The men's track team will be back in action next Sunday against Boston College in the only home meet of the season.

Harvard Women

Harvard crushed Yale 69-30 in an Indoor tri-meet earlier in the year, and at the Indoor Heps, the Bulldogs finished several places back of the champion Crimson. But nagging injuries made it difficult for the Crimson to overcome the Elis on their home track.

Normally, junior captain Brenda Taylor is counted on to win two or three events for the Crimson, but on this day, with her hamstring questionable, she was limited to the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, which she won convincingly with a time of 59.27 seconds.

"We don't want to push anyone at this point," said sophomore thrower Natalie Grant. "She was really disappointed that she didn't get to run more."

Taylor could have helped in the 100, where Harvard was shut out of the scoring, or the 200, where junior Marna Schutte was beaten by Bulldog Sikira Backus' school-record performance. Schutte managed her usual victory in the 400 with a 55.65 second run.

"We have a lot of injuries right now," Grant said. "While we would have liked to beat Yale for the 11th time in a row, we'd prefer to have everyone stay healthy for the Heps in a few weeks, since that is our championship meet."

One event where Taylor wasn't missed was the 100-meter high hurdles. The Crimson freshman trio of Amanda Shanklin, Helena Ronner and Alayna Miller swept the event. Shanklin won with a time of 14.92 seconds.