PRINCETON, N.J. — Harvard head coach Jason Saretsky was voted the Men’s Coach of the Year following the 2023 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Saretsky guided the Crimson to the program’s 11^th all-time outdoor title.
 
Harvard finished with 203 points, which was 63 points better than second place Princeton. Cornell and Penn tallied 95 and 79 points, respectively, to place third and fourth. Columbia (62), Dartmouth (41), Brown (37), and Yale (27) rounded out the final standings.
 
Chris Balthazar of Columbia was voted as the Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet after winning both the 100m (10.39) and the 200m with a meet record time of 20.41.
 
Harvard's Kenneth Ikeji was selected as the Most Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet after placing first in the hammer throw with a mark of 74.07, which was good for fourth-best in the nation.

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 Sidarth Raman, Columbia’s Jacob Ireland, Cornell's Tomas Kersulis, Dartmouth’s Jake Dalton, Harvard’s Lance Ward, Penn's Zubeir Dagane, Princeton’s Simen Guttormsen and Yale’s Harry Grindle were each named to the team.
 
MOST OUTSTANDING TRACK PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Chris Balthazar, Columbia*
 
MOST OUTSTANDING FIELD PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Kenneth Ikeji, Harvard
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jason Saretsky, Harvard*
 
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
100m — Chris Balthazar, Columbia
200m — Chris Balthazar, Columbia
400m — Tomas Kersulis, Cornell
800m — DJ Matusz, Dartmouth
1500m — Damian Hackett, Cornell
5000m — Graham Blanks, Harvard
10,000m — Graham Blanks, Harvard
110mH — Christian Martin, Cornell
400mH — Ondrej Vesely, Harvard
3000m SC — Michael Keehan, Penn
 
4x100m Relay — Harvard: Cam Henry, Lance Ward, Collin Fullen, Jonas Clarke
4x400m Relay — Cornell: Joshua Gittens, Domenic Barresi, Michael Mazero, Tomas Kersulis
4x800m Relay — Cornell: Alex Mocarski, Brady Shute, Rhys Hammond, Damian Hackett
 
HJ — John McNeil, Brown
PV — Sondre Guttormsen, Princeton
LJ — Greg Foster, Princeton
TJ — Daniel Falode, Harvard
SP — Alexander Kolesnikoff, Harvard
Discus — Matthew Appel, Yale
HT — Kenneth Ikeji, Harvard
Javelin — Jeremiah Swett, Harvard
Decathlon — Philip Kastner, Princeton
 
 
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY
100m — Lance Ward, Harvard
200m — Ibrahim Ayorinde, Princeton
400m — Devon Davey, Columbia
800m — Justin O’Toole, Columbia
1500m — Vivien Henz, Harvard
5000m — Acer Iverson, Harvard
10,000m — Perry Mackinnon, Cornell
110mH — Aaron Shirley, Harvard
400mH — Aaron Shirley, Harvard
3000m SC — Reed Pryor, Harvard
 
4x100m Relay — Penn: Dimitri Nicholson, Devante Heywood, Andrew O’Donnell, Aaron Stillitano
4x400m Relay — Columbia: Haydn Brotschi, James Chung, Max Comfere, Devon Davey
4x800m Relay — Penn: Holden Emery, Liam Going, Denis Gallagher, Titus Bretzke
 
HJ — Seb Clatworthy, Princeton
PV — Simen Guttormsen, Princeton
LJ — Zachary Love, Brown
TJ — Greg Foster, Princeton
SP — Max Klein, Dartmouth
Discus — Casey Helm, Princeton
HT — Jake Dalton, Dartmouth
Javelin — John Minicus, Harvard
Decathlon — Andrew Colbert, Penn

* Denotes unanimous selection