"We ran for cover and waited for an hour and a half," Ciollo said. "Our sweats had been lying on the track and were soaked, and eventually all the Ivy teams but Penn, the host, left."

Yesterday, Harvard hosted Boston College in an unscored meet. It was a relaxed affair that allowed athletes to try out different events.

Junior Darren Dinneen won the 800-meter with a 1:50.6. In high school, he ranked second nationally in the event, but he has battled injuries at Harvard. Dinneen also anchored the winning 4x400 relay, which he ran for the first time this year.

"Most of my seasons have either started late or cut short, and it's been very frustrating," Dinneen said. "I haven't been training that long, and it'll be a couple weeks or even a month before I peak, but I think things are falling into place now. I haven't started to do speed work yet because of hamstring problems, so I think I can go quite a bit faster."

Omoregie won the 400-meter with a personal best of 48.75.

"Because there was no 3000-meter and no 800-meter, a lot of people ended up doing the 1500," co-captain Margaret Schotte said. "It was a nice experience to be racing with teammates we normally don't get to compete with."

Next weekend, both teams are at Columbia for the Heptagonal championships.

"Yesterday was a low-key atmosphere, and some people relaxed and had better races than normal," Schotte said. "It's a good attitude to have going into Heps."