CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard cross country opens the month of October this weekend, as the Crimson will compete at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin and the New England Championships in Hopkinton, New Hampshire on Friday, Oct. 9.

WHAT TO KNOW

• Harvard returns to the trails this weekend for its first outings of October, as the Crimson closed out September with solid showings at the Indiana State Invitational and the Dartmouth Invitational.
• An All-Ivy League selection last season, sophomore Tam Gavenas made his season debut at the Indiana State Invitational, the site of the 2026 NCAA Championships. A native of Andover, Massachusetts, Gavenas finished in seventh place, as three Crimson finished in the top 60 of the men's 8k to provide Harvard an 11^th place finish.
• After his tremendous run in Terre Haute, Indiana, Gavenas earned Ivy League Men's Athlete of the Week status.
• Over in the women's 6k race, first-year Aelo Curtis led a tremendous effort for the women's team, taking 68^th place and pushing Harvard to a 15^th place team finish.
• At the Dartmouth Invitational, first-year Baylor Miller shined with a second place finish in the men's 8k race, while junior William Brunner joined him in the top 10 by taking eighth place.
• In the latest United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's northeast regional rankings, the women's team moved up to No. 4 after starting the year at No. 7, while the men's team has held steady at No. 2.
• Seeking a seventh-straight bid to the NCAA Championships, the men's team is ranked at No. 19 in the USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll, as Harvard is the only Ivy League program ranked inside the top 25.
• At the Nuttycombe Invitational, 21 nationally ranked squads will compete at the famed Zimmer Championship Course.

UP NEXT

Harvard closes out the regular season on Friday, Oct. 16 with a trip to the Empire State, heading to New York, New York for the 2026 ECAC/IC4A Championships.

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