PRINCETON, N.J. — Steve Dolan was voted Coach of the Year following the 2024 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field championship. Dolan led Penn to their fourth overall women’s title out of the last six years, scoring 140 points.
The Penn women (140) narrowly edged out Princeton (134) in a race for the title that came down to the final event of the championship. Harvard (97) and Brown (84) both scored over 80 points as Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Yale took the remaining spots.
Penn’s
Fore Abinusawa and
Isabella Whittaker were named Co-Most Outstanding Track Performers of the Meet after helping the Quakers claim the team title. Abinusawa won both the gold medals in the 60m and 200m dashes, breaking an Ivy League record in the 60m dash with a time of 7.25 seconds. She was also a part of the 4x440y relay team that claimed the gold medal in the last event. Whittaker took home the gold medal in the 400m dash with a meet record time of 52.54 seconds while also placing second and third in the 200m and 60m dashes, picking up a total of 24 points for the Quakers.
Tessa Mudd of Princeton was named Most Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet after setting an Ivy League all-time record in the pole vault. Mudd cleared 4.39m in her final attempt to take home the gold medal.
Additionally, one Ivy League women’s indoor track and field student-athlete from each institution was recognized for their commitment in the classroom and in sport as members of the 2023-24 Ivy League Women’s Indoor Track and Field Academic All-Ivy team. Brown’s
Chiamaka Odenigbo, Columbia’s
Phoebe Anderson, Cornell's
Noelle Elkinton, Dartmouth’s
Bridget McNally, Harvard’s
Egbe Ndip-Agbor, Penn’s
Jocelyn Niemiec, Princeton’s
Mena Scatchard and Yale’s
Mira Thakur were each named to the team.
CO-MOST OUTSTANDING TRACK PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Fore Abinusawa, Penn
CO-MOST OUTSTANDING TRACK PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Isabella Whittaker, Penn
MOST OUTSTANDING FIELD PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Tessa Mudd, Princeton
COACH OF THE YEAR
Steve Dolan, Penn
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash — Fore Abinusawa, Penn
200m dash — Fore Abinusawa, Penn
400m dash — Isabella Whittaker, Penn
500m dash — Victoria Bossong, Harvard
800m run — Sophia Gorriaran, Harvard
1,000m run — Mena Scatchard, Princeton
Mile — Nicole Vanasse, Columbia
3,000m run — Maia Ramsden, Harvard
5,000m run — Phoebe Anderson, Columbia
60m hurdles — Aliya Garozzo, Penn
4x440 Yard Relay — Penn: Fore Abinusawa, Jocelyn Niemiec, Aliya Garozzo, Christiana Nwachuku
4x880 Yard Relay — Princeton: Olivia Martin, Maddie Cramer, Hannah Riggins, Mena Scatchard
DMR — Harvard: Sophia Gorriaran, Chloe Fair, Victoria Bossong, Maia Ramsden
High jump — Rudecia Bernard, Brown
Pole vault — Tessa Mudd, Princeton
Long jump — Georgina Scoot, Princeton
Triple Jump — Georgina Scoot, Princeton
Shot put — Noelle Elkinton, Cornell
Weight throw — Emilia Kolokotroni, Harvard
Pentathlon — Chiamaka Odenigbo, Brown
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash — Christiana Nwachuku, Penn
200m dash — Isabella Whittaker, Penn
400m dash — Chloe Fair, Harvard
500m dash — Jocelyn Niemiec, Penn
800m run — Bronwyn Patterson, Penn
1,000m run — Rory Clare, Columbia
Mile — Olivia Morganti, Penn
3,000m run — Elia Ton-That, Columbia
5,000m run — Elia Ton-That, Columbia
60m hurdles — Lauren Yeboah-Kodie, Brown
4x440 Yard Relay — Harvard: Mfoniso Andrew, Victoria Bossong, Sophia Gorriaran, Chloe Fair
4x880 Yard Relay — Penn: Phoebe White, Chloe Hassman, Camille Jordan, Bronwyn Patterson
DMR — Princeton: Alexis Allen, Maddie Cramer, Margaret Liebich, Katelyn Maley
High jump — Chiamaka Odenigbo, Brown
Pole vault — Anastasia Retsa, Harvard
Long jump — Alexandra Kelly, Princeton
Triple Jump — Alexandra Kelly, Princeton
Shot put — Siniru Iheoma, Princeton
Weight throw — Angela McAuslan-Kelly
Pentathlon — Julia Jongejeugd