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Men's Indoor Track and Field Update 1
Photos courtesy of Cornell Athletic Communications and
Princeton Athletic Communications
PRINCETON, N.J. -- All eight Ivy indoor track and
field teams have tasted success in the early stages of the 2011-12
campaign. Princeton is No. 1 in the latest USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic
poll and Cornell is ranked No. 2 in the Northeast Region. Dartmouth
has three first-place finishes so far this season and is ranked No.
12 in the Northeast Region, one spot behind Columbia.
Here is a team-by-team look at the Ivy League squads this
season:
Brown
The Bears combined to win eight titles in the Alden Invitational
and URI’s Sorlien Invitational, both of which took place in
Providence, R.I. Brown opened its season with the Alden
Invitational and saw a pair of freshmen win titles, as
Peter Rhodes won the long jump with a distance of
22-1 3/4 and Matthew Miller won the shot put with
a distance of 46-11 1/3. In the Sorlien Invitational, sophomore
John Spooney captured the 60m dash title in 6.85
seconds and junior Nathan Elder won the 800m race
with a time of 1:57.74. In their latest action, the Bears competed
in the Harvard Challenge, in which senior Dan
Lowry earned the mile run title with a time of 4:11.98,
while junior Kevin Cooper took the 3,000m by
crossing the line in 8:36.05.
Next event: Friday, Jan. 27 at the New Balance
Games in Boston.
Columbia
The Lions are ranked No. 11 in the latest USTFCCCA Northeast
Regional poll. Columbia placed fifth out of six teams in the West
Point Invitational to open its season, finishing ahead of Williams.
The Lions finished 1-2-3 in the 1000m, led by freshman
Daniel Everett, who won with a time of 2:28.93.
Everett also was a member of the 4x800m relay winning team, helping
Columbia take the title with a time of 7:51.24. Freshman
Connor Claflin won the 500m run with a time of
1:05.00 and sophomore Denzel Woode won the 800m
run, clocking in at 1:57.67. In an Ivy League tri-meet at
Dartmouth, Columbia placed second behind the host team and ahead of
Yale. Senior Jason Marks gave the Lions their lone
field title when he cleared 15-3 in the finals of the pole vault.
Sophomore Cody Love won the 400m run with a time
of 50.33 seconds, junior Liam Tansey won the 800m
run with a time of 1:56.25 and the Lions went 1-2-3 in both the
1,000m and the 3,000m events.
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 28 at Saturday at the
Armory II in New York.
Cornell
The Big Red is ranked No. 2 in the latest USTFCCCA Northeast
Regional poll. In its first competition of the season, sophomore
Montez Blair set an early NCAA mark in the high
jump, setting school and Barton Hall records in clearing a
remarkable 7-3 1/2 in the Cornell Relays. That mark is currently
tied for sixth-best in the NCAA this season. The squad then claimed
eight titles at the Southern Tier Collegiate Open, as freshman
Stephen Mozia reached No. 2 all-time in Cornell's
storied throwing history with a distance of 59 1/4. Mozia now sits
only behind legendary Dave Doupe in the school and
freshman record books. Also bettering the IC4A standard was senior
co-captain Bob Belden, who threw 55-7 after
earlier winning the weight throw at 52-4 3/4. On the track, senior
co-captain Dan Hagberg ran 8.16 to dip under the
IC4A standard in a first-place performance in the 60m hurdles and
freshman Rutger Admirand won the 500m with an
IC4A-qualifying 1:04.90. In the Nittany Lion Open, Cornell produced
four IC4A qualifiers along with nine top-five event finishes. In
its latest event, the Big Red placed first out of six teams in the
Upstate Challenge in Barton Hall, besting Buffalo, Binghamton,
Syracuse, Cortland and Ithaca College. The team had a breakout meet
with 11 wins and more than 20 IC4A qualifiers, while scoring 246
points to out-distance Buffalo by over 130 points.
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 29 at Great Ohio in
Cleveland.
Dartmouth
The Big Green is ranked No. 12 in the latest USTFCCCA Northeast
Regional poll. The team placed first in each of its three events
this season, starting with the Dartmouth Relays, in which the host
squad finished with 67 points and bested seven other teams.
First-place finishes from sophomore Dom Filiano in
the shot put, freshman Jeremy Birck in the high
jump and senior Matt Miner in the mile helped the
Big Green to nearly half of the team's point total. Dartmouth then
edged Maine, Vermont and Rensselaer in a home quad meet with 64
points. Sophomore John Bleday set a personal-best
with a time of 8:16.06 in the 3,000m and fellow classmate
Jalil Bishop won the 200m race with a time of
22.87. The Big Green last competed in a home Ivy League tri-meet,
beating Columbia and Yale. Freshmen Grant Sparling
(8.66) and Sam Yoder (8.78) placed first and
second, respectively, in the 60m hurdles and Dartmouth took the top
three spots in the 60m dash, led by junior Connor
Reilly’s time of 7.00.
