Franklin Park serves as Harvard's home cross country course. I and II qualifying meets. Harvard fits perfectly into this environment with one of the very best facilities in the world. Inside the track are two long and triple jump pits, a pole vault runway and multiple high jump aprons. Adjacent to the oval are two throwing circles and a weight lifting cage.
Special devices allow hammer, discus and javelin practice indoors.
The track itself, designed on the principles of biomechanics, is unusually fit for both training and competition. In the 1987 IC4A championships, for example, two collegiate and eight meet records were established. The McCurdy outdoor facility completed in 1983, provides Harvard students with a magnificent compliment to the Gordon Indoor Track. Enclosed by a windscreen, the facility includes eight running lanes which encompass double runways for long and triple jumps, throwing circles for the shot, discus and hammer, a javelin runway and a multidirectional high jump apron. A reversible pole vault runway and additional thr cages are adjacent to the track.