PRINCETON, N.J. — Jason Vigilante was voted Coach of the Year following the 2024 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field championship. In his first year at the helm for the Tigers, Vigilante led Princeton to their 25^th overall men’s indoor Heps title.
 
The Princeton men scored 168 points to take home the top spot as both Cornell (115) and Penn (106) also ecliped the 100-point mark. Harvard scored 81 points to round out the top half of the standings as Brown, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia claimed the remaining spots.
 
Penn’s Ryan Matulonis was named Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet after breaking the Ivy League record in the 500m run with a time of 1:01.22. Matulonis was also a a part of the Quaker 4x440y relay team that finished second, earning eight points for Penn.

Kenneth Ikeji repeated as the Most Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet after a stellar showing in the weight throw. Ikeji broke the Ivy League record on three consecutive throws to take home the title. His fifth attempt achieved a mark of 24.39m which ranks as the best throw in the NCAA this season.
 
Additionally, one Ivy League men’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 Men’s Indoor Track and Field Academic All-Ivy team. Brown’s Marcus Gillespie, Columbia’s Obiora Okeke, Cornell’s Tomas Kersulis, Dartmouth’s Mason Childers, Harvard’s Lance Ward, Penn’s Dimitri Nicholson, Princeton’s Samuel Rodman and Yale’s Thomas Cirrito were each named to the team.
 
MOST OUTSTANDING TRACK PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Ryan Matulonis, Penn
 
MOST OUTSTANDING FIELD PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Kenneth Ikeji, Harvard
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jason Vigilante, Princeton
 
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash — Dimitri Nicholson, Penn
200m dash — Jackson Clarke, Princeton
400m dash — Gregory Lapit, Harvard
500m dash — Ryan Matulonis, Penn
800m run — Samuel Rodman, Princeton
1,000m run — Collin Boler, Princeton
Mile — Damian Hackett, Cornell
3,000m run — Nicholas Bendtsen, Princeton
5,000m run — Nicholas Bendtsen, Princeton
60m hurdles — Shane Gardner, Penn
 
4x440 Yard Relay — Princeton: Kavon Miller, Jackson Clarke, Joey Gant, Anderson Dimon
4x880 Yard Relay — Princeton: Jordan Kaplan, Connor McCormick, Collin Boler, Samuel Rodman
DMR — Cornell: Colden Longley, Michael Mazero, Mario Xerri, Damian Hackett
 
High jump — Kampton Kam, Penn
Pole vault — Scott Toney, Penn
Long jump — Greg Foster, Princeton
Triple Jump — Daniel Falode, Harvard
Shot put — Brad Morell, Cornell
Weight throw — Kenneth Ikeji, Harvard
Heptathlon — Philip Kastner, Princeton
 
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash — Zachary Della Rocca, Princeton
200m dash — Zachary Della Rocca, Princeton
400m dash — Tomas Kersulis, Cornell
500m dash — Anderson Dimon, Princeton
800m run — J'Voughnn Blake, Dartmouth
1,000m run — Harrison Witt, Princeton
Mile — Connor McCormick, Princeton
3,000m run — Talha Syed, Columbia
5,000m run — Ben Rosa, Harvard
60m hurdles — Marcus Gillespie, Brown
 
4x440 Yard Relay — Penn: Dimitri Nicholson, Alec Jackson, Nayyir Newash-Campbell, Ryan Matulonis
4x880 Yard Relay — Harvard: Joe Ewing, Justin Levy, Ferenc Kovacs, Peter Diebold
DMR — Dartmouth: Davy Appleton, Liam Murphy, J'Voughnn Blake, Albert Velikonja
 
High jump — John McNeil, Brown
Pole vault — James Rhoads, Penn
Long jump — John McNeil, Brown
Triple Jump — Greg Foster, Princeton
Shot put — Obiora Okeke, Columbia
Weight throw — Brad Morell, Cornell
Heptathlon — Mark Skerl, Cornell