates them and first place Cornell heading into the second and final day of the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.

HARVARD HIGHLIGHTS:

• On the track, senior Noah Ward automatically qualified for the men's mile final tomorrow, taking third in the opening heat with a time of 4:10.93.
• A pair of Crimson clinched spots in the women's mile, as seniors Marianne Mihas (4:51.04) and Ellaney Matarese (4:51.42) automatically qualified with top-four finishes in the second heat of the prelims.
• Ikeji completed the three-peat in the men's weight throw, becoming the first Harvard student-athlete to do so with a throw of 23.48m (77'0.5").
• The women's pole vault saw Harvard claim the top-two spots in the event, scoring a pivotal 18 points. McRitchie won the first Ivy League title of her career after clearing 4.36m (14'3.5") on her third and final attempt. Senior Anastasia Retsa finished in second with a mark of 4.26m (13'11.75").
• Harvard's lone representative in the men's 60m hurdles, sophomore Simon Weiser will run in the finals tomorrow, as he posted an 8.11 in the prelims, matching his personal-best.
• Running the two-fastest times in the women's 60m hurdles prelims, senior Izzy Goudros and sophomore Fabiola Belibi will represent Harvard in the final tomorrow. Belibi won the third heat with a time of 8.43, while Gouros took first in the second heat with a time of 8.45.
• In his Heptagonals debut, first-year LeRoy Horton will run the men's 60m finals after finishing in second in the second heat with a time of 6.76. Junior Jonas Clarke also punched his ticket to the sprints final after running a 6.82 in the prelims.
• Goudros earned a spot in another final shortly after the 60m hurdles, advancing to the women's 60m dash finals after winning the opening heat with a time of 7.44.
• A two-time All-Ivy League honoree in the indoor women's 400m, senior Chloe Fair moved onto the finals with the fastest time in the prelims (53.93).
• In the women's 500m, senior Victoria Bossong ran a 1:11.95, as she looks to win a fourth-straight Ivy League championship in the event tomorrow.
• One of the nation's top pentathlon athletes, Goudros earned All-Ivy League Second Team status in the women's long jump, securing second with a jump of 6.23m (20'5.25"). Sophomore Marta Amani added four points to the Crimson tally, finishing in fourth with a mark of 6.15m (20'2.25").
• First-Year Philip Andreas Kubon scored for the men's team in his Heps debut, contributing six points with a third place showing in the men's pole vault (5.25m/17'2.75").
• In the men's 1000m, senior Joe Ewing impressed, earning a spot in the final with a time of 2:26.83.
• For the first time in her Crimson career, sophomore Samira Kennedy will run in a final at Heps, advancing to the women's 1000m final with a time of 2:51.26.
• An All-Ivy and All-Region honoree in cross country competition last fall, junior Shane Brosnan tallied key points in the men's 3000m, scoring six points with a third place showing (8:03.05).
• Two top-three finishes pushed the Crimson to 14 points in the 3000m. Picking up All-Ivy League second team status, junior Molly Malague finished in second with a time of 9:20.29. Junior Penelope Salmon finished right behind Malague, crossing the finish line in 9:24.08.
• A personal-best throw of 20.17m (66'2.25") pushed Emilia Kolokotroni to a second place showing in the women's weight throw, as junior Michaela Denson finished in fifth with a throw of 18.63m (61'1.5").
• An All-Ivy League Second Team selection in the women's weight throw, Kolokotroni is the third student-athlete in program history to clear 20.00m in the women's weight throw.
• A trio of Crimson will take part in the men's 200m final tomorrow. Clarke (21.86) will compete alongside first-years Liam Acevedo (21.83) and Jordan Coleman (21.88).
• Harvard will also be well represented in the women's 200m final, as Goudros (23.96), Fair (24.28), first-year Ella Cooper (24.53) and junior Mfoniso Andrew (24.53) all clinched spots in the prelims.

UP NEXT:

The Crimson wrap up its time at Barton Hall tomorrow, competing at the final day of the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships. Harvard fans can watch all the action from Ithaca live on ESPN+.

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