Next event: Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Terrier Classic in Boston.
Harvard
The Crimson has competed twice in the early going of the 2011-12
season. In the Harvard Open, the host team dominated the mile,
placing five runners within the top 12. Senior Darcy
Wilson led the group with a winning time of 4:14.69, and
sophomore Ryan Romain was right on his heels in
second in 4:17.70. In his first collegiate meet, freshman
Ben Glauser captured the shot put title with a
distance of 57-6 1/4 (17.53-meters). His mark ranks fourth in team
annals, and he became one of just seven Crimson athletes to ever
eclipse the 17-meter mark. The team then hosted the second annual
Harvard Challenge, featuring Ivy League and Patriot League teams.
The Crimson earned 60 points to finish second to Army, which
recorded 67 points. Overall, the Ivy men edged their Patriot League
opponents, 82-72. Glauser won his second-straight shot put event
with an IC4A mark of 55-7 3/4 and junior Matthew
Polega won the weight throw with a 54-8 3/4 toss. Senior
Jonathan Meminger owned the sprints, claiming both
the 60m (7.02) and 200m (22.25) titles.
Next event: Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Terrier Classic in Boston and Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Penn State National at University Park, Pa.
Penn
The Quakers opened their 2011-12 campaign with the Lehigh Season
Opener and saw five members earn wins. Sophomore Maalik
Reynolds came just shy of his program-record jump of
2.21-meters that he set last season, winning first-place in the
high-jump with a leap of 2.19-meters. Sophomore Jake
Brenza qualified for the ECACs in shot put with a
15.80-meter throw and freshmen Tom Timmins (400m)
and Thomas Tallerico (1,000m) each won in their
collegiate debuts. Penn placed fourth out of 14 teams with 59
points at the NYRR Saturday Night at the Armory in New York.
Reynolds was the only jumper to cleanly pass the bar at 2.13-meters
for his second high-jump win in as many tournaments. The 4x800
relay team won the title with the second-best IC4A time this
season, a scant two-hundreths of a second behind the top time. In
the Great Dane Classic in New York, Reynolds won yet again as Penn
placed 11th out of 26 teams with a total of 25 points. The
sophomore matched his indoor school record with a 2.21-meter jump,
tying the eighth-best NCAA mark this season.
Next event: Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Penn State National Open at University Park, Pa.
Princeton
The Tigers have competed in three events this season. Princeton
opened its 2011-12 campaign with the New Year’s Invitational
at Jadwin Gym, where senior Dave Slovenski set an
Ivy League record in the pole vault with a jump of 5.37-meters
(17-7.25 feet), besting the previous mark by .07 meters. His mark
still stands as the sixth-best in the NCAA this season. Sophomore
Tom Hopkins was a double winner, taking first in
the 300m dash (34.53) and the long jump (7.31-meters). The team
then traveled to Annapolis, Md., and took down Navy, 107-71. The
Tigers won 13 of the 17 events for their ninth-straight win at the
Navy Dual, improving to 21-20 overall in the event. Hopkins again
won twice, this time in the 400m (48.48) and the long jump
(6.95-meters). Princeton finished 1-2 in the 60m dash and 1-2-3 in
the 800. In the Saturday Night at the Armory in New York, the
Tigers took first out of 12 teams with 134 points, 19 ahead of
second-place Rutgers. Princeton took 1-2-3 in the 3,000m, led by
sophomore Chris Bendtsen’s 8:12.88. Junior
Peter Callahan finished second in the mile with a
time of 4:03.76, the sixth-best NCAA mark this season. Senior
Joe Stilin was close behind with a 4:04.37, the
eighth-best NCAA mark this season.
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 28 at Saturday Night at
the Armory II in New York.
Yale
The Bulldogs competed in two home events to open their season. In
the Yale Season Opener, junior Michael Pierce got
things started by winning the 1,000m run (2:31.90) and sophomore
James Shirvell followed up with a victory in the
800m run (1:54.06). The team then swept the middle distance events
in the Yale Invitational, junior Christopher
Ramsey came out on top of a tightly contested 800m run,
with a winning time of 1:57.34. Senior Julian
Sheinbaum followed up with a victory in the mile run
(4:16.46), and hot on his heels was freshman Jacob
Sandry in third place (4:17.54). The Bulldogs then
finished with 46 points in an Ivy League tri-meet hosted by
Dartmouth, finishing behind the host team and Columbia. Senior
Matthew Bieszard was a double winner with titles
in the 200m (23.04) and the 500m (1:05.31) and senior Dana
Lindberg won the long jump with a leap of 20-7 3/4. After
placing second in each of his previous two weight throws, junior
Mike Levine won the event with a distance of 55-6
1/2.
Next event: Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Terrier Classic in Boston.
