Championships Central | Day 2 Live Broadcast

PHILADELPHIA -- The Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships return to Penn's Franklin Field for the first time since 2012.

Day 2 will be streamed live on The Ivy League Digital Network (ILDN) from noon until after the awards ceremony.

Cornell and Princeton have combined to take the top two spots in each of the past nine outdoor Ivy Heps Outdoor Championships. In fact, the last time neither team was in the top two was 1993, when Navy took the title and Penn was the runner-up. Last year’s championship came down to the final three events, where Cornell surpassed Princeton to win its first title since 2010 in the closest finish since 2003. This season should prove just as exciting, as the rest of the Ancient Eight hopes to party like it’s 1993.

Team-by-team breakdown:

Brown: The Bears placed seventh last season after five-straight years of finishing among the top-four. Junior Ryan Kelly leads Brown on the track, where he ranks first in the 200m, fourth in the 400m and fifth in the 100m. Freshman Brian Pfaff is fourth in the 100m and tied for sixth in the 200m, while freshman Oluwatosin Oyewole is fifth in the 200m. In the middle distance events, senior Henry Tufnell ranks sixth in the 800m and junior Ned Willig and sophomore Martin Martinez are fifth and seventh in the 1,500m. Senior Courtland Clavette leads the Bears in the field, as he is third in the discus and fifth in the shot put, while sophomore Aaron Comery and sophomore Chris Cubra rank sixth and ninth in the shot put, respectively. Junior Phuong Truong is eighth in the discus and 10th in the hammer, while sophomore Taylor Alarcon is fourth in the triple jump and fellow classmate Mark Buda is in the same place in the javelin.

Columbia: The Lions finished sixth last season with 61 points, the most points for a sixth-place finisher since 2007, when they tied for fifth with Dartmouth with 63 points apiece. In order to get to the top half of the standings for the first time since placing fourth in 2013, Columbia will look to its middle and long distance runners to pick up valuable points. Seniors Brendon Fish and Connor Claflin hold the top two spots in the 800m, while sophomore Rob Napolitano is fifth. Napolitano also ranks fourth in the 1,500, just ahead of fellow classmate Ben Ritz, who stands in 10th. Junior Tait Rutherford ranks first in the 10K and sixth in the 5K, while senior Ben Eversole is sixth in the 10K. In the hurdles, junior Corey Hammond holds the third-fastest time in the League in the 400mH and senior Casey Adams is eighth in the steeplechase. In the field, junior Chancelor Griffin leads the team in both the long and triple jumps.

Cornell: The Big Red hopes to win consecutive men’s outdoor titles since taking eight straight from 2003-10. On the track, Cornell hopes to gain an edge in the sprints, where sophomore Tobenna Attah ranks first in the 400mm, freshman Brailin Paulino is third in the 100m and 10th in the 200m and junior Ryan Hynes is sixth in the 100m. Senior Jon Phillips leads the distance runners, as he ranks eighth in the 10K and ninth in the 5K. Last year’s Most Outstanding Male Track Performer, junior Max Hairston, looks to win both the 110mH and 400mH in back-to-back seasons for the first time since Penn’s Harold Schwab in 1975-76. Hairston leads the League in the 110mH and ranks sixth in the 400mH. In the field, senior Stephen Mozia is first in the shot put and second in the discus and ranks fifth nationally in both events. His throw of 66-2 ½ in the former event ranks fourth all-time in Ivy League history. Freshman Rudy Winkler, the 2015 Indoor Most Outstanding Male Field Performer, leads the League in the hammer throw and ranks 18th nationally.

Dartmouth: The Big Green looks to make a move into the top half of the standings for the first time since 2008, when it took fourth. Senior Brett Buskey hopes to reach the podium in both the 100m and 200m dashes, where he ranks second and tied for sixth, respectively. Junior Curtis King also hopes to reach the podium twice, as he is second in the 10K and fifth in the 5K. The Big Green hope to get multiple people on the podium in those two events, as sophomore Nathaniel Adams is ninth in the former and junior Joey Chapin ranks seventh in the latter. Junior Edward Wagner comes in at fourth in the 400mH and sophomore Alex Frye is ninth in the 110mH. Chapin and junior Anthony Anzvino are 9-10 in the steeplechase. In the field, junior Jacob Shippee and senior Jim Budzinski hold the top two spots in the javelin, while freshman Ben Colello is 10th. Freshman Colin Minor is second in the hammer throw, sophomore Nico Robinson is third in the decathlon, fellow classmate Corey Muggler is fifth in the triple jump, Frye ranks sixth in the high jump and sophomore Max Cosculluela is tied for seventh in the pole vault.

