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TEAM RECAPS
onal Cross Country Championships with junior Maia Ramsden taking the lead for Harvard in the championships race. Ramsden won the in dividual title in the women’s 6K, with a time of 20:42.4 seconds. The team ended up scor ing 54 points, leading by nine points more than the second place finisher and famed Harvard track and field rival,Princeton.
The men’s team finished in second place in the Ivy League the fall. It was junior Acer Iverson for the men’s team who secured the individual title, running a time of 23:59.3 seconds for the men’s 8K to win first place. Sophomore Graham Blanks was the second place finisher, running 24:04.1 seconds to follow his teammate. Their first and second place finishes marked the first time since 1969 that the Crimson had two male runners take the gold and silver medals at Heptagonals.
Harvard also had seven runners earn AllIvy Status during the Cross Country Heptag onals. At the conclusion of the meet, assis tant head coach Alex Gibby was awarded the Ivy League Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year.
The Ivy League Champions, Ramsden and Iverson were also awarded the All-Ivy Award, which recognizes student-athletes who have contributed majorly to their team, as well as maintained a GPA of 3.0 or more. The men’s and women’s team overall was named All-Academic team by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA).
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