SATURDAY WOMEN'S RESULTS | SATURDAY MEN'S RESULTS
NEW YORK -- The first day of competition at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field championship was full of energy, passion and adrenaline allowing a promising look into what is to come tomorrow.
WOMEN
The women competed in the morning, with most of competition being trials for tomorrow’s events. However, medals were awarded in the weight throw, pole vault, long jump, 3000m and heptathlon.
Penn’s
Mayyi Mahama was awarded the first medal of the championship with a mark of 21.41. She has held the women’s weight throw title since 2020.
Over in the long jump pit, Cornell’s
Leone Farquharson claimed the long jump crown after registering a mark of 6.35m. This is her second time returning to Heps, she placed tenth as a freshman.
Cornell claimed another first place finish in the pole vault as
Victoria Atkinson finished with a mark of 4.16m.
Yale’s
Kayley DeLay set a new meet record after crossing the finishing line with a time of 9:09.19 in the 3000m. Her time places her at 37
th nationally. This is DeLay’s second individual crown in the 3000m.
Cornell claimed the final medal of Saturday as
Beatrice Juskeviciute set herself apart in the pentathlon scoring 4,116 points. She finished first in the 60m hurdles, shot put and long jump.
At the end of day one, Cornell holds strong in first place with 33 points. Penn sits at second with 26 points.
Women’s Standings:
- Cornell — 33
- Penn — 26
- Harvard — 22
- Dartmouth — 20
- Princeton — 16
- Brown — 14
- Columbia — 14
- Yale – 10
MEN
The men competed in the afternoon, following the same schedule of events as the women. Men’s medals were awarded in weight throw, pole vault, long jump and 3000m.
Brown’s
Kegan Schroeter claimed the first men’s medal of the championship with a mark of 20.00m in the weight throw. This was his third Indoor championship, in his last appearance he placed fourth.
Princeton set two new meet records in today’s field events.
Sondre Guttormsen claimed the crown in the men’s pole vault as he registered a mark of 5.46m. Guttormsen meet record also places him at 11
th nationally.
Simang'Aliso Ndhlovu also put
Princeton in the record books after a 6.67 mark in the men's 60m dash preliminary round.
Another Tiger claimed the top spot on the podium with
Aviram Schwarzbard’s 7.78 mark in the long jump to also set a new meet record and place him at 21
st nationally.
To round out the day, Harvard took first and second in the 3000m with
Acer Iverson’s time of 8:00.09 and
Matthew Pereira’s 8:01.52 mark.
Princeton is in first place heading out of day one with 38 points with Harvard on their tail with 35 points.
Men’s Standings:
- Princeton — 38
- Harvard — 35
- Cornell — 21
- Brown — 18
- Dartmouth — 5
- Columbia — 4
- Yale — 2
- Penn — 1