PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Penn women’s head coach
Steve Dolan was voted Coach of the year for the third straight year following the 2020 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field. Dolan guided the Quakers to their third-consecutive title.
On the women’s side, Penn totaled 133 points to narrowly edge Harvard (126) thanks to a dominating performance in the final relay of the day. The three-peat is the first time in program histroy that the Quakers have earned three straight titles. Cornell (82.5) and Princeton (68) ranked third and fourth, respectively, while Columbia (64.66), Brown (57), Yale (50.33) and Dartmouth (38.5) rounded out the final ledger.
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Zion Lewis was named the Most Outstanding Field Performer of the meet after totaling 14 points in a pair of field events. She won the triple jump on Sunday at 44-1.25 to set the all-time Ivy League, school and facility record, which currently ranks eighth in the NCAA this season. Lewis was also fourth in the long jump on Saturday at 19-6.75 for fourth all-time in program history. Nia Akins of Penn was named the Most Outstanding Track Athlete for the second straight season and adds that to her collection that also includes the same award in outdoor competition and the Penn Relays College Athlete of the Meet award from 2019. On Sunday, Akins won the 1,000m and Mile races while helping the Quakers earn two points as the anchor in the DMR.
MOST OUTSTANDING TRACK PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Nia Akins, Penn (Sr. – San Diego) for the second straight season.
MOST OUTSTANDING FIELD PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Zion Lewis, Brown (Sr. Canton, Ga.)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Steve Dolan, Penn
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash – Katina Martin, Harvard (So. – Decatur, Ill.)
200m dash – Katina Martin, Harvard (So. – Decatur, Ill.)
400m dash – Gracie Whelan, Brown (Jr. – Charlotte, N.C.)
500m dash – Skyla Wilson, Penn (So. – Susquehanna, Pa.)
800m run – Melissa Tanaka, Penn (Jr. – Long Beach, Calif.)
1,000m run – Nia Akins, Penn (Sr. – San Diego)
One mile run – Nia Akins, Penn (Sr. – San Diego)
3,000m run – Kayley DeLay, Yale (Jr. – Jacksonville Beach, Fla.)
5,000m run – Gabrielle Orie, Cornell (Jr. – Orchard Park, N.Y.)
60m hurdles – Cha’Mia Rothwell, Dartmouth (Sr. – Durham, N.C.)
4x400 Meter Relay – Penn: Skyla Wilson (So. – Susquehanna, Pa.); Cecil Ene (Sr. – Rockwell, Texas); Elena Brown-Soler (Sr. – Chamblee, Ga.); Uchechi Nwogwugwu (Jr. – Lansdale, Pa.)
4 x 880-yard relay – Penn: Caroline O’Sullivan (So. – Northvale, N.J.); Katherine DeVore (Sr. – Mamaroneck, N.Y.); Ellen Byrnes (So. – Port Washington, N.Y.); Melissa Tanaka (Jr. – Long Beach, Calif.)
DMR – Harvard – Anna Juul, Harvard (So. – West Chester, Pa.); Karina Joiner (Sr. – Woodbury, Minn.); Tessa Medrano (Jr. – Powell, OH.); Abbe Goldstein (Jr. – Ambler, Pa.)
High jump – Anna Jordahl-Henry, Columbia (Fr – Wellesley, Mass.)
Pole vault – Claire Kao, Cornell (Jr. Laguna Niguel, Calif.)
Long jump – Ijeoma Uche, Brown (Jr. – Lawrenceville, Ga.)
Triple jump – Zion Lewis, Brown (Sr. Canton, Ga.)
Shot put – Maura Kimmel, Penn (Sr. – West Sunbury, Pa.)
Weight throw – Mayyi Mahama, Penn (So. – Pullman, Wash.)
Pentathlon – Beatrice Juskeviciute, Cornell (So. – Kaunas, Lithuania)
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash – Mia Knight, Penn (So. – Beachwood, Ohio)
200m dash – Olivia Okoli, Harvard (Jr. – Lagos, Nigeria)
400m dash – Cecil Ene, Penn (Sr. – Rockwell, Texas)
500m dash – Sharelle Samuel, Harvard (So. – Nepean, Ontario)
800m run – Abbe Goldstein, Harvard (Jr. – Ambler, Pa.)
1,000m run – Bianca Alonzo, Columbia (Sr. – Los Angeles, Calif.)
One mile run – Anna Juul, Harvard (So. – West Chester, Pa.)
3,000m run – Gabrielle Orie, Cornell (Jr. – Orchard Park, N.Y.)
5,000m run – Alexandra Hays, Columbia (Jr. Wading River, N.Y.)
60m hurdles – Lauryn Harris, Penn (Fr. Cheltenham, MD.)
High jump – Marguerite Lorenzo, Cornell (Jr. – Montreal, Quebec)
Pole vault – Alexandra Munson, Princeton (Jr. – Lisle, Ill.)
Long jump – Leone Farquharson, Cornell (So. – Kingston, Jamaica)
Triple jump – Kali Hatcher, Columbia (So. – Berkeley, Calif.)
Shot put – Sarah Omoregie, Harvard (Fr. – Cardiff, U.K.)
Weight throw – Luisa Chantler Edmond, Princeton (So. – Oxford, England)
Pentathlon – Haley Rizek, Penn (So. – Albuquerque, N.M.)