Harris has wasted no time cementing his spot among the track team’s top athletes, rewriting a bit of history in the process.

The Crimson men finished with 191 points, 34.5 more than second-place Northeastern, while the women earned 196 points on the day, besting BU by 20.

The invitational, which was held at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York, N.Y., featured 17 teams, including Harvard’s conference rivals Princeton, Columbia, and Cornell. The Crimson men’s team finished third overall at the meet, scoring 98.5 points, while the women’s squad earned fourth place with 99 points.

The second annual Harvard Challenge proved to be less than a challenge for the Harvard track and field team, as the Crimson teamed up with Ancient Eight rival Brown to take down the Patriot League’s Army and Colgate in their first meet of the season.

In its first meet of the season, the Crimson flirted with history.

 

The Crimson squads turned in solid performances against their regional foes at the University of Buffalo’s Audubon Golf Course. The men finished in 15th place, while the women raced to a 14th-place finish.

On the men’s side, Harvard cross country finished in seventh place with 184 points; the women finished with 129 points in sixth place.