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Princeton, Cornell Win Titles
Created: 2/26/2007 5:20:26 AM
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The Princeton men and the Cornell women claimed championships at the first Ivy League Heptagonals Indoors held in New York in 55 years. The Tigers edged the Cornell men while the Big Red women cruised to their sixth straight crown.
In an dramatic finish to an exciting weekend, the men's team title came down to the final race — the men's 4x400m. Princeton held a five-point lead (146-141) over Cornell heading into the 4x400 and the Tigers needed to finish third or better to guarantee its 10th Indoor Heps team title in the last 14 years.
The Tigers and Big Red ran in the second flight along with Penn and Columbia, and the two squads led throughout. Cornell built a small lead over the first three legs of the event, but Princeton's Richard Stewart closed the gap over the final 150 meters. Cornell's Adam Seabrook was able to hold off Stewart at the line to give the Big Red the 4x400 win, but the Tigers second-place showing wrapped up the crown.
The Big Red finished the 4x400m in a Heps record time of 3:12.98, while the Tigers' mark of 3:13.07 also broke the old Heps record.
"The Armory is a great site for the meet, I always thought it was the perfect place for it," said Princeton Coach Fred Samara. "We had unbelievable performances and we knew that every point would count. We beat a very good Cornell team and the point total demonstrates that. We are unbelievably pleased to win the meet."
The men's athlete of the meet is Muhammad Halim, a junior from Albion, N.Y., who won the long and triple jumps for Cornell. His 53-2 1/2 triple set a meet record by more than a foot.
The final scores were: 1. Princeton, 154; 2. Cornell, 151; 3. Penn, 90; 4. Columbia, 61; 5. Brown, 48; 6. Yale, 47; 7. Dartmouth, 30; 8. Harvard, 8.
Cornell took an early lead on Saturday by finishing first, second, third and fourth in the long jump, and won going away, piling up 159 points compared to second-place Brown's 71.
"I was very impressed with the way that our kids responded to the competition and it is a testament to our hard work and dedication," said Cornell Coach Lou Duesing.
The women's athlete of the meet was Jeomi Maduka, a sophomore from Arlington, Texas, who won the long jump and the triple jump for the Cornell Big Red. She also finished second in the 60-meter dash.
Final team scores were: 1. Cornell, 159; 2. Brown, 71; 3. Penn, 68; 4. Princeton, 56; 5. Harvard, 50; 6. Dartmouth, 48; 7. Yale, 40; 8. Columbia, 35.
The meet was covered event-by-event at http://therelays.blogspot.com.
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Related Sports: Indoor Track
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