PRINCETON, N.J. - Princeton men’s track and field head coach Fred Samara was voted Coach of the Year after guiding the Tigers to their sixth-straight Heps title, marking the fifth-straight season he received the honor. Princeton men claimed its sixth Ivy League title and 23rd in school history with a total of 173 points, surpassing Harvard (116) and Penn (91) and Yale (67). Cornell (56), Dartmouth (44), Columbia (40) and Brown (33) rounded out the final standings.
The Tigers were led by Andresi Losivas who tallied 5,523 total points in the heptathlon. His performance ranks third all-time in championship history. Losivas was voted the Most Outstanding Field Performer of the event. Joey Daniels claimed his third consecutive win in the 60 hurdles, besting the previous Ivy League record set by Saidu Ezike of Cornell;s 7.78 mark from 2008 with a time of 7.77. His performance is a new school and meet record as well. The shot put proved to be an outstanding event for Princeton as the Tigers took the top-two spots on the podium - CJ Licata won the event after a throw of 18.55 meters.
Harvard’s Kieran Tuntivate was selected Most Outstanding Track Performer for the second straight year after registered wins in the 3,000m and the 5,000m as the Crimson finished with their highest point total in program history, and best indoor finish since they last won in 1985. Jovahn Williamson crossed the line at 47.53 in the 400m, finishing first for the second year in a row, while also breaking the facility record at Barton Hall.
MOST OUTSTANDING TRACK PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Kieran Tuntivate, Harvard (Sr. – Wilmington, Del.) for the second straight year.
MOST OUTSTANDING FIELD PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Andresi Losivas, Princeton (So. – Honolulu, Hawaii)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Steve Dolan, Penn
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash – Trenton Charles, Yale (So.– Baton Rouge, LA)
200m dash – Justice Dixon, Princeton (Sr.– Jacksonville, Fla.)
400m dash – Jovahn Williamson, Harvard (Jr. – Dix Hills, N.Y.)
500m dash – Ryan Thrush, Harvard (Jr. – Brookville, Pa.)
800m run – Tim Zepf, Dartmouth (Jr.– Londonderry, N.H.)
1,000m run – Sam Ellis, Princeton (Jr.– Decatur, Ga.)
One mile run – Nick Dahl, Yale (Jr. Philadelphia, Pa.)
3,000m run – Kieran Tuntivate, Harvard (Sr. – Wilmington, Del.)
5,000m run – Kieran Tuntivate, Harvard (Sr.. – Wilmington, Del.)
60m hurdles – Joseph Daniels, Princeton (Sr. – Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)
4 x 400 meter relay – Harvard – Aaron Shirley (Fr.– Chesapeake, Va.); Gregory Lapit (Fr.– Corona, Calif.); Charles Lego (Jr.– Versailles, France); Jovahn Williamson (Jr.– Dix Hills, N.Y.)
4 x 800 meter relay – Cornell – Shane Goosby (Sr. – Corona, Calif.); Mitchell Curl (Fr. – West Lafayette, Ind.); Jonnie Plass (Jr. – Philadelphia, PA.); Solomon Lawrence (Jr. – Syracuse, N.Y.)
DMR – Princeton – Sam Ellis (Jr. – Decatur, Ga.); John Colangelo (Sr. – Canton, Ohio); Scott Thompson (So. – Nashville, Tenn.); David Krahn (Jr. – Marine on Saint Croix, Minn.)
High jump – Jeff Hollis, Princeton (Jr. – Leawood, Kan.)
Pole vault – Caleb Johnson, Penn (Fr. – Upper Moreland, PA.)
Long jump – Smith Charles, Cornell (Fr. – Stroughton, Mass.)
Triple jump – Daniel Igbokwe, Columbia (Sr. – Chelmsford, England)
Shot put – Christopher Licata, Princeton (So. – Gladstone, N.J.)
Weight throw – Jack Pihlkar, Columbia (Jr. – East Northport, N.Y.)
Pentathlon – Andrei Iosivas, Princeton (So. – Honolulu, Hawaii)
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash – Donovan Spearman, Dartmouth (Jr. – Gardena, Calif.)
200m dash – Gregory Sholars, Princeton (So. – Fort Worth, Texas)
400m dash – Michael Phillippy, Princeton (So. – Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
500m dash – Robbie Ruppel, Penn (Fr.– Alpharetta, Ga.)
800m run – Jackson Storey, Columbia (Jr. – Jacksonville, Fla.)
1,000m run – Justin Cornetta, Penn (So. – Flemington, N.J.)
One mile run – Ray Sellaro, Penn (So. – Annandale, N.J.)
3,000m run – Will Battershill, Harvard (Jr. – Devon, U.K.)
5,000m run – Ed Trippas, Princeton (Jr. – Sydney, Australia)
60m hurdles – Christian Brown, Princeton (So. – Delray Beach, Fla.)
4 x 400 meter relay – Penn – Robbie Ruppel (Fr.– Alpharetta, Ga.); Anthony Okolo (Sr.– Union, N.J.); Emerson Douds (Fr. – Matthews, N.C.); Antaures Jackson (Fr. – Eagle’s Landing)
4 x 800 Meter relay – Columbia – Ian Irish (So. – Palos Versed Estates, Calif.); Jacob Caswell (Sr. – Berlin, Wis.); Aaron Breene (Jr. – Wilton, Conn.); Jackson Storey (Jr. – Jacksonville, Fla.)
DMR – Harvard – Acer Iverson (Fr. – Roseville, Minn.); Kahlil Wassell (Jr. – Springfield, Ill.); Kaeo Kruse (Jr. – Kalaheo, Hawaii); Will Battershill (Jr. – Devon, U.K.)
High jump – Chet Ellis, Harvard (Fr. – Westport, Conn.)
Pole vault – Simen Guttormsen, Princeton (Fr. – Ski, Norway)
Long jump – Aviram Shwarzbard, Princeton (So. – Kiryat Onso, Israel)
Triple jump – Adedayo Abeeb, Princeton (So. – Wallingford, Pa.)
Shot put – Kelton Chastulik, Princeton (Jr. – Chambersburg, Pa.)
Weight throw – Jake Kubiatowicz, Penn (Jr. – North St. Pual, Minn.)
Pentathlon – Evan Lee, Penn (Sr. – Indianapolis, Ind.)