Track and Cross Country
BRIEF: Three Cross Country Runners Advance to Nationals
On Friday, a quintessentially Buffalo, N.Y., day of mud and blustery snow, junior Kieran Tuntivate and sophomores Hugo Milner and Lisa Tertsch slogged along faster than the competition to advance to next week’s NCAA National Championships in Madison, Wisc.
Tuntivate Wins Ivy Heps, Guides Men's Cross Country to Second Place
With the blink of an eye, junior Kieran Tuntivate raced past the finish line, inching out the Tigers’ Conor Lundy for a first-place finish at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championship.
Florence Flash
Senior sprinter Gabby Thomas will forgo her final year of NCAA eligibility, instead opting to train professionally as she finishes out her schooling.
Gabby Thomas Inks Professional Contract with New Balance
On Wednesday afternoon, Thomas announced she would not be competing for the Crimson squad in her senior season. On Thursday, the tri-captain signed a deal with New Balance. The company announced the deal on Monday.
Cross Country Competes at Roy Griak Invitational
Last Saturday at the University of Minnesota, junior Kieran Tuntivate led the men's pack, taking home first in the 8000-meter run with a winning time of 24:33.4.
Cross Country Competes at Beantown Annual
With the HYP meet occuring last week and an upcoming meet at the Roy Griak Invitational next week, Harvard fielded significantly fewer runners this year than previously before, with hopes of resting the majority of its racers to prepare for later meets.
The Price Is Right
Senior Collin Price sprints toward the finish line in a race last season. The senior finished sixth at last weekend's Harvard Yale dual competition.
BRIEF: Cross Country Squads Show Promise at H-Y-P
At the weekend showdown with Yale and Princeton, the men's team defeated perennial rival Yale while the women finished behind both opponents.
Thomas Spends Summer in IAAF Diamond League
The NCAA Outdoors represent the end of the collegiate season, and with that conclusion most track athletes go home to rest after the two seasons of running. After placing second in the meet, Thomas went to Switzerland.
First In Her Class: Female Athlete of the Year
En route to an indoor national title, junior co-captain Gabby Thomas bested a 10-year collegiate record set by an olympic gold-medalist.
The Fastest Woman In America
At the NCAA Indoor Championships, junior co-captain Gabby Thomas etched her name into the history books by setting a new national collegiate indoor record 200-meter time at 22.38 seconds.
The Gold War
Thomas, flanked by classmate Ngozi Musa (left) and sophomore Micah Meekins (right), compete in the 100-meter dash at the Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships. Thomas went a perfect five for five in the meet, collecting gold in every event she participated in.
Florence Flash
Prior to the 2017 season, Thomas—a Florence, Mass., native—held the school record in different nine events, including the 60-meter dash pictured here.
