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...Smith also placed in the 60m dash.“It’s nice that [Brittan]’s scoring repeatedly in more than one event,” Stanton said. At the end of the day, junior Shannon Flahive’s 3479 points in the pentathlon earned her second in the event as well as an ECAC qualification. Freshman Dina Emde also placed in the pentathlon in addition to the high jump.Following Saturday’s play, the women had 17.5 points and the men had only three points.Yesterday’s track-heavy schedule...
...strength for the Crimson, with three strong junior vaulters. Clara Blattler took first at indoor Heptagonals, while co-captain Sally Stanton and Jitka Tomas were competitive all season. Tomas showed some versatility by also placing second in the triple jump at the event. Strong Harvard performances dotted the pentathlon as well, with sophomore Shannon Flahive and senior co-captain Julia Pederson posting top-six finishes at outdoor Heps. The smaller men’s squad had several strong performers, too. Senior co-captain Sean Barrett, in his last season before joining the Marines, took first in the 10,000 meters...
...season, but since the field is deep this year, it is not clear whether or not she will make the cut. Injuries, sickness, and fatigue from last week’s Heptagonals hurt the Crimson women. Senior co-captain Julia Pederson was forced to pull out of the pentathlon due to a leg injury, and long jumper Brittan Smith, who placed 13th, did not reach her previously-achieved lengths. “No one performed as well as they did last week at Heptagonals,” Christensen said. The men’s team was also affected...
...leaving the Crimson second behind Cornell’s 54 Day 1 points. Junior Jitka Tomas placed in the pole vault, scoring two points with a fifth-place finish, and junior co-captain Sally Stanton finished just outside the points in seventh. The Crimson also fared well in the pentathlon, where senior co-captain Julia Pederson finished second and junior Danielle Mirabal finished third. The women were hurt by the withdrawal of sophomore Shannon Flahive, the favorite to win the pentathlon, after she aggravated a groin injury while winning the 60-meter hurdles. On Day 2, sophomore Dara Wilson finished...
...scores were kept at this weekend’s Harvard Invitational, several Crimson athletes stood out above a field that included individuals from 31 collegiate and community teams. Sophomore Shannon Flahive registered perhaps the most impressive accomplishment of the weekend, placing second in the grueling women’s pentathlon. Her performance broke the Harvard women’s record in that event and was good enough to qualify her for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The pentathlon requires athletes to compete in the 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, and 800-meter run, with...