Both Track & Field Teams Take Second at 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – 12 first place finishes highlighted Harvard track & field’s showing at the final day of the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships, as both Crimson squads finished in second place in the team standings.

Junior Molly Malague completed a double distance competition, as the Metuchen, New Jersey native captured the Ivy League title in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. Winning the 10,000m yesterday, Malague cruised to the win with a time of 10:05.51, a mark that ranks second all-time in school history.

In the men’s 4x100m relay, the Crimson cemented one of the best seasons in program history, as sophomore Timi Esan, junior Jonas Clarke, and first-years Jordan Coleman and Harlow Tong combined for a time of 40.16 to win the event. Harvard becomes the first program since Cornell from 2010-2015 to win three or more consecutive Ivy League titles in the men’s 4x100m relay.

Over in the field events, a clutch throw propelled sophomore Milina Wepiwé to the Ivy League championship in the women’s discus. Sitting in third heading into her final throw, Wepiwé launched a throw of 59.51m (195’3″) to win the event, as the Ivy League record holder now holds the meet record as well at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships.

Back on the track, senior Victoria Bossong score key points in the women’s 400m, as the Cumberland Foreside, Maine native won her second Ivy League title in the event after crossing the finish line in 53.83. Bossong ends her Ivy League Heptagonals career with two conference titles in outdoor competition.

History arrived in the men’s high jump. Sophomore Tito Alofe won his second-straight Ivy League title in the event after clearing 2.25m (7’4.5″), as he now owns the outright school record in the men’s high jump. A native of Peachtree City, Georgia, Alofe is the first repeat Ivy League men’s high jump champion since 2017.

Esan made a statement in the men’s 100m dash, winning the Ivy League title in the event after sprinting a 10.42 to sit atop the podium. A native of London, United Kingdom, Esan is the Crimson’s first men’s 100m dash champion since 2003 when Chris Lambert ’03 finished in first place.

For the first time in her career, sophomore Sophia Gorriaran is the Ivy League champion in the outdoor women’s 800m. A three-time All-American in the 800m in both indoor and outdoor competition, Gorriaran now owns the meet record after running a 2:02.17 in the final.

Harvard completed the sweep in the 800m moments later, as sophomore Ferenc Kovacs won his first Ivy League title in the men’s 800m. A sensational second lap propelled Kovacs to the top of the podium, as he won the event with a time of 1:47.92, a mark that ranks fifth all-time in school history.

Senior Chloe Fair closed out her Ivy League Heptagonals career with a win in the women’s 400m hurdles after posting a time of 56.61. Fair now owns two Ivy League championships in the women’s 400m hurdles, joining Jade Miller ’17 and Brenda Taylor ’99 as the only student-athletes in program history to win multiple conference titles in the women’s 400m hurdles.

The women’s 5000m saw junior Penelope Salmon win her first Ivy League championship in outdoor competition. A native of Auckland, New Zealand, Salmon crossed the finish line in 16:18.97 to bring home the gold.

Another event sweep arrived in the men’s 5000m, as senior Ben Rosa completed a distance double by winning the race after posting a time of 14:01.11. Rosa won the 10,000m yesterday, as Harvard has now produced the last four Ivy League men’s 5000m champions.

The day ended with the relays, as the men’s 4x800m relay of senior Noah Ward, junior Justin Levy, senior Joe Ewing and Kovacs captured gold with a time of 7:20.78, a new school record.

HARVARD HIGHLIGHTS:

• Along with Crimson’s 12 first place finishes at the final day of the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships, a plethora of Harvard student-athletes added points to the team tally throughout the day.
• Sophomore Lilly Hodge scored half a point after finishing a tie for sixth in the women’s high jump, clearing the bar at 1.68m (5’6″).
• After Malague won the women’s 3000m steeplechase, senior Ellaney Matarese scored six points with a third place finish in the steeplechase, as her time of 10:16.82 now ranks fourth all-time in school history.
• In his first Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships appearance, first-year William Brunner finished in fifth in the men’s 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:07.03.
• Wepiwé scored 10 points with a first place finish in the women’s discus throw, as junior Michaela Denson added on with a sixth place showing, logging a throw of 49.34m (161’10”).
• Salmon, the winner in the women’s 5000m, also scored in the women’s 1500m, finishing in fifth after crossing the finish line in 4:26.33.
• Over on the men’s side of the 1500m, Ewing scored two points, placing in fifth after posting a 3:43.60.
• A pair of Crimson scored in the women’s 100m hurdles. Senior Izzy Goudros garnered All-Ivy League Second Team finish after taking second place with a time of 13.46, a personal-best and a mark that ranks fourth all-time in program history. The women’s 60m hurdles champion at the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships, junior Fabiola Belibi took sixth place with a time of 13.75.
• In the men’s 110m hurdles final, sophomore Simon Weiser ran a personal-best 14.15 to take fifth place, as that mark ranks third all-time in school history.
• Harvard went one-two in the women’s 400m, as Bossong won the race while Fair finished in second with a time of 54.09.
• Junior Mfoniso Andrew and sophomore Mickaila Haisley finished in second and third, respectively, in the women’s 100m. Andrew posted a time of 11.51, while Haisley ran a 11.58.
• In the men’s 400m hurdles, junior Michal Husek scored two points with a fifth place finish, recording a personal-best time of 52.19
• A pair of Crimson scored in the women’s 200m. Goudros finished in second with a time of 23.76, as Andrew captured third after finishing the sprint in 23.78, a time that ranks fifth all-time in school history.
• The men’s 200m saw three Harvard student-athletes score. Clarke led the way, finishing in third with a time of 21.16, as Coleman took fourth (21.50) and first-year Liam Acevedo finished in fifth (21.61).
• Along with Salmon, senior Ella Gilson tallied points in the women’s 5000m, placing fifth after posting a time of 16:40.95.
• Rosa and sophomore Sam Burgess scored in the men’s 5000m. A native of Framingham, Massachusetts, Burgess finished in sixth after running a 14:09.86.
• The Crimson’s 4x800m relay of senior Marianne Mihas, Matarese, Bossong and Gorriaran made history with their second place finish, setting a new school record with a time of 8:27.37.
• In the women’s 4x400m relay, sophomore Marta Amani, junior Jacklynn Okereke, first-year Ella Cooper and Andrew posted a time of 3:42.80 to finish in fourth place.
• The weekend ended with the men’s 4x400m relay, as first-year Hudson Allain, Acevedo, and seniors Peter Fischer and Steffan Jones took third place with a time of 3:09.49.

UP NEXT:

Harvard travels to Fairfax, Virginia next weekend, featuring at the ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships.

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