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Harvard Men and Women
Place 2nd in Tri-Meet with Dartmouth/Brown
The Harvard Men's track and field team
finished second in a For complete men's results click here For complete women's results click here Nicky Grant '02 captured both the Hammer and the Shot Put in competition against Dartmouth/Brown Nicky Grant Recognized by National Strength and Conditioning Association Cambridge, MA-Harvard women's track and field senior Natalie "Nicky" Grant (Homestead, FL) has been selected by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as an All-American Athlete for 2002. The 2002 All-American Strength and
conditioning Athletes are recognized for Grant, a team co-captain, was the Heptagonal Indoor Champion in the weight throw with a toss of 18.69 meters, three meters better than her closest opponent. Grant also took third in the shot put as she helped the Crimson to a second-place team finish, behind only Heps host Cornell. She is a biology concentrator at Harvard. The NSCA All-American Athlete of the Year award program is in its 19th year. A complete list of 2002 All-American athletes is available on the NSCA website at www.nsca-lift.org.
Harvard Women Finish Second, Men Take Fourth at 2002 Indoor Heptagonal Championships The Harvard track and field teams returned from Ithaca on Sunday with some strong results, as the women's team took second place in the annual Heptagonal Championships and their men's couterparts took fourth from the same competition.
On the women's side, the Crimson's strong results in the field events paced the effort for the second place finish. Helena Ronner came away with a pair of first-place finishes, championing both the long jump (5.92) and the triple jump (12.46 meters). Ronner was the only double-winner of the day for the Crimson. Kart Siilats took first in the high jump with a 1.73 meter performance, and finished second to Ronner in the triple jump with a leap of 11.77. Co-captain Nikki Grant easily won the weight throw with a toss of 18.69, more than three meters better than her closest competition. Grant also took third in the shot put (13.21). Fellow co-captain Carrie McGraw was second in the 400 (57.37), and anchored the foursome of herself, Victoria Henderson, Ashley Furst, and Eleanor Thompson to a second place finish in the 4x400 relay. MEN'S FINAL TEAM STANDINGS (19 events) WOMEN'S FINAL TEAM STANDINGS (17
events) Harvard Track sweeps
Yale and (partial) Princeton Meet
On the women's side, the Crimson dominated in the field events, paced by a double win in the shot put and weight throw by co-captain Natalie Grant and in the long and triple jumps by Helena Ronner. Co-captain Carrie McGraw (shown right) won the 400 meters for the cause as well. The Crimson will be idle next week in preparation for the Heptagonal Championships, which will be held at Cornell on February 24-25.
Harvard Defeats
Northeastern Leading the men's team were junior Matthew Seidel, who took first in both the 1 mile (4:29.50) and the 3000 meter run (8:40.44), senior Kobie Fuller finished first in both the 400 meter run (48.38) and the 200 meter dash (21.98), and John Meeker, the top finisher in the 60 meter dash (7.04).
On the women's side it was senior Natalie Grant with first place finishes in the shot put (13.21m) and the weight throw (16.75). Junior Melissa Tanner took first in the 3000 meter run (10:20.83), while sophomore Beverly Whelan won the 1 mile run (5:14.74). Rounding out the first place finishers were senior Carrie McGraw, who won the 400 meter run, and junior Alayna Miller, who championed the 60 meter hurdles. Both teams will be back in action on January 26, when they host Cornell and Brown. Senior Kobie Fuller (shown in later action) set an indoor 400M record during competition against the Huskies
Harvard Track and
Field Invitational Individual event winners are listed
below. Harvard athletes were victorious in nine of the meet's 24 events.
For a full listing of results, MEDIA MEMBERS AND PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
may obtain them by calling 201/585-5405 and requesting document 1067. Junior Sean Meeker (shown left) captured the 60M dash at the Harvard Invitational INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS Men Women |
tri-meet
against Dartmouth/Brown, falling to Dartmouth with a final score of
Dartmouth - 91; Harvard - 85; Brown - 27. The women fell to Brown with a
final score of Brown - 77; Harvard - 73; Dartmouth - 42. Both teams will
return to action April 13 in New York City for the Columbia
Invitational. 
their athletic accomplishments, academic and personal achievements,
community involvement, and leadership qualities. This year, 184 athletes
from 84 colleges and universities were acknowledged for their passion
and hard work in and out of the weight room.
For
the men, standout sprinter Chris Lambert (shown left)
took first in the 60 meter dash, bettering his semifinal time by one-hundreth
of a second and crossing the line in 6.73, and senior co-captain Kobie
Fuller won the 500 meters in a time
of 1:03.39. Lambert and Fuller ran the final two legs of the 4x400 relay
(Osahon Omoregie and Brandon Smith ran the first two) to give the
Crimson a win by nearly two seconds in the event. Taking second team
All-Ivy honors in the mile was sophomore Alasdair McLean-Forman,
completing the race in a time of 4;09.91 behind Princeton's Jonathan
Kieliszak. Matt Seidel also earned All-League honors when he finished
second in the 3,000 meters (8:24.70)
Headlining
the men's meet was the domination of the Crimson men on the track,
sweeping all the individual races. Yales only wins on the afternoon came
by virtue of victories in the 4x400 and 4x880 relays. Junior Christopher
Lambert (London, England) shattered his own school record in the 60
meter dash for the second straight home meet, crossing the line in a
time of 6.73. Seven other runners won individual titles, and three
captured field events to help the Crimson cruise to victory.
