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Bragg Sets Record with #IvyHeps Title; Tigers in the Hunt
May 07, 2016 | Men's Track and Field
Results
Team scores after five events: Cornell 45, Princeton 43, Penn 29, Dartmouth 15, Brown 8, Yale 6, Columbia 5, Harvard 4.
Qualifiers headed into tomorrow: Cornell 17, Princeton 14, Columbia 7, Brown 5, Dartmouth 5, Penn 4, Yale 3, Harvard 3.
PRINCETON, N.J. (5/7/16) – Senior Adam Bragg spotlighted Day 1 of the 2016 Ivy League Heptagonal Championships for the Princeton men's track & field team, with not only a meet record but an Ivy League record in the pole vault.
Bragg cleared 5.53 (18-1.75) to win his second consecutive outdoor pole vault title. He takes over the top spot on the all-time performance list in the league, held for the last 23 years by Penn's Mamadou Johnson of 18-1.25. A new Princeton school record as well, this is not a PR for the senior who reached a PR of 5.65 (18-6.50) during the indoor season as he competed as an unattached athlete. He also owns the Princeton record indoors as well at 5.41 (17-9) from 2015. Bragg pushed himself to clear 5.70 but would't make it over this afternoon.
In second place was sophomore August Kiles. Kiles cleared 5.11 (16-9.25) on his first attempt at the height. He was the indoor Heps champion and runner-up last spring.
In the first event of the day, freshman Adam Kelly took second in the hammer throw. He had a mark of 67.50 (221-5) reached on his fourth attempt of the afternoon, while also hitting 62.53, 65.15 and 65.23.
Junior Vic Youn was sixth with a toss of 58.10 (190-7). He had marks of 54.50, 57.45, 57.46, 56.54, 56.37 before releasing his best throw on his final attempt.
The Tigers claimed nine events in the event in which Cornell's Rudy Winkler posted a meet record of 75.10 (246-5) to get 10 points.
Senior co-captain Jake Scinto jumped to 7.11 (23-4) to take fifth in the long jump. He reached the mark on his third attempt, while also leaping to 6.95, 7.00, and 6.97 twice.After the three events, Princeton and Cornell found themselves tied at 29-29, and neither would push ahead after the discus as each team picked up six points.
Juniors Chris Cook and Jared Bell went 4-5 in the event. Cook threw to 54.48 (178-9) on his final throw of the day. He also had throws of 51.55, 48.39 and 51.67. Bell reached 53.14 (174-4) on his second throw to score in his first Heps. He also found 51.86, 52.13, 52.73 and 52.66. Sophomore Mitchel Charles didn't make the finals after fouling on two of his three throws.
In the final event of the day, the men's 10k it was a wide open race down to the wire. There was a lead pack with a six different colored jerseys in it. Senior Michael Sublette turned on the jets on the final turn and out-kicked three runners to the finish to take second at 29:43.14. Cornell's Ben Rainero won the race at 29:41.73, with Yale's Kevin Dooney third at 29:43.38 and Dartmouth's Daniel Salas fourth at 29:43.54.
In the qualifying races, both Tigers in the 1500 prelims qualified for the finals. Sophomore Garrett ran the fourth best time and second in his heat at 3:54.33, while senior Luke Brahm was eighth overall and fourth in his heat at 3:54.90. Princeton got both of its 800 runners qualified for the finals as well. Sophomore Noah Kauppila won heat 1 at 1:51.60 and sophomore Joshua Ingalls was fourth in heat 2 at 1:51.10.
Senior co-captain Greg Caldwell advances in the 110-meter hurdles with the second-best time overall at 14.31.
The indoor 400 champion, junior Ray Mennin looks to make it a winter-spring sweep after running 47.86 to qualify for the final.
Akosa will have his work cut out for him in the 200, as he will be up against four Big Red in the final. Akosa won this event indoors and was third last spring. He had the second-best time today at 21.20.
It will be a fascinating 100 final tomorrow as Princeton qualified three, Cornell four and Brown has one in the eight-man final. Sophomore Carrington Akosa ran a PR of 10.62, and will run with freshman Charles Volker, the indoor 60 champion, who also ran a PR of 10.78. They'll be joined by freshman Josh Billington who clocked 10.75.
Another interesting event will be the 400-hurdles. Princeton has four of eight in the finals, while Dartmouth has three and Cornell has one. Junior Greg Leeper won heat 1 at 53.02, with sophomore Spencer Long running a PR of 52.63. Freshman Christian Fryer-Davis had the fifth-best time at 53.13, followed by senior Jordan Myers at 53.50.
After five events of the decathlon, senior Bryan Oslin is in fifth place with 3,509 points and sophomore James Burns is seventh with 3,178.
Day 2 begins tomorrow at 10 a.m., with the javelin throw. The first track event is the steeplechase at noon.