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Harvard has typically won the BC meet convincingly in recent years, but the Crimson wasn’t as dominant in the field this time. With NCAA high jump champions Dora Gyorffy ’01 and Kart Siilats ’02 now graduated, the Crimson did not have a competitor in the event...
...expect Harvard women’s track and field to make a whole lot of noise at the Heptagonal Championships this year. After all, the Crimson graduated one of its best senior classes in history in Brenda Taylor ’01, Marna Schutte ’01 and Dora Gyorffy ’01—a trio that typically scored 70 points in a championship meet by itself...
...Unlike Dora Gyorffy ’01 before her, Siilats’ performance did not improve during her time at Harvard. She places the blame for this on the lack of facilities and resources she’s had at Harvard relative to Estonia, where as the country’s top high jump prospect, the best doctors and rehab facilities were provided for her. Siilats also criticizes the lack of light quality foods in the dining hall, which she blames for her weight gain last season...
Grant and Siilats made this the third straight year two Harvard women have won individual ECAC Outdoor titles. High jumper Dora Gyorffy ’01 and 400-hurdler Brenda Taylor ’01 pulled off the feat in 2000 and 2001. The pair also went on to win NCAA titles in their respective events...
Harvard had won three of four NCAA high jump competitions between the 2000 and 2001 indoor and outdoor seasons. Dora Gyorffy ’01 won both the 2000 NCAA Indoor title and the 2001 NCAA Outdoor title. Gyorffy, now Hungarian’s top high jumper, leapt 1.97 meters in Stuttgart on March 2. Only two high jumpers in the world have topped that performance this season...