Harvard’s other strong thrower, senior Johanna Doyle, was out with an injury, but has been strong so far this year. She is the third person in the Crimson’s strong triple threat in the weight throw and shot put in the upcoming Heptagonals.

Men

The men’s track and field team decided not to send a full team to the Greater Boston Championships—resting up a number of athletes for the next two meets—and finished second to MIT because of it.

Personal performances, however, were highlighted by junior Tekky Andrew-Jaja and his personal record in the high jump. By clearing the bar set at 2.06 meters—just over 6’9—he vaulted himself into the top high jumpers in the Ivy Leagues with the Heptagonal Championships two weeks down the road.

“Personally, that high jump came as a great relief to me almost instantaneously, as if I was finally able to get the monkey off my back in mid-air,” Andrew-Jaja said. “The last time I had been able to jump that high in an actual meet was on February 26, 2000, at Indoor States in PA, when I cleared 6’8.”

Unfortunately for Andrew-Jaja, over the last few years he has been plagued with injuries that prevented him from reaching his goal of seven feet. But now, feeling healthy and jumping his best ever, Andrew-Jaja and sophomore Cliff Emanuel will look to grab the top two spots in their event at Heptagonals, earning a number of important points for the Crimson.

“This leap instilled in me a new confidence,” Andrew-Jaja said, “one that will surely quiet my inner doubts that I can be the Heptagonal Champion in the high jump, that I can soon regain my place among the elite in the nation.”

—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu.