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Indoor Track & Field Update - 5
USTFCCCA Division I Rankings Release
Photo courtesy of Cornell Athletic Communications
PRINCETON, N.J. -- After a weekend in which
many of the Ancient Eight competed against each other, the Ivy
League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships is shaping
up to be an exciting event. The two-day tournament will take place
at Harvard’s Gordon Track on Feb. 23-24.
The highlight of the weekend’s events was Cornell junior
Montez Blair matching Penn’s two-time Ivy
League Indoor champion Maalik Reynolds in the high
jump at Penn State’s Sykes-Sabock Challenge
Here is a team-by-team look at the Ivy League squads:
Brown
The Bears competed in the Tribute Meet hosted by University of
Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I.
The women’ finished fifth out of 11 teams with 60 points.
Brown went 1-2 in the weight throw as senior Lacey
Craker’s toss of 58-1 was good enough for first.
Fellow classmate Hannah Wallace earned herself a
trip to the top of the podium after clearing 11-7 ¾ in the
pole vault and senior Elaine Kuckertz won the
1,000m with a winning time of 2:57.
The men placed seventh out of 11 teams with 48 points. Junior
Ajani Brown and senior Kenneth
Thompson each recorded wins for the Bears. Brown took the
400m title with a time of 50.22, while Thompson’s leap of
46-11 ½ led the way in the triple jump.
Next event: Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 8-9, Boston
University Valentine Invitational – Boston
Columbia
The Lions competed in the two-day Armory Invitational in New York,
setting school records in the process.
For the women’s team, which is ranked No. 79 by the USTFCCCA,
senior Erin Gillingham won the 3,000m with a time
of 9:37.55, while junior Caroline Williams placed
seventh in the 5,000m championship heat with a time of 16:53.51. A
pair of relay teams also performed well, as the 4 x 800m squad of
Olivia Sadler, Emily Krasinski,
Trina Bills and Madeline Rathbun
won the championship race with a time of 8:50.55, while the
foursome of Jaycee Parker, Sharay
Hale, Marvellous Iheukwumere and
Maura McKendrick ran the New York 4 x 400m relay
in 3:49.81, good for second-place.
For the men, the first day of the invitational saw the distance
medley relay team of John Gregorek, Connor
Claflin, Harrison McFann and Mark
Feigen break the Columbia school record with a
fourth-place time of 9:40.67, marking the fifth-fastest time in the
NCAA this season. Sophomore Brendon Fish placed
second in the 1,000m championship with a time of 2:24.10, while
fellow classmate Brendan Donley wasn’t far
behind, placing 12th with a time of 2:27.91. Donley also took ninth
in the 800m with a time of 1:54.65 and sophomore Daniel
Everett finished fourth in the 3,000m championship,
crossing the line in 8:08.73.
Next event: Friday, Feb. 8, Lafayette Winter Rider
Games – The Armory (New York)
Cornell
The Big Red teams competed in two events last weekend. First, in
the Penn State Sykes-Sabock Challenge in University Park, Pa., the
women placed sixth out of 13 teams, while the men took third out of
12 teams. Then in the Bomber Invitational in Ithaca, N.Y.,
The women’s team is ranked No. 73 in the latest USTFCCCA
poll. Cornell earned 55.5 points in the Sykes-Sabock Challenge and
was led by junior Emily Shearer and senior
Genna Hartung, who went 1-3 in the mile. Shearer
led wire-to-wire en route to a career-best 4:44.93, while Hartung
also set a personal best with a time of 4:52.86. Senior
Katie Kellner placed second in the 3,000m with a
time of 9:44.33 and the 4 x 400m relay team of Ebolutalese
Airewele, Zena Kolliesuah, Ryan
Woolley and Katie Woodford took second
with a time of 3:43.58. In the Bomber Invitational, freshman
Kristen Niedrach won the 1,000m in 2:56.41 and
junior Liz Simpson won the 3,000m in 10:30.88.
