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Female Performance of the Year: Nikki Okwelogu, Harvard's All-American Woman

By Phillip Yu  • 

As she has progressed through her years at Harvard, Okwelogu has set and broken many of her own records in shot put, placing her among the top competitors in the nation.


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Team of the Year: Women's Track and Field, a Crimson Dynasty

By Julio Fierro and Phillip Yu  • 

Under coach Jason Saretsky, the Harvard women's track and field has established itself as an Ivy League and national powerhouse, building an impressive reign over the top of the standings in the past five years.


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Female Breakout Athlete of the Year Runner-Up: Paige Kouba

By Phillip Yu  • 

​Following an event win at the outdoor Ivy League championships, most track and field athletes might celebrate by kicking back and relaxing. Then again, most of these athletes are not Paige Kouba, co-captain of the Harvard women’s track and field team.


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Women's Track and Field Wins Third Consecutive Outdoor Ivy Championship

By Phillip Yu  • 

Over the weekend, the Harvard women’s track and field team brought home its third consecutive outdoor Ivy League Heptagonal title. The Crimson women scored 160 total points and beat out Princeton and Cornell, who finished with 139 and 107 points, respectively.


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Okwelogu Leads Track and Field at Penn Relays

By Phillip Yu  • 

While most of the squad rested in preparation for the outdoor Ivy League championships next weekend, the Harvard track and field team sent a small delegation of athletes to the Penn Relays and Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational this past weekend. The team came home with a bevy of first-place finishes.


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Women's Track and Field Co-Captains Shine With Olympic Trials Qualifying Times

By Phillip Yu  • 

​Paige Kouba, co-captain of the Harvard women’s track and field team, is no stranger to the Olympic Trials. After all, each year they’re held in Eugene, Oregon—her hometown—and Kouba has attended the last two contests as a volunteer, helping to carry gear for the athletes.


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Athlete of the Week: Thomas Qualifies for 2016 Olympic Trials in 200-Meter Dash

By Phillip Yu  • 

This past weekend at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C., Thomas set three new Ivy records, the most notable being a then-NCAA best time of 23.18 seconds in the 200-meter dash—good enough to automatically qualify for the 2016 Olympic Trials.


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Records Fall at the Raleigh Relays for Track and Field

By Phillip Yu  • 

Continuing its blazing outdoor season, the Harvard women’s track and field team set three new Ivy and five school records this weekend at the Raleigh Relays.


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Nikki Okwelogu, Gabby Thomas Shine for Track in TCU Invitational

By Phillip Yu  • 

The Harvard track and field team kicked off its outdoor season this past weekend with a bevy of strong individual performances at the TCU Invitational.


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BRIEF: Record Breaking Performances for Track at IC4A/ECAC Championships

By Phillip Yu  • 

​The Harvard track and field team set a number of personal bests and Ivy League records at the IC4A/ECAC Championships, hosted Saturday and Sunday at Boston University. Only 12 Harvard athletes were chosen to compete at the event, which featured athletes from more than 40 schools across the region.

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