One week after dismantling Harvard, the women’s track team delivered the same fate to its competition at the Great Dane Classic in New York last week. The Huskies finished first in the ten-team field, besting second place Temple by 35 points (152-117).

During last year’s run to America East conference glory, as well as an improbable second place finish at the New England Championship meet, the coaching staff was unsettled by its lack of depth. Senior Ebony Jack and sophomore Ahndraea Allen ran five and six races, respectively.

“We’ve really pushed the kids hard in the last couple of weeks. It’s a lot of wear on the bodies to run some girls in five or six events and we wish we didn’t have to do it,” assistant coach Richard Hart said last spring.

Well coach, your wish is granted. In New York, Northeastern displayed a trait seldom seen in past years: depth.

“It’s nice to have that depth now. We didn’t have Jordine [Kimbrel] and Ahndraea Allen didn’t have a typical day for her. If we had Jordine, and Ahndraea having an Ahndraea day, we could post some huge numbers,” Sherman Hart said. “We don’t have to dig for points now.”

Sprinting sensation Ebony Jack placed first in both the 55-meter dash and the 200, as well as running on the winning 4×400 meter relay team.

“Ebony came to me before this meet and told me, ‘Sherm, this one is personal,'” Hart said. “Last year she took every meet personal and hadn’t really done that to this point this year. It was good to see her come with that intensity.”

Combined, Jack and Allen only competed in six races.

Buoying an aspiring freshman class, Jordine Kimbrel missed the team’s second meet because of an unrelated injury. “The younger athletes are very competitive, they’re very talented and push the upperclassmen to do better. I hope they stay grounded through the year and just keep contributing like they have been,” Hart said.

Newcomers like Zara Northover, who triumphed in the shot put with a distance of 47-4