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Princeton Wins 20th #IvyHeps Indoor Championship
February 26, 2017 | Men's Track and Field
Results
Team Scores: 1) Princeton 147, 2) Cornell 101, 3) Dartmouth 82, 4)Yale 78, 5) Penn 65, 6) Harvard 58, 7) Columbia 56, 8) Brown 32.
NEW YORK, N.Y. (2/26/17) - The Princeton men's track & field team won its 20th Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championship and third straight indoor title, with a 46-point advantage over second-place Cornell.
Princeton and Cornell entered the final day of the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships tied with 28 points, as fans were buckled in in what looked to be another fight between the two teams for the title.
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In the end the Tigers scored 135 points, an incredible 42 points better than Cornell's 93.
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The Big Red took a six-point lead over Princeton in the first event of the afternoon, and gained ground in the 60-meter hurdles with a 10-point advantage pushing the Tigers into third, with Yale squeaking into second.
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Freshman Joey Daniels clocked 8.05 to finish fourth in the event and became an Ivy Heps scorer.
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In the 400, junior Josh Freeman ran a lifetime best of 48.18 (22.783, 25.390) as he pushed to get his team six points with a third-place finish.
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Senior Ray Mennin, who has battled with an injury all season, still managed to score in the 500. He clocked 1:04.56 (36.480, 28.075). After eight events it was now Yale in the lead with 49 points, Cornell with 47 and Princeton with 40.
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That's when the 60-meter dash happened.
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Junior Carrington Akosa and sophomore Charlie Volker stream rolled the competition with a 1-2 finish for the second straight year. With both running 6.89, the scorers had to reach into the thousandths to determine the winner and it was Akosa at 6.882, while clocked 6.889. Akosa and Volker's 18 points in the event pushed the Tigers back into the lead with 58 points, three ahead of Cornell's 55. However, it would all be joyous as Akosa suffered an injury during the race and was even being treated during the award ceremony. The injury was enough for Akosa to miss racing in the 200-meter final – an event he has won the last two seasons, just events later. Instead it was left up to Volker, who has run the event just twice – as the Orange & Black kept hope alive.
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Sophomore Franklin Aririguzoh brought some excitement back to the squad when he ran a PR in the 800 to finish in fourth place and keep the Tigers in the lead. Aririguzoh finished in 1:51.85 (26.626, 27.324, 29.040, 28.859). He was able to get by Brown's Zachary Lanigan in the final 200 meters to move from fifth to fourth place.
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Without any finalists in the 1k, Cornell was left at a disadvantage as the Tigers knew they could count on junior Noah Kauppila. Kauppila, who ran the fastest prelim time yesterday, ran quicker today and recorded a 2:25.07 to take second place give Princeton a nine-point lead over the Big Red.
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Now the 200 was on the track with Cornell having three men in the final, up against Volker. Volker crushed the section 1 final with a 21.68 – the fifth fastest time in program history. He would have to wait until section 2 which would feature just Penn's Calvary Rogers after Akosa had to drop out and Cornell's Jonathan Avery was disqualified with a false start. Rogers ran a meet record but Volker was the runner-up earning himself and his team another eight points as the score now stood 78-67.
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Sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh pushed the Tigers ahead even more as he took second in the triple jump with a PR of 15.58 (51-1.50). His personal best came on his third attempt though he also hit 15.40 on his fifth attempt as well. Amokwandoh has jumped to three PRs this season.
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Up next was the 5k, where Cornell had just one runner while Princeton brought in junior Rob Stone, captain of the cross country team senior William Bertrand and NCAA cross country championship qualifier freshman Conor Lundy. Lundy was in the front of the pack most of the race and didn't give up his spot as he took second at 14:19.20, in just his time competing in the 5k this season – as the Tigers held a 14-point lead over the Big Red 95-81.
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The lead was cut back to just 10 after the distance medley relay, 99-89. Princeton junior Garrett O'Toole led off with a 3:06.020 in the 1200 followed by sophomore Cole Bransford's 49.519 in the 400 as the Tigers were in third place. Junior Eric Schulz clocked 1:54.573 in the 800 before junior Zachary Albright closed with a 4:05.338 in the 1600 as the Tigers took fourth at 9:55.45.
