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Division I · The Ivy League

Harvard University Women's Track & Field

Boston, MA · the Crimson · Harvard University overview
120
Roster
75 over the D-I cap of 45
$1.4M
Team budget
70th percentile in Division I
$11,811
Per roster spot
median $10,430
9
Coaches
1 head · 8 assistant
996
APR
99% of players retained
3%
Admitted
top 10% for selectivity

Harvard University fields a women's track & field team in the The Ivy League (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 120 players, above the median of 95, with 1 head coach and 8 assistants. Team expenses were $1,417,363, well above the median of $939k — $11,811 per roster spot, upper half of Division I women's track & field programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 45 in force from 2025-26, that is 75 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (315 of 348 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 996, about the median of 987, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school reports no athletic aid for women's teams.

Among Division I women's track & field programs

Where this program sits against its 348 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$1.4M
Spend per player$11,811
Roster size120
Coaching staff9
APR996

Team budgets across the division

$27k$5.1M
this programevery Division I women's track & field program

Roster sizes (cap 45)

15269
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster120 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap45 75 over last season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 8 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,417,363 for the year
  • Operating expenses$639,105 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$11,811 division median $10,430
  • Academic Progress Rate996 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained99% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teamsNone school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$0 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$637,479 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Jason Saretsky head coachHead Coachnot on file
Kebba TolbertAssociate Head Coach / Recruiting Coordinator - Women's Sprints & Hurdles and Horizontal JumpsOn file · sign in
Marc MangiacottiAssociate Head Coach - Men's Sprints & Hurdles and Horizontal JumpsOn file · sign in
Alex GibbyAssociate Head Coach - Women's and Men's Distance / Middle-DistanceOn file · sign in
Brenner AbbottAssistant Coach - Women's and Men's Vertical Jumps & Javelin and Men's Multi EventsOn file · sign in
Fletcher BrooksAssistant Coach - ThrowsOn file · sign in
Chris BryceAssistant Coach - Women's and Men's Throws and Vertical Jumpsnot on file
Amber SpencerAssistant Coach – Men's and Women's Sprints, Hurdles and Horizontal Jumpsnot on file
Isabella PietrasiewiczAssistant Coach – Men's and Women's Distance / Middle Distancenot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school track & field players513,808 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots33,139 348 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 16 6.4% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's track & field recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
9,095undergraduates · 30,386 students in all
Women 54% Men 46%
Setting
City
Type
Private · Research university
Affiliation
None
3%admitted · of 56,937 applicants
SAT middle 50%1500 – 1580
ACT middle 50%34 – 36
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
97%

Women's Track & Field

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120on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 45120
75 over — players already on the roster may stay
Academic Progress Rate996
99% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$1,417,363 $11,811 per roster spot · upper half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 8 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
None
Recruiting spend, women's
$637,479
$17,900net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$86,705
Average net price$17,900
Net price by family income
$0–30k$2,895
$30–48k$2,496
$48–75k$2,167
$75–110k$13,937
$110k and up$53,571
Tuition & fees
$59,076

Campus safety

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1.04violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.04
Property5.17
In residence halls
53 burglaries · 50 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
10 over 2022–2024
31%of bachelor's degrees in social sciences · 21 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Social sciences598 · 31%
Biological sciences244 · 13%
Mathematics & statistics222 · 12%
Computer & information sciences184 · 10%
History141 · 7%

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Women's Track & Field programs within 150 miles

Harvard UniversityLesley University · 0 miMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2 miBoston University · 2 miTufts University · 2 miEmmanuel College (Massachusetts) · 2 miSimmons University · 3 miNortheastern University · 3 miWentworth Institute of Technology · 3 miSuffolk University · 3 miBoston College · 4 miBentley University · 5 miUniversity of Massachusetts Boston · 6 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Lesley University Division III · North Atlantic Conference019$27k—94%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference254$129k—5%
Boston University Division I · Patriot League2135$2M98511%
Tufts University Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference2158$302k—10%
Emmanuel College (Massachusetts) Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference2109$75k—81%
Simmons University Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference3———66%
Northeastern University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association3141$1.6M9956%
Wentworth Institute of Technology Division III · Conference of New England320$19k—85%
Suffolk University Division III · Conference of New England3103$344k—85%
Boston College Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference4102$2.8M99216%
Bentley University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference559$95k—48%
University of Massachusetts Boston Division III · Little East Conference659$174k—83%

Other women's track & field programs in the The Ivy League

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Harvard University 75 over cap120$1.4M$11,811996vs
Princeton University 85 over cap130$1.2M$9,104998vs
Cornell University 126 over cap171$1M$5,878996vs
Yale University 85 over cap130$1M$7,704994vs
University of Pennsylvania 99 over cap144$975k$6,7721000vs
Dartmouth College 79 over cap124$596k$4,806997vs
Columbia University-Barnard College 120 over cap165$588k$3,5631000vs
Brown University room for 1332$266k$8,305994vs

Every The Ivy League women's track & field program · Women's Track & Field budgets ranked