JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For a third straight year, Harvard track & field will send 10 or more student-athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as 15 Crimson secured their spots in Eugene, Oregon at the 2025 NCAA East First Round.

On the final day of the competition, Harvard punched their tickets to Eugene in five more events. Sophomore Milina Wepiwé will represent the Crimson in the women's discus throw, while junior Molly Malague takes on the women's 3000m steeplechase at Hayward Field. Sophomore Sophia Gorriaran and Victoria Bossong will both run the 800m, as senior Chloe Fair will feature in the women's 400m hurdles. Harvard will also field a women's 4x400m relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in two weeks.

The two-time defending Ivy League champion in the women's discus throw, Wepiwé qualifies for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships for the second time in her career. On her first throw, Wepiwé posted a mark of 52.65 (172'9") and followed up with a foul on her second attempt. An All-America First Team honoree last year, Wepiwé got over the line on her last throw of the afternoon, finishing in 11^th with a mark of 54.54m (178'11").

Malague, the Most Outstanding Female Track Athlete at the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships, shined in the second heat of the women's 3000m steeplechase. A native of Metuchen, New Jersey, Malague hung with the leaders for most of the race, crossing the finish line in 9:56.92 to take fourth place in her heat and ninth overall to punch her ticket to Eugene. Malague's time is a new personal-best and a mark that ranks second overall in school history, as she is only the second student-athlete in program history to go sub-10 minutes in the women's 3000m steeplechase.

In the opening heat of the women's 3000m steeplechase, senior Ellaney Matarese ran a 10:38.03 to take 39^th place.

Harvard made a major impact in the women's 800m, as both Gorriaran and Bossong rose to the occasion to earn their spots at Hayward Field. Running in the third heat, Gorriaran finished in seventh overall, as her time of 2:00.46 is a personal-best and ranks third all-time in program history. The runner-up in the women's 800m at the NCAA Indoor Championships, Bossong automatically qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing in second in her heat with a time of 2:01.83, a result that ranked in 10^th in the quarterfinals. Both Bossong and Gorriaran garnered All-America Second Team status at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Fair, an All-America Second Team honoree last year in the women's 400m hurdles, will make her return to Hayward Field. A native of Suwanee, Georgia, Fair earned her way to the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 56.49, finishing in 10^th place in the quarterfinals.

The Crimson ended its time in the Sunshine State with a statement showing in the women's 4x400m relay. Fair, senior Izzy Goudros, Gorriaran and Bossong made history in the second heat, automatically qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:29.35. That time is a new school record, dethroning the former record of 3:29.98 set by Gabby Thomas '19, Autumne Franklin '16, Christi Scott '16 and Jade Miller '17, as those are the only two sub-3:30.00 times in the women's 4x400m relay in school history. Harvard's time also ranks second all-time in Ivy League history.

Two Crimson also featured in the women's 5000m. Malague returned to the track for the opening heat, taking 42^nd with a time of 16:32.28. Junior Penelope Salmon finished in 28^th with a time of 16:01.63.

UP NEXT:

The NCAA will officially announce the final list of participants for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships on Tuesday, June 3, as action at Hayward Field begins on Wednesday, June 11.

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