"Having spoken to [Li and Ronner], they felt that they're getting back into shape and their performances would improve," Schutte said.

Saturday also marked the first meeting of the season between the league's best in the weight throw--Crimson junior Nicky Grant and Yale's Melanie Harris. Harris, the defending Heptagonal champion, made the event close with a season-best toss of 17.57 meters, but it wasn't enough to top Grant's throw of 17.71 meters. Grant has now surpassed the NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 17.70 meters three times this season.

Freshman thrower Breeanna Gibson also had an outstanding day, placing second in the shot put with a 12.87-meter throw, a foot's improvement on her season's best.

Harvard Men

Although Princeton dominated the meet overall, the Crimson had the talent to hold its own in the throws. Going into the event, both Kraay and Clever trailed a trio of their Tiger competitors on the performance lists in their respective events, but neither was intimidated by the tough competition.

Clever's throw of 16.85 meters in the 35-pound weight eclipsed his season's best by about two meters, and it was the third-best throw in the league this year. The event was won by Princeton's Joshua McCaughey, whose 20.59-meter toss broke a 21-year old school record and was the eighth-best throw in the nation this year.

"We were pretty geared up for this meet, and both John and I were able to PR," Clever said. "[McCaughery] was the national high school record holder, so he was definitely really tough to beat."

Kraay's best throw of 16.90 meters eclipsed his season's best by nearly two feet, but it was just short of the winning 16.97-meter from Princeton's Rocky Craley.