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The hetptathlon scores came through with a win by Cornell's Austin Jamerson that put the Big Red just one point back from Princeton, 100-99 with just four events left. Freshman Justice Dixon finished sixth with a score of 4,804. Dixon was in seventh place after the first four events but pushed himself into scoring position with a win in the final event, the 1000.
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Princeton couldn't have impressed more in the final four events, outscoring Cornell 34-20.
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Junior Mitchel Charles and senior Christopher Cook went 1-2 in the shot put. Charles who was the runner-up last year beat out his teammate with a throw of a personal best throw of 17.94 (58-10.25). It came on his third attempt and is the seventh farthest throw in school history. Cook couldn't have been more pleased if he threw that shot himself, as he took second at 17.31 (56-9.50).
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The 4x800 relay was the runner-up to Columbia 7:33.28 to 7:32.88. Arirguzoh led off with a 1:58.267 while junior Kenan Farmer followed with a 1:53.367. Junior Josh Ingalls ran 1:49.981 in the third leg before Kauppila closed with a 1:49.981.
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While the high jump was still being contested, the final track event of the afternoon was the 4x400. And it was a big win by the Tigers as they moved ahead 135-93. Senior Jabari Johnson started the relay with a 49.545 before freshman Connor Matthews lap of 48.448. Freeman clocked 47.876 while Mennin finished with a 48.721 as Princeton led the entire way.
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All eyes were on the high jump, as Princeton's Xavier Bledsoe and Cornell's Myles Lazarou were doing battle. Bledsoe retained the title as indoor high champion with a clearance of 2.10 (6-10.75). Though Lazarou also cleared the same height and neither could get over 2.13 it was Bledsoe's work on 2.01 that helped give him the win. Bledsoe cleared all of his heights on his first attempt, while Lazarou hit a snag at 2.01 – needing a second attempt to make it over. Sophomore Andrew Diehl added to the total with a 2.04 (6-8.25) to take fifth as the Tigers grabbed 12 points in the final event.
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Team Scores: 1) Princeton 147, 2) Cornell 101, 3) Dartmouth 82, 4)Yale 78, 5) Penn 65, 6) Harvard 58, 7) Columbia 56, 8) Brown 32.
NEW YORK, N.Y. (2/26/17) - The Princeton men's track & field team won its 20th Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championship and third straight indoor title, with a 46-point advantage over second-place Cornell.
Princeton and Cornell entered the final day of the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships tied with 28 points, as fans were buckled in in what looked to be another fight between the two teams for the title.
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In the end the Tigers scored 135 points, an incredible 42 points better than Cornell's 93.
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The Big Red took a six-point lead over Princeton in the first event of the afternoon, and gained ground in the 60-meter hurdles with a 10-point advantage pushing the Tigers into third, with Yale squeaking into second.
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Freshman Joey Daniels clocked 8.05 to finish fourth in the event and became an Ivy Heps scorer.
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In the 400, junior Josh Freeman ran a lifetime best of 48.18 (22.783, 25.390) as he pushed to get his team six points with a third-place finish.
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Senior Ray Mennin, who has battled with an injury all season, still managed to score in the 500. He clocked 1:04.56 (36.480, 28.075). After eight events it was now Yale in the lead with 49 points, Cornell with 47 and Princeton with 40.
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That's when the 60-meter dash happened.
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Junior Carrington Akosa and sophomore Charlie Volker stream rolled the competition with a 1-2 finish for the second straight year. With both running 6.89, the scorers had to reach into the thousandths to determine the winner and it was Akosa at 6.882, while clocked 6.889. Akosa and Volker's 18 points in the event pushed the Tigers back into the lead with 58 points, three ahead of Cornell's 55. However, it would all be joyous as Akosa suffered an injury during the race and was even being treated during the award ceremony. The injury was enough for Akosa to miss racing in the 200-meter final – an event he has won the last two seasons, just events later. Instead it was left up to Volker, who has run the event just twice – as the Orange & Black kept hope alive.
