Harvard Cross Country Heads to Yale Friday
Photo courtesy Harvard Athletic Communications
The Race
The Harvard men's and women's cross country teams will
be in action this Friday as they head to New Haven, Conn., to
compete at Yale. The men's race will be a dual battle between
Harvard and Yale, while the women's race will feature
Princeton as well.
The men's race (start time 4:45 p.m.) features two of the Northeast region's top-10 teams in the Crimson and the Bulldogs.
The women's race (start time 4:15 p.m.) also features two regionally ranked teams in Harvard and Princeton.
About Harvard
The Harvard men are coming off a fifth-place (out of 19) finish at
the Iona Meet of Champions last weekend. In a race featuring
207 runners, the Crimson placed all five scorers 54th or better,
four of which were freshman competing on the collegiate level for
the first time.
The Crimson women are coming off a 13th place finish at the Iona Meet of Champions, one point behind Marist and Shawnee State. Harvard is currently ranked fourth in the Northeast region, the highest ranked Ivy team in that region.
Harvard's Opponents
Men
Yale is currently ranked eighth, one spot ahead of Harvard in the
region, behind a solid team effort at the Dartmouth Invitational
and individual performances at the Quinnipiac Invitational. Three
Yale runners finished in the top five at both events, while the
Bulldogs placed second at the Dartmouth meet.
Women
Princeton is currently ranked 24th nationally (third in the
Mid-Atlantic region) and will be in action for the first time since
its second-place finish at the Spiked Shoe Invitational hosted by
Penn State. Sarah Cummings and Alex Banfich paced the Tigers
finishing second and third, respectively.
The Yale women are coming off two third-place finishes at the Dartmouth and Quinnipiac Invitationals.
Up Next
The Harvard cross country teams will head to the Wisconsin on Oct.
2 to compete in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, ran on the
Zimmer Cross Country Course.
