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Princeton in Contention for Ivy Title after a 34-Point Day 1
May 06, 2017 | Men's Track and Field
Results
Team scores after five events: Cornell 39, Princeton 34, Harvard 24, Penn 22, Dartmouth 16, Brown 14, Yale 4, Columbia 2
Qualifiers headed into tomorrow: Cornell 18, Princeton 13, Yale 8, Dartmouth 6, Harvard 5, Columbia 4, Brown 3, Penn 2
Princeton and Cornell are separated by just five points after Day 1 and based on the number of qualifiers headed into the finals, 18 for Cornell and 13 for Princeton, it looks like another year that the Tigers and Big Red will battle it out for the title.
The Tigers have won 16 Ivy Heps titles, including four in the last six years. Since 1993, Princeton has either won or placed second at outdoor Heps every single year – a streak of 24 years.
Freshman Adam Kelly reached a new personal best as he is the runner-up in the hammer throw for the second consecutive year. All six of his attempts were over 61 meters with his best coming on his fifth throw, 68.96 (226-3). Four of his other throws would have placed him in second place as well. His final two throws of the day were each improvments upon his PR entering the weekend.
Junior August Kiles claimed his third Ivy Heps title in the pole vault, and his first outdoors. He cleared a season-high 5.31 (17-5) to take the win. He passed on the first two opening heights before easily clearing 5.01 on his attempt. Kiles was over 5.11 on his second attempt and 5.21 on his first try. He passed on 5.26 before making it over 5.31 on his final attempt. Kiles tried for a new personal record of 5.43 before heading to the podium. Senior Ben Gaylord was a scorer in the event as well as he took sixth with a mark of 5.01 (16-5.25).
In the long jump, senior Greg Leeper jumped to a wind-aided 7.44 (24-5) to take third place and gain six points for his squad. He fouled on his first attempt before a 7.26 on attempt two and then a 7.44 on his third attempt. He passed on his last three attempts.
Princeton earned nine points in the 10k, the lone scored track event of the afternoon. Senior William Bertrand was the runner-up as he finished in 32:00.00. He steadily was in the middle, 9-10-11 spots for most the race before he made his move on lap #22 when he climbed from 11th into seventh. Two laps later he pushed it even further taking over the second spot at 9600 meters and he'd maintain that through the final lap. Freshman Viraj Deokar took the final scoring spot as he was sixth at 32:04.45. Deokar stunned the crowd by crushing the final four laps moving from 15th into sixth, as he scored his first Heps points. Junior Rob Stone was one place out of scoring, taking seventh at 32:06.27.
Midway through the decathlon all three Princeton freshmen are in contention to score points. Harry Lord is currently fifth with 3,398 points followed by Philip Frost with 3,382 and Justice Dixon with 3,254.
Freshman Joey Daniels had the best time of the afternoon in the 110-meter hurdles in a wind-aided 13.99.
The wind again affected the 100 and 200 it was no surprise that both junior Carrington Akosa and sophomore Charlie Volker qualified for the finals of each. In the 100, Volker had the third best time with a 10.59 with a 3.0 m/s wind, while Akosa was right behind with a 10.58 with a 3.4 m/s. In the 200 Akosa put up a 21.56 and Volker clocked a 21.60 with a 2.1 m/s.
All three Tigers in the 400 hurdles qualified for the final. Leeper who was the champion a year ago looks to retain his title after clocking the best overall qualifying time, 53.32. Junior Spencer Long had the third-fastest time at 53.73 while freshman Gab Montefalcone clocked a 53.93 as the fourth-best time. Joining them in the final are two hurdles from Cornell and two from Dartmouth.
Senior Ray Mennin and junior Josh Freeman both qualified for the final of the 400. Mennin won heat 4 with the fourth-fastest time overall at 47.96 while Freeman won heat 2 with the fifth-fastest time of 48.06.
Princeton was three-for-three in the middle distance races, as all three Tigers competed qualified for the finals.
Junior Noah Kauppila will represent the Tigers in the 800. He had the third best time on the afternoon with a 1:52.97.
In the 1500, junior Garrett O'Toole posted the sixth-best time with a 3:51.11, while junior William Paulson was right behind with a 3:52.26.
Day 2 begins with the continuation of the decathlon at 10:30 a.m., while the high jump kicks off the field events at 11 a.m. The men's steeplechase is the first final on the track at 11:45 a.m.