The men’s team, ranked No. 33 in the latest USTFCCCA poll,
scored 95 points at Penn State to finish third behind the host team
(133) and UConn (106). Cornell scored high in the jumps especially,
as junior Montez Blair cleared 7-1 to win the high
jump and fellow classmates Steven Bell and
Hercules Stancil tied for first in the long jump,
reaching 23-8 ¼. Sophomore Stephen Mozia
took second in the shot put with a heave of 61-2. On the track, the
Big Red recorded three second-place finishes from senior
Jedidiah Adarquah-Yiadon (60m, 6.80), sophomore
Ben Potts (3,000m, 8:28.06) and the distance medley relay team
(9:54.14). Back home in Ithaca, N.Y., the Big Red recorded wins in
the 800m, 1,000m and mile.
Next events: Friday-Saturday, Feb. 8-9, BU’s
Valentine Invitational – Boston; Saturday, Feb. 9, Kane
Invitational – Ithaca, N.Y.; Saturday, Feb. 9, SPIRE
Collegiate Invitational – Cleveland
Dartmouth
The Big Green hosted the Dartmouth Classic, a non-scoring event. On
the women’s side, sophomore Lauren Ready and freshman
Jennifer Meech each recorded the seventh-fastest
times in their respective events, the 60m hurdles (9.19) and the
400m (57.54). The other winners for the Big Green were junior
Megan Krumpoch (800m, 2:12.81), freshman
Toni Aguiar (200m, 26.42), 4 x 400m relay
(3:56.26) Emmaline Berg (shot put, 45-3 ½).
Senior Cara Vernacchia won both the long jump
(17-1 ¼) and the triple jump (35-11 ½). Dartmouth is
ranked No. 15 in the latest USTFCCCA poll thanks to junior
Abbey D’Agostino’s top NCAA times in
the mile and 3,000m.
For the men, junior Jalil Bishop won the 200m and
400m races with times of 22.83 and 50.96, respectively. He was
joined at the top of the podium by freshman Jack
Terwilliger, who won the 1,000m in 2:32.73, the 4 x 400m
relay team (3:25.22), junior Dom Filiano (shot
put, 54-0) and Thomas Servino (weight throw,
55-1). Senior Jacob Evanter was the top collegiate
finisher in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.22.
Next events: Friday-Saturday, Feb. 8-9, BU’s
Valentine Invitational – Boston
Harvard
The Crimson competed in the Armory Invitational in New York and the
Tufts Stampede in Medford, Mass.
The women’s team is ranked No. 54 in the latest USTFCCCA
poll. Harvard’s 4 x 400m team ran the third-fastest time in
school history, as Erika Veidis, Gabrielle
Scott, Olivia Abbate and Autumne
Franklin placed ninth in the championship with a time of
3:44.65, just the third group to break the 3:45.00 mark in the
event in team history. In the 3,000m, junior Morgan
Kelly took seventh with a personal-best 9:48.99 and
sophomore Molly Renfer set the seventh-fastest
800m time in school history (2:09.39). In the Tufts Stampede,
sophomore Ashley Collinsworth led the way with a
second-place finish in the 60m dash, recording a time of 7.82.
For the men, senior Nico Weiler matched his indoor
personal best and school record in the pole vault, placing fourth
after clearing 17-4 ¾. Senior Jeff Homer placed seventh in
the 800m championship race with a time of 1:52.44. Junior
Jonathan Sparks' clearance of 6-6 ¼ in the
high jump earned him a fourth-place finish in the Eastern event.
Freshman David Trompke took third in the 60m dash
at the Tufts Stampede to lead the Crimson, finishing in 7.17.
Next event: Saturday, Feb. 9, HYP –
Princeton, N.J.
Penn
The men’s and women’s teams each competed in Penn
State’s Sykes-Sabock Challenge, finishing seventh and ninth,
respectively, out of 14 teams.
The women earned 26 points thanks to a number of solid
performances. Penn went 3-5 in the pole vault as senior
Davielle Brown cleared 12-3 ½ and senior
Jillian Hart cleared 11-9 ¾. Junior
Chelsey Delaney broke the five-minute mark in the
mile for the second-straight week, recording a time of 4:58.87 to
place eighth. Junior Gabby Piper took sixth in the
60m hurdles with a time of 8.76 and sophomore Kersie
Jhabvala was seventh in the 3,000m with a time of
10:05.23.
