FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – Harvard's
Tito Alofe earned the men's high jump national title while 12 Ivies claimed First Team All-America honors as The Ivy League once again represented well at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Alofe claimed Harvard's first-ever national title in the men's high jump, clearing the first three heights of 2.10m, 2.15m, and 2.18m all on his second attempts. Then, Alofe clearedn 2.21m on his second attempt and then claimed the title at 2.24m, clearing the bar on his second try. A two-time Ivy League champion in the men's outdoor high jump, Alofe is only the second student-athlete in Ivy League history to win the indoor men's high jump national title.
12 Ivies earned First-Team All-America honors as Alofe's classmate,
Sophia Gorriaran, claimed All-America First Team honors for the second time in her Crimson tenure in the 800m, finishing in eighth place with a time of 2:03.02.
After claiming the Ivy League long jump title, Princeton's
Greg Foster took home fourth place at NCAAs, leaping to a mark of 8.13m, making him one of just six jumpers to cross 8.00m on the day. Foster's teammate,
Joe Licata, placed sixth in the men's shot put, to earn First Team All-America honors with a personal-best throw of 20.09m. Then, the Tigers' quartet of
Jonathan York,
Xavier Donaldson,
Kavon Miller, and
Joey Gant placed sixth in the men's 4x400m relay with a time of 3:04.89.
For the Princeton women, jumpers
Alexandra Kelly and
Georgina Scoot both earned First-Team All-America honors, Kelly in the long jump and Scoot in the triple jump. Kelly set a new personal-best of 6.54m to take home the bronze while Scoot broke her own Ivy League record with a 13.47m jump to take sixth place.
For Penn, the freshmen duo of
Jessica Oji and
Tiago Socarras both earned First Team All-America honors after capturing Ivy League titles a few weeks ago. Oji placed seventh in the women's shot put (17.66m) while Socarras took home fourth place in the men's 800m with a time of 1:46.97.
Princeton's
Myles Hogan finished 10th in the 5000m with a time of 13:50.62 while his teammate
Connor McCormick placed 13th in the mile. Both Tigers earned Second Team All-America honors. Also competing in the mile with McCormick, Cornell's
Pierre Attiogbe placed 12th to also take home Second Team All-America honors.