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Sophomore Franklin Aririguzoh brought some excitement back to the squad when he ran a PR in the 800 to finish in fourth place and keep the Tigers in the lead. Aririguzoh finished in 1:51.85 (26.626, 27.324, 29.040, 28.859). He was able to get by Brown's Zachary Lanigan in the final 200 meters to move from fifth to fourth place.
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Without any finalists in the 1k, Cornell was left at a disadvantage as the Tigers knew they could count on junior Noah Kauppila. Kauppila, who ran the fastest prelim time yesterday, ran quicker today and recorded a 2:25.07 to take second place give Princeton a nine-point lead over the Big Red.
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Now the 200 was on the track with Cornell having three men in the final, up against Volker. Volker crushed the section 1 final with a 21.68 – the fifth fastest time in program history. He would have to wait until section 2 which would feature just Penn's Calvary Rogers after Akosa had to drop out and Cornell's Jonathan Avery was disqualified with a false start. Rogers ran a meet record but Volker was the runner-up earning himself and his team another eight points as the score now stood 78-67.
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Sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh pushed the Tigers ahead even more as he took second in the triple jump with a PR of 15.58 (51-1.50). His personal best came on his third attempt though he also hit 15.40 on his fifth attempt as well. Amokwandoh has jumped to three PRs this season.
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Up next was the 5k, where Cornell had just one runner while Princeton brought in junior Rob Stone, captain of the cross country team senior William Bertrand and NCAA cross country championship qualifier freshman Conor Lundy. Lundy was in the front of the pack most of the race and didn't give up his spot as he took second at 14:19.20, in just his time competing in the 5k this season – as the Tigers held a 14-point lead over the Big Red 95-81.
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The lead was cut back to just 10 after the distance medley relay, 99-89. Princeton junior Garrett O'Toole led off with a 3:06.020 in the 1200 followed by sophomore Cole Bransford's 49.519 in the 400 as the Tigers were in third place. Junior Eric Schulz clocked 1:54.573 in the 800 before junior Zachary Albright closed with a 4:05.338 in the 1600 as the Tigers took fourth at 9:55.45.
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The hetptathlon scores came through with a win by Cornell's Austin Jamerson that put the Big Red just one point back from Princeton, 100-99 with just four events left. Freshman Justice Dixon finished sixth with a score of 4,804. Dixon was in seventh place after the first four events but pushed himself into scoring position with a win in the final event, the 1000.
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Princeton couldn't have impressed more in the final four events, outscoring Cornell 34-20.
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Junior Mitchel Charles and senior Christopher Cook went 1-2 in the shot put. Charles who was the runner-up last year beat out his teammate with a throw of a personal best throw of 17.94 (58-10.25). It came on his third attempt and is the seventh farthest throw in school history. Cook couldn't have been more pleased if he threw that shot himself, as he took second at 17.31 (56-9.50).
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The 4x800 relay was the runner-up to Columbia 7:33.28 to 7:32.88. Arirguzoh led off with a 1:58.267 while junior Kenan Farmer followed with a 1:53.367. Junior Josh Ingalls ran 1:49.981 in the third leg before Kauppila closed with a 1:49.981.
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While the high jump was still being contested, the final track event of the afternoon was the 4x400. And it was a big win by the Tigers as they moved ahead 135-93. Senior Jabari Johnson started the relay with a 49.545 before freshman Connor Matthews lap of 48.448. Freeman clocked 47.876 while Mennin finished with a 48.721 as Princeton led the entire way.
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All eyes were on the high jump, as Princeton's Xavier Bledsoe and Cornell's Myles Lazarou were doing battle. Bledsoe retained the title as indoor high champion with a clearance of 2.10 (6-10.75). Though Lazarou also cleared the same height and neither could get over 2.13 it was Bledsoe's work on 2.01 that helped give him the win. Bledsoe cleared all of his heights on his first attempt, while Lazarou hit a snag at 2.01 – needing a second attempt to make it over. Sophomore Andrew Diehl added to the total with a 2.04 (6-8.25) to take fifth as the Tigers grabbed 12 points in the final event.
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