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Indoor Track & Field Update - 2
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Another event, another Ivy League record for Princeton freshman Julia Ratcliffe as the Ancient 8 kicked off the 2013 portion of their season. Ratcliffe broke her own League record in the weight throw during the Princeton quad meet, highlighting a number of successful outings for the Ivy squad.
Here is a team-by-team look at the Ivy League squads this season:
Brown
The Brown men’s and women’s teams competed for the
first time in 2013 at the Yale Invitational on Saturday. Freshman
Kebbeh Darpolar was the lone title winner on the
women’s side, winning the shot put with a personal record
48-11. For the men, senior Kenneth Thompson won
the triple jump with a mark of 46-09 ½, while sophomore
Peter Rhodes set a personal-best in the long jump
to take second-place (22-03 ¾).
Next event: Friday, Jan. 18, Harvard Multi Meet
– Cambridge, Mass.
Columbia
Next event: Sunday, Jan. 20, Yale Tri-Meet –
New Haven, Conn.
Cornell
The Big Red competed in the Northeast Challenge on the campus of
Penn State in University Park, Pa. Junior Rachel
Sorna won the 3,000m in 9:18.17, setting a school-record
and the current top time in the NCAA. She also placed second in the
mile, crossing the line in 4:47.32. She was joined on the podium by
senior Lindsey Patterson, who won the pole vault
with a mark of 12-1 ½, and Tess Berghoff,
who won the 800m with a time of 2:16.41.
The men’s team produced four event titles. Junior
Montez Blair showed no sign of letting up, winning
the high jump after clearing 7-1. Freshman Stephen
Afadapa also cleared 7-1 to place fourth, setting a
Cornell freshman record and tying for the second-best mark in
school history, behind only Blair. Junior Steven
Bell took the long jump with a mark of 24-1 ½ and
sophomore Stephen Mozia won the shotput with a
toss of 59. The Big Red went 1-2-3 in the 600m, led by sophomore
Rutger Admirand, who won the event with a time of
1:19.92.
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 19, Upstate Challenge
– Ithaca, N.Y.
Dartmouth
The Big Green hosted the 44th annual Dartmouth Relays and both the
men’s and women’s teams finished in first. The
women’s squad earned their third-straight title, finishing
with 185 points, more than double the second-place team,
Northeastern (91). Junior Abbey D’Agostino
and freshman Mollie Gribbins broke school records
in the mile and 60m, respectively. D’Agostino broke her own
previous record with a time of 4:38.44, while Gribbins initially
broke the record with a 7.79 heat before breaking it again with a
7.76. in the finals. Also taking the top spot on the podium were
Emmaline Berg in the shot put (46-11 ¾),
Cathy Liebowitz in the weight throw (54-6
¾), Katie Sullivan in the 3,000m (10:01.34)
and Kaitlin Whitehorn in the high jump (5-8
½).
The men’s team pulled away late to hold off Northeastern,
128-113. It marked the second-straight title as well as the fifth
in six years and the seventh since team scoring began in 2003 for
the Big Green. Senior Connor Reilly was the lone
Big Green to win an event, taking the 60m in 6.94. However, a pair
of Dartmouth athletes were the top collegiate finishers in their
events, as sophomore Dylan O’Sullivan placed
second in the 3,000m with a time of 8:22.64 and junior Dom
Filiano placed second in the shot put with a toss of 51-1
½.
Next event: Sunday, Jan. 20, Yale Tri Meet –
New Haven, Conn.
Harvard
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 18, Harvard Multi Meet
– Cambridge, Mass.; Sunday, Jan. 19, Harvard Challenge
– Cambridge, Mass.
Penn
The Quakers competed in the College Night at the Armory in New York
City. The men placed second out of 13 teams, earning 116.5 points
to trail only Princeton, which earned 175.5 points. Sophomore
Tom Timmins won the 500m with a time of 1:04.13
and the 4x400m team of senior Allante Keels,
Timmins and freshmen Timothy Hamlett and
Brandon Senior placed first with a time of
3:17.55. Penn also went 1-2 in the shot put as junior Jake
Brenza retook the lead from teammate Sam
Mattis on his final throw of the night to win with a toss
of 51-2 ¾.
The women earned 105.5 points to place second behind UConn, which
recorded 204 points. Freshman Theresa Picciallo
set the school record in the shot put in just her second collegiate
meet with a throw of 46-3 ½. She was joined at the top of
the podium by fellow classmate Elyssa Gensib
(mile, 5:07.16) and the 4x800m team of Gensib, freshman
Shannon McCarthy, sophomore Mia
Spinelli and junior Chelsea Delaney
(9:39.72). Senior Nony Onyeador matched her
career-best in the 60m, crossing the line in 7.69 to place
second.
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 19, Mountain Hawk
Invite at Lehigh – Bethlehem, Pa.
Princeton
The men’s team competed in the College Night at the Armory in
New York City, placing first with 175.5 points. Junior Tom
Hopkins was a force on both the track and the field,
winning the long jump (7.32m) and the 400m (48.01). Moreover, the
Tigers went 1-2-3-4-5 in the 3,000m, led by senior Michael
Franklin, who placed first with a time of 8:07.88. Junior
Omar Jarrett won the high jump with a mark of
2.04m and freshman David Pugliese placed first in
the 1,000 with a time of 2:29.33.
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 26, Wesley A. Brown
Invite at Navy – Annapolis, Md.
The women’s team hosted its third-annual Princeton quad meet,
recording a score of 187.50 to defeat St. John’s (126),
Rutgers (121.50) and Saint Joseph’s (88). Freshman
Julia Ratcliffe set an Ivy League record in the
weight throw by reaching 64-7 ¼, beating the previous record
of 64-3, which she had set earlier this season. Senior Tory
Worthen continued her stellar career with yet another pole
vault victory, clearing 12-4 ¾ and junior Imani
Oliver won the triple jump with a mark of 40-0 ¾.
Princeton went 1-2 in the mile, the 500m and the 3,000m and junior
Kim Mackay won her first individual event with a
time of 2:18.66 in the 800m.
Next event: Friday, Jan. 25, College Night at the
Armory II – New York
Yale
The men’s team hosted its 31st Yale Intercollegiate Track
Classic and saw two of its athletes take first-place: senior
Mike Levine in the weight throw (58-11 ¼)
and senior Demetri Goutos in the 3,000m (8:40.26).
Goutos set a personal record in the process. Senior Sam
Kirtner took sixth in the 3,000m and second in the mile
and sophomore Dylan Hurley placed second in the 400m with a time of
50:45.
For the women, who hosted the Yale Collegiate Invitational,
freshman Karleh Wilson posted the fourth-best shot
put throw in school history with a toss of 42-6 ¼. Senior
Caitlin Hudson won the one mile run in her
personal-best 5:03.36. Yale's distance medley relay team also
prevailed, with the quartet of freshmen Isabel Amend, Anna-Sophie
Harling, Shannon McDonnell and Emily
Stark combining for a time of 12:29.02 to beat the five
other teams. Sophomore Anna Demaree took second in
the 3,000m with a time of 10:03.61.
Next event: Sunday, Jan. 20, Yale Tri-Meet –
New Haven, Conn.