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Team scores after five events: Cornell 39, Princeton 34, Harvard 24, Penn 22, Dartmouth 16, Brown 14, Yale 4, Columbia 2
Qualifiers headed into tomorrow: Cornell 18, Princeton 13, Yale 8, Dartmouth 6, Harvard 5, Columbia 4, Brown 3, Penn 2
Princeton and Cornell are separated by just five points after Day 1 and based on the number of qualifiers headed into the finals, 18 for Cornell and 13 for Princeton, it looks like another year that the Tigers and Big Red will battle it out for the title.
The Tigers have won 16 Ivy Heps titles, including four in the last six years. Since 1993, Princeton has either won or placed second at outdoor Heps every single year – a streak of 24 years.
Freshman Adam Kelly reached a new personal best as he is the runner-up in the hammer throw for the second consecutive year. All six of his attempts were over 61 meters with his best coming on his fifth throw, 68.96 (226-3). Four of his other throws would have placed him in second place as well. His final two throws of the day were each improvments upon his PR entering the weekend.
Junior August Kiles claimed his third Ivy Heps title in the pole vault, and his first outdoors. He cleared a season-high 5.31 (17-5) to take the win. He passed on the first two opening heights before easily clearing 5.01 on his attempt. Kiles was over 5.11 on his second attempt and 5.21 on his first try. He passed on 5.26 before making it over 5.31 on his final attempt. Kiles tried for a new personal record of 5.43 before heading to the podium. Senior Ben Gaylord was a scorer in the event as well as he took sixth with a mark of 5.01 (16-5.25).
In the long jump, senior Greg Leeper jumped to a wind-aided 7.44 (24-5) to take third place and gain six points for his squad. He fouled on his first attempt before a 7.26 on attempt two and then a 7.44 on his third attempt. He passed on his last three attempts.
Princeton earned nine points in the 10k, the lone scored track event of the afternoon. Senior William Bertrand was the runner-up as he finished in 32:00.00. He steadily was in the middle, 9-10-11 spots for most the race before he made his move on lap #22 when he climbed from 11th into seventh. Two laps later he pushed it even further taking over the second spot at 9600 meters and he'd maintain that through the final lap. Freshman Viraj Deokar took the final scoring spot as he was sixth at 32:04.45. Deokar stunned the crowd by crushing the final four laps moving from 15th into sixth, as he scored his first Heps points. Junior Rob Stone was one place out of scoring, taking seventh at 32:06.27.
Midway through the decathlon all three Princeton freshmen are in contention to score points. Harry Lord is currently fifth with 3,398 points followed by Philip Frost with 3,382 and Justice Dixon with 3,254.
Freshman Joey Daniels had the best time of the afternoon in the 110-meter hurdles in a wind-aided 13.99.
The wind again affected the 100 and 200 it was no surprise that both junior Carrington Akosa and sophomore Charlie Volker qualified for the finals of each. In the 100, Volker had the third best time with a 10.59 with a 3.0 m/s wind, while Akosa was right behind with a 10.58 with a 3.4 m/s. In the 200 Akosa put up a 21.56 and Volker clocked a 21.60 with a 2.1 m/s.
All three Tigers in the 400 hurdles qualified for the final. Leeper who was the champion a year ago looks to retain his title after clocking the best overall qualifying time, 53.32. Junior Spencer Long had the third-fastest time at 53.73 while freshman Gab Montefalcone clocked a 53.93 as the fourth-best time. Joining them in the final are two hurdles from Cornell and two from Dartmouth.
Senior Ray Mennin and junior Josh Freeman both qualified for the final of the 400. Mennin won heat 4 with the fourth-fastest time overall at 47.96 while Freeman won heat 2 with the fifth-fastest time of 48.06.
Princeton was three-for-three in the middle distance races, as all three Tigers competed qualified for the finals.
Junior Noah Kauppila will represent the Tigers in the 800. He had the third best time on the afternoon with a 1:52.97.
In the 1500, junior Garrett O'Toole posted the sixth-best time with a 3:51.11, while junior William Paulson was right behind with a 3:52.26.
Day 2 begins with the continuation of the decathlon at 10:30 a.m., while the high jump kicks off the field events at 11 a.m. The men's steeplechase is the first final on the track at 11:45 a.m.
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