Men's Indoor Track & Field December Recap

Men's Indoor Track & Field December Recap

PRINCETON, N.J. -- While the bulk of the 2010-11 indoor track and field season takes place after the New Year, five of the eight Ivy League squads participated in a single meet in December. Highlights from each meet can be found below, while full recaps and results are also available.

Brown @ Alden Invitational, Providence, R.I. | Full Recap | Results
The Bears opened the indoor season by hosting the Alden Invitational at the Olney Margolies Athletic Center. Brown took five individual titles including Evan Weinstock in the 55-meter dash (6.59), Nate Elder in the 600-meter run (1:22.07), Sean Ingleman in the pole vault (4.26m), Kenneth Thompson in the long jump (6.20m) and Daniel Smith in the shot put (16.44m).

Cornell @ Cornell Relays, Ithaca, N.Y. | Full Recap | Results
The Big Red hosted 17 schools and eight club teams at the Cornell Relays in Barton Hall, finishing the day with six event wins, eleven IC4A qualifiers, a school record, a freshman record and six alterations to the all-time top 10 lists. Nick Huber led the way with a school record in the heptathlon, a score of 5,370 points. Meanwhile, Josh Cusick was second in the heptathlon in an IC4A-qualifying total of 4,928, No. 6 all-time at Cornell. Chris Bain won the 60-meter dash in 6.79 (No. 2 all-time), Kinsley Ojukwu was second in 6.80 (No. 3 all-time) and Jeddidiah Yiadon-Adarquah was third in 6.89 (No. 6 all-time). In field events Bob Belton set a personal best in the weight throw (60-10 ½), good for No. 10 all-time at Cornell.

Harvard @ Harvard Open, Cambridge, Mass. | Full Recap | Results
Harvard took one first-place finish and had a number of solid performances as it opened the indoor season by hosting the Harvard Open at the Gordon Track & Tennis Center. Darcy Wilson won the one-mile run in a time of 4:17.21, edging second-place finisher Curtis Trueb of Bentley by .05 seconds.

Princeton @ New Year Invitational, Princeton, N.J. | Full Recap | Results
Austin Hollimon lowered his own Princeton school record as the Tigers’ opened the indoor season at their own New Year Invitational. Hollimon trimmed .20 seconds off his best time in the 300-meter dash, lowering the school record to 33.68. Kashif Smith won the 60-meter dash (6.91) and Damon McLean won the long jump (7.22m).

Yale @ Lidlifter Invitational, New Haven, Conn. | Full Recap | Results
Yale hosted the Lidlifter Invitational at Coxe Cage and came away with number strong performances, including Matt Bieszard’s win in the 400-meter dash (49.53). James Shirvell won the one-mile in 4:21.86 and Matt Bogdan won the 3,000-meter run in 8:53.70. The Bulldogs’ 4x800-meter relay team also took top standing with a time of 8:00.06.