PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Princeton men’s head coach Fred Samara was voted Coach of the Year following the 2022 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field championship. Samara guided Princeton to capturing the program’s 10^th triple crown and fourth-consecutive outdoor title.
 
Princeton posted 11 event wins in the 22-event championship to finish almost 100 points ahead of the next contender with 231 points. Harvard placed second with 136 points and Penn rounded out the top three teams with 86 points.
 
Cornell (65), Brown (58), Columbia (39), Dartmouth (35) and Yale (29) capped off the final ledger.
 
Princeton’s Daniel Duncan was the Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Most Outstanding Performer. Duncan was part of the men’s 4sx100m relay team which set the meet record with a time of 40.11. That wasn’t his only Heps record of the day. Duncan placed first the 100m with a time of 10.17 to set a Heps and school record. He also took first in the 200m with a time of 20.95. Harvard’s Sam Welsh was voted the Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Most Outstanding Field Performer. Welsh set a meet and school record in the discuss with a heave of 63.26m. The mark is the fifth farthest throw in the NCAA this season.

Additionally, one Ivy League men’s outdoor track and field student-athlete from each institution was recognized for their commitment in the classroom and in sport as members of the 2022 Ivy League Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Academic All-Ivy team. Brown’s Jono Pelusi, Columbia’s Michael Danzi, Cornell’s Ian Frost, Dartmouth’s Myles Schreck, Harvard’s Matthew Pereira, Penn’s Marc Minichello, Princeton’s CJ Licata and Yale’s Juma Sei were each named to the team.
 
MOST OUTSTANDING TRACK PREFORMER OF THE MEET
Daniel Duncan, Princeton
 
MOST OUTSTANDING FIELD PREFORMER OF THE MEET
Sam Welsh, Harvard
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Fred Samara, Princeton
 
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
100m — Daniel Duncan, Princeton (So.— North Plainfield, N.J.)
200m — Daniel Duncan, Princeton (So.— North Plainfield, N.J.)
400m — Michael Phillippy, Princeton (Sr. — Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
800m — Samuel Rodman, Princeton (Fr. — Bealeton, Va.)
1500m — Ray Sellaro, Penn (Sr. — Annandale, N. J.)
5000m — Acer Iverson, Harvard (So. — Roseville, Minn.)
10,000m — Acer Iverson, Harvard (So. — Roseville, Minn.)
110mH — Christian Martin, Cornell (Jr. — North Plainfield, N.J.)
400mH — Chris Page, Princeton (Fr. — Honolulu, Hawaii)
3000m SC — Ed Trippas, Princeton (Sr. — Sydney, Australia)
 
4x100m Relay — Princeton: Simang’Aliso Ndhlovu (Sr. — Lusaka, Zambia), Kaden Reynolds (Fr. — Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Daniel Duncan (So.— North Plainfield, N.J.), Gregory Sholars (Sr. — Fort Worth, Texas)
4x400m Relay — Princeton: Ladislav Topfer (So. — Mlada Bolesav, Czech Republic), William Doyle (So. — Dalgety Bay, Scotland), Anderson Dimon (So. — Perkasie, Pa.), Michael Phillippy (Sr. — Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
4x800m Relay — Columbia: Juan Zarate-Sanchez (Jr. — Davis, Calif.), Soloman Fountain (Sr. — Temecula, Calif.), Justin O’Toole (So. — Weston, Mass.), Michael Danzi (So. — Smithtown, N.Y.)
 
HJ — Jeff Hollis, Princeton (Sr. — Leawood, Kan.)
PV — Sondre Guttormsen, Princeton (Jr. — Ski, Norway)
LJ — Aviram Shwarzbard, Princeton (Sr. — Kiryat Ono, Israel)
TJ — Daniel Falode, Harvard (Fr. — London, England)
SP — Christopher Licata, Princeton (Sr. — Gladstone, N.J.)
Discus — Samuel Welsh, Harvard (Sr. — Lunenburg, Mass.)
HT — Kenneth Ikeji, Harvard (Fr. — Londson, England)
Javelin — Marc Minichello, Penn (Sr. — Exeter, Pa.)
Decathlon — Karl-Oskar Pajus, Dartmouth (Fr. — Tallinn, Estonia)
 
 
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY
100m — Simang’Aliso Ndhlovu, Princeton (Sr. — Lusaka, Zambia)
200m — Tomas Kersulis, Cornell (So. — Pleasanton, Calif.)
400m — Tomas Kersulis, Cornell (So. — Pleasanton, Calif.)
800m — Justin O’Toole, Columbia (So. — Weston, Mass.)
1500m — Michael Danzi, Columbia (So. — Smithtown, N.Y.)
5000m — Noah Carey, Penn (Sr. — Guilderland, N.Y.)
10,000m — Matthew Pereira, Harvard (Sr. — Kildeer, Ill.)
110mH — Enoch Cheung, Penn (Sr. — Cary, N.C.)
400mH — Christian Martin, Cornell (Jr. — North Plainfield, N.J.)
3000m SC — Michael Keehan, Penn (Jr. — Wilmington, Del.)
 
4x100m Relay — Harvard: DeMarkes Stradford (Sr. — Waxhaw, N.C.), Lance Ward (Fr. — Daniel Island, S.C.), Oliver Murcko (Fr. — Bratislava, Slovak Republic), Marcus Miller (Jr. — Greenwood Village, Colo.)
4x400m Relay — Harvard: Lance Ward Fr. — Daniel Island, S.C.), Gregory Lapit (So. — Corona, Calif.), Oliver Murcko (Fr. — Bratislava, Slovak Republic), Peter Diebold (So. — Weston, Mass.)
4x800m Relay — Princeton: Duncan Miller (Jr. – Canberra, Australia), Harrison Witt (Fr. — Highland Ranch, Colo.), Samuel Rodman (Fr. — Bealeton, Va.), Sam Ellis (Sr. — Decatur, Ga.)
 
HJ — Nathan Gramentine, Columbia (Jr. — Lake Worth, Fla.)
PV — Simen Guttormsen, Princeton (Jr. — Ski, Norway)
LJ — Kyle Murphy, Harvard (Jr. — Shepparton, Victoria)
TJ — Altan Mitchell, Brown (Jr. — Ankara, Turkey)
SP — Alexander Kolesnikoff, Harvard Jr. — Strathfield, Australia)
Discus — Zorawar Otal, Princeton (Sr. — Oak Park, Calif.)
HT — Jake Dalton, Dartmouth (Jr. — Andover, Mass.)
Javelin — Chandler Ault, Princeton (Sr. — Midland, Mich.)
Decathlon — Jonathan Pelusi, Brown (Sr. — Pittsburgh, Pa.)