Harvard: The Crimson placed third last season, its best finish since doing the same in 2012 at Franklin Field. Harvard’s 109 points a year ago is its most since 1983, when it won the title with 130. This year’s squad hopes to move into the top two spots for the first time since that 1983 team. Freshman Malcolm Johnson holds the fastest 100m dash time in the League, his fellow classmate Matthew Hurst ranks second in the 200m and a third freshman, Alexander Moore, is tied for eighth in the 200m and 10th in the 100m. Hurst also ranks sixth in the 400m. Junior Tom Purnell leads the distance runners, as he ranks second in the 5K. In the hurdles, senior Jarvis Harris is second in the 110mH and fifth in the 400mH. In the field, sophomore Efe Uwaifo looks to reach the podium in both the triple and long jumps, where he ranks second and eighth, respectively. Three sophomores hope to reach the podium, in Josh Whitener (third, hammer throw), Andrew Roney (fourth, pole vault) and Richard Bradley (sixth, javelin).

Penn: The Quakers placed fourth last year, their best finish since 2009, when they took third at Franklin Field. They are looking to move into one of the top two spots for the first time since 2004, when they were the runner-up. On the track, junior Thomas Awad looks to continue his impressive 2014-15 campaign, as the Ivy Heps cross country individual champion and indoor Most Outstanding Male Track Performer stands in first in both the 1,500m and 5K, events in which he ranks 13th and fifth nationally, respectively. His time of 3:40.68 in the 1,500 matches his own fourth-best time in League history, while his 13:33.29 in the 5K is second-fastest all-time in Ivy history. Penn also hopes to pick up points in the 400m, where freshman Jeff Wiseman currently stands at second, and the steeplechase, where sophomore Nick Tuck and junior Brendan Smith are 1-2. In the field, junior Sam Mattis’ throw of 202-9 is tops in the League, fifth all-time in Ivy history and currently fourth in the nation. Freshman Michael Monroe ranks first in the high jump and hopes to follow in three-time Ivy Heps winner Maalik Reynolds’ footsteps.

Princeton: The Tigers saw their three-year winning streak come to an end last season and look to get back to the top of the standings since 2013. Princeton won the title the last time the Ivy Heps outdoor championships were at Franklin Field, in 2012, and hope to duplicate that feat in 2015. On the track, senior Bradley Paternostro ranks second in the 1,500m and fourth in the 800m, one of three Tigers among the top-10 in the latter event, as he is joined by freshmen Joshua Ingalls (third) and Noah Kauppila (seventh). Another freshman, Carrington Akosa, ranks seventh in the 100m and tied for eighth in the 200m. In the distance events, seniors Mike Mazzaccaro (third, 5K), Sam Pons (fourth, 10K) and Matt McDonald (fifth, 10K) all hope to pick up points for their team. Sophomore Greg Leeper ranks second in the 400mH and sixth in the long jump, while junior Greg Caldwell is third in the 110mH. The field athletes are led by junior Adam Bragg, whose mark of 17-9 ¼ ranks eighth in the country and third all-time in Ivy League history. Seniors Nana Owusu-Nyantekyi (triple jump) and Stephen Soerens (decathlon) both stand in first in their respective events.

Yale: The Bulldogs hope to move into the top half of the standings for the first time since 2010, when they finished fourth. Sophomore Marc-Andre Alexandre leads the team in the 100m, 200m and 400m and ranks third in the League in both the 200m and 400m. In the distance events, sophomore James Randon is third in the 1,500m and junior Kevin Dooney ranks fourth in the 5K. Freshman Paedyn Gomes comes in at fourth in the 110mH and junior Duncan Tomlin stands at third in the steeplechase. In the field, Brendan Sullivan hopes to get to the top of the podium in the pole vault, where he is tied for second. Freshman Carl Mansson leads the team in both the long and triple jump, while sophomore Luke Perschetti is the Bulldogs’ leader in both the shot put and hammer throw.