Field Athletes Lead Track and Field in First Day of Heps

Pictured: Jack Brady placed third in the shot put at the Heptagonal Championships.
Photo Courtesy: David Silverman

HANOVER, N.H. – The Harvard men’s and women’s track and field teams had a number of strong performances in the field events during the first day of competition at the 2010 Heptagonal Championships, Saturday at Leverone Field House. The women finished day one in a tie for third with defending champion Cornell, compiling 20 points. The men totaled 10 points through day one, good for a tie for fourth with Dartmouth and Columbia.

On the women’s side, Harvard’s top performance came in the long jump as freshman Ashtynn Baltimore placed second with a leap of 5.99 meters. Junior Claire Richardson added six points to Harvard’s total with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 16:43.99 in a third-place finish in the 5,000 meter run. Freshman Sydnie Leroy finished in a tie for third in the pole vault with a mark of 3.70 meters, and classmate Shannon Watt added a point with a sixth-place finish in the shot put, posting a distance of 13.48 meters.

Senior Jack Brady led the Crimson men on the first day of action, finishing third in the shot put with a mark of 16.84 meters. Freshman Kenneth Wang Kan earned points with a fifth place finish in the long jump, posting a leap of 7.06 meters, and junior Sean Gil rounded out the Harvard scorers with a fifth-place mark of 4.80 meters in the pole vault.

The Crimson returns to the track tomorrow for the second and final day of competition at the Heptagonal Championships.