2003 East Region Men's Qualifiers

With the NCAA moving to regional qualifying, things are a little different than in past years. Not to worry, as the Ivy League will send over 130 student-athletes to George Mason University to see who will qualify for the NCAA Championships at Hornet Stadium on the campus of Cal-State Sacramento June 11-14th.

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100 Meters

Christopher Lambert, Harvard, 10.30

Chris Lambert

Of the 28 qualifiers in this event, Lambert's time is the third best. He set the time at this year's Heptagonal Championships.

200 Meters

Cameron Atkinson, Princeton, 21.53

A two-sport athlete, Atkinson qualifies as the conference champion in this event after finishing first at Heps.

800 Meters

Sam Burley, Penn, 1:48.45

Burley, who finished second in last year's 800m at NCAAs, returns after being named the Outstanding Performer of the Meet at Outdoor Heps this year and posting the fourth-best 800m qualifying time in the region. His sub-1:46 at NCAAs last year was the fastest by an American collegian in 2002.

Vincent Galgano, Columbia, 1:49.55
David Dean, Princeton, 1:50.85
Aldo Gonzalez, Cornell, 1:50.93

1500 Meters

Jon Bell, Princeton, 3:45.78

Of the 56 qualifiers for this event, 10 are from the Ivies, led by Princeton's Bell's 3:45.78 at IC4A's.

Oliver Tassinari, Cornell 3:46.28
Sam Burley, Penn, 3:46.52
Patrick Tarpy, Brown 3:46.72
Jonathan Kieliszak, Princeton 3:46.74
Enda Johnson, Brown 3:47.39
John Traugott, Harvard 3:48.20
Geoff VanFleet, Cornell 3:48.39
Gerry Groothuis, Columbia, 3:49.52
Steve Hayes, Penn 3:49.74

3000 Steeplechase

Chad Buechel, Brown, 8:53.20

Buechel produced the sixth fastest time of the 38 qualifiers with his 8:53.20 at IC4A's.

Tristan Colangelo, Princeton, 8:53.51
Josh Ordway, Princeton, 8:57.42
Lucas Meyer, Yale, 8:58.00
Nolan Tully, Penn, 8:58.74
Daryn Johnson, Cornell, 9:03.49
Joe Shaw, Dartmouth, 9:05.51
Emory Mort, Cornell, 9:07.40

5000 Meter Run

Jon Bell, Princeton, 14:05.55

The top Ivy qualifier in the 1500, is also tops the Ivy list with the sixth best overall time with his 14:05.55 set in mid-April.

Steve Sundell, Columbia, 14:13.98
Jeff Gaudette, Brown 14:14:41
Nathan Shenk-Boright, Harvard 14:15.23
Nolan Tully, Penn, 14:18.50
Mark Nichol, Dartmouth, 14:18.58
Matthew Seidel, Harvard, 14:21.38
Jarrod Shoemaker, Dartmouth, 14:21.86

110 Meter Hurdles

Matt Wedge, Penn, 14.04

Wedge, the Heptagonal Games Champion with a 14.25, posted his qualifying time at the Collegiate Challenge Series.

Daveed Diggs, Brown, 14.21
Mustafa Abdur-Rahim, Dartmouth, 14.40

400 Meter Hurdles

Brian Abram, Penn, 52.14

Abram set his qualifying time with his showing at the Heptagonal Games Championships.

George Witter, Penn, 52.29
Ahmad Abdur-Rahim, Dartmouth, 52.53

4x100 Relay

CORNELL, 41.19
Quinton Carew
Jason Hart
Mike Nanaszko
Rahim Wooley

Brad Bowery

The quintet from Cornell qualified with as League champions with their performance at the Heptagonal Games Championships.

High Jump

Adam Chubb, Penn, 2.15m

A two-sport athlete, Chubb earned the best qualifying jump for an Ivy Leaguer on the second day of the Penn Relays.

Ray Bobrownicki, Brown, 2.11m
Mike Weishuhn, Princeton, 2.10m
Jihad Beauchman, Yale, 2.07m
Ryan Schmidt, Cornell, 2.07m

Pole Vault

Brad Bowery, Brown, 5.18m

The 2001 Heps champ returned in '03 the reclaim his title but set his qualifying mark with his win at Easterns this past weekend.

Neal Wojdowski, Penn, 4.90m
Mike Harbeck, Cornell, 4.90m

Long Jump

Tyler Kaune, Cornell, 7.42m
Anthony Thomas, Yale, 7.29

Kuane's qualifying mark was set at the Penn Relays, but Thomas bested him to claim the title at the Heptagonal Games.

Triple Jump

Tyler Kaune, Cornell, 15.28m

Of the three Ivy competitors, Thomas and Laine finished ahead of Kaune at the Heptagonal Championships, but its the Cornell junior who had the best qualifying jump of the trio with his showing at the Long Beach Classic in late March.

Sean Thomas, Brown, 15.08m
Samyr Laine, Harvard, 15.06m

Shot Put

Paul Lyons, Princeton, 17.77m

Lyons sixth best qualifying time, which he set on the last day of the Penn Relays, was just .03m longer than his toss that clinched him the Heptagonal Games title, well ahead of Rocky Craley's 17.10m toss.

Rocky Craley, Princeton, 17.42m
Derek Kingrey, Cornell, 17.00m
Matt Brown, Dartmouth, 16.48m

Discus Throw

Derek Kingrey, Cornell, 52.30m

Another footballer turned track and field athlete, Kingrey and the sophomore Lyons will again do battle, this time in the discus, where Kingrey won the Heptagonal Games championship.

Paul Lyons, Princeton, 50.66m

Hammer Throw

Josh McCaughey, Princeton, 62.17m

McCaughey, the three time Heptagonal Champion in the Hammer Throw, qualified with the seventh-best overall throw out of the 36 participants in this event.

Giles Longley-Cook, Cornell, 59.10m
Mark Smith, Princeton, 57.99m

Javelin Throw

Brian Chaput, Penn, 74.00m

The highest qualifying Ivy athlete on the men's side, Chaput's 74.00m showing at the Quaker Invitational is good for the second best qualifying throw in the region.

Scott Benowicz, Cornell, 70.88m
Sean Furey, Dartmouth, 69.75m
Tim Relaford, Princeton, 69.00m
Hugh Murphy, Brown, 65.72m
Matt Stack, Princeton, 64.76m
Jim Malizia, Penn, 64.62m
Kevin Duffy, Harvard, 61.97m
Derrick Bass, Cornell, 61.10m
Chris Friedrich, Cornell, 60.88m