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Mary Boggs, a Heps champion in her days at Harvard, provided coverage of the Boston Indoor Games for Heps Track this weekend. Here is her report:

Even though the majority of the New England was under bitter cold conditions, the Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center was quite warm due to the amazing performances occurring at the Boston Indoor Games. While the men 5K was the top billed event and talk of the meet, the women’s 1000m race one of the closest races of the night.

Ivy League alumni, training partners, and good friends Anna Pierce and Morgan Uceny ran their first indoor meets of the young season against some very talented middle distance competition. With 250m to go, Pierce, Uceny, Erin Donahue, and Kenia Sinclair (JAM) were in a tight group, making it possible for anyone to emerge as the victor. But it was Pierce who took the lead with 200m to go, and while she fought off Uceny and Donahue, she could not out-kick Sinclair, as Sinclair edged Pierce at the finish line to win in 2:38.62. Pierce came second with 2:38.76, while Uceny came fourth with 2:40.07.

Uceny was quite happy with her race and hopes to improve upon it as the indoor season continues. ”I didn’t feel too tired at the end… I just joined a new training group and right now, we are trying to figure out my strengths and weaknesses,” she said afterward.  It is likely that both of their times will improve as the season progresses, if what goes on in practice is any indication of what is yet to come.

Pierce explained in an interview with NBC Sports earlier this week as how hard Uceny pushes her in practice.  Uceny told HepsTrack of how Pierce pushes her, and how it is great “to be pushed by someone of that caliber.”  Good luck to the both of them as the indoor season continues.