The men’s squad recorded 43 points to finish seventh. Junior
Maalik Reynolds placed second in the high jump
despite matching the mark of first-place finisher Montez
Blair (Cornell) at 7-1, which will set up an exciting
matchup in the Ivy League Indoor Championships. The Quakers’
4 x 400m team of Allante Keels, Tim
Hamlett, Harrison Scharf and Tom
Timmins took fourth with a time of 3:16.51, senior
Kevin Foy placed fourth in the 5,000m with a time
of 15:01.56 and junior Jake Brenza finished
seventh in the shot put with a throw of 52-10 ¾.
Next event: Friday, Feb. 8, Lafayette Winter Rider
Games – The Armory (New York)
Princeton
The Tigers competed in a pair of events, the Sykes-Sabock Challenge
and the Armory Invitational.
The women’s team comes in at No. 94 in the latest USTFCCCA
poll after placing second at Penn State. The Tigers finished with
86 points and trailed only the host team (177.5). Princeton won
three events, as sophomore Jackie Nicholas took
the 5,000m title with a time of 16:33.39, more than 23 seconds
faster than the second-place runner, teammate Abby
Levene (16:56.82). Senior Mel Newbery
placed seventh in the mile (4:58.82) and was also a part of the
winning distance medley relay team. The Tigers went 2-3-7 in the
800m. Senior Greta Feldman was the first to cross
the line (2:08.78), followed by fellow classmates Alexis
Mikaelian (2:09.79) and Melissa Zajdel
(2:13.46). Princeton’s third win on the day came from senior
Tory Worthen, who won her signature event, the
pole vault, after clearing 12-7 ½.
The men’s squad is ranked at No. 78 by the USTFCCCA . The
Tigers took seventh at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge with 43 points.
Junior Tom Hopkins placed second in the 400m with
a time of 47.58 and then helped Princeton win third in the 4 x 400m
relay, as Tom Scott, Bradley
Paternostro and Austin Hollimon joined
him to record a time of 3:16.32. The Tigers also placed third in
the distance medley relay and the 3,000m. The DMR team of
Russell Dinkins, Tyler Udland,
Sam Berger and Brian Poirier
finished in 9:57.90 and in the 3,000m, freshman Brett
Kelly clocked in at 8:28.42. In the Armory Invitational,
senior Michael Franklin placed second in the
3,000m with a personal-record time of 8:04.59.
Next events: Saturday, Feb. 9, Husky Classic (Men
only) – Seattle; Saturday, Feb. 9, HYP – Princeton,
N.J.
Yale
The Bulldogs hosted the Giegengack Invitational at Coxe Cage on
Friday and Saturday. The women won four events, as senior
Jennifer Donnelly took the 5,000m with a
personal-best time of 17:31.23, junior Emily Urciuoli won the pole
vault with a mark of 11-9 ¾, freshman Shannon
McDonnell finished first in the 800m with a time of
2:13.75 and senior Nihal Kayali recorded a time of
9:37.47 to win the 3,000m. Sophomore Emily Cable
set a school-record in the 400m, crossing the line in 56.19 to
place second and break a mark that had stood since 1982. Sophomore
Alisha Jordan also took second, this time in the
triple jump, with a leap of 37-4. The Bulldogs also earned
third-place in three events, the shot put, triple jump and
mile.
For the men, Yale took the first five spots in the 5,000m, led by
senior Kevin Lunn’s time of 14:29.18. His
effort was matched by junior James Shirvell, who
won the 1,000m with a time of 2:26.08, and senior Timothy
Hillas, who won the 3,000m in 8:11.35, a personal-record
and the sixth-best time in school history. The Bulldogs’ 4 x
400m relay team of Dylan Hurley, Mario
Kranjac, William Rowe and Nnamdi
Udeh placed third with a time of 3:20.42 and junior
Paul Chandler took fourth in the pole vault with a
mark of 14-9. Senior Mike Levine led the way in
the field events with a fourth-place finish in the weight throw,
recording a toss of 56-10 ¾.
Next event: Saturday, Feb. 9, HYP –
Princeton, N.J.
