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Down to the Wire Princeton Wins 18th Ivy Heps Title
May 07, 2017 | Men's Track and Field
Results l Day 1 Recap
Team scores: Princeton 156, Cornell 149, Penn 86, Harvard 85, Dartmouth 64, Yale 63, Columbia 48, Brown 31.
Princeton claimed its 18th Ivy League Heptagonal Championship outlasting Cornell in a battle down to the final event, 156-149. Down one point heading into the final event, the decathlon, the Tigers were nearly assured of points with three in the event, while Cornell had none.
Those three freshmen decathletes proved to be a crucial coaching decision as Princeton claimed eight points for the title.
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Justice Dixon was second in the 1500, while Harry Lord was fourth guaranteeing Princeton the points it needed to surpass Cornell. After 10 events, Lord finished in third place with 6,538 points, while Dixon was fifth with 6,439 points. Lord was in fifth place at the start of the day. After taking fifth in the discus and fourth in the pole vault he was in third place with 5,222 points. He ended strong with a third-place showing in the javelin and then taking fourth in the 1500. Dixon moved up three places from a non-scoring spot of eighth and into fifth place as he hit another gear for the final four events. Sitting in eighth after the 110 hurdles, he was the runner-up in the discus to move into sixth. A fifth-place showing in the pole vault inched him one more position and into fifth. He was sixth in the javelin and then second in the 1500 to maintain fifth place and score points.
Junior Josh Freeman was another vital contributor to the finish. He helped the Tigers take third place in the final relay of the day, the 4x400 as he edged the Cornell runner at the finish to put the Tigers within that one point. Earlier in the afternoon he earned eight points on his own as he was the runner-up in the 400. He clocked a PR of 47.02, exactly one second off his previous best time.
The day began with the 4x100 of sophomore Charles Volker, sophomore Josh Billington, freshman JC Colangelo and freshman Joe McGrath taking third. The relay posted a time of 40.99
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Senior Xavier Bledsoe was the runner-up in the high jump to lock up eight points for the Tigers. He cleared 2.06 (6-9) on his first attempt at that height for his second second-place finish in a row.
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Princeton was able to gain ground on Cornell in the next three events, the 1500 the 110-meter hurdles and the discus, 32-6.
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Junior William Paulson was the runner-up in the 1500 clocking a 3:46.07. He was in sixth place at the bell and moved up four places closing with a 54.73. Junior Garrett O'Toole just missed a scoring spot by taking seventh at 3:48.16.
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Freshman Joey Daniels claimed the 110-meter hurdles title with a wind-aided 13.88 for his first Heps title.
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Junior Mitchel Charles and senior Jared Bell went 2-3 in the discus to claim 14 points to Cornell's two in the event. Charles threw 53.13 (174-3) on his second attempt. He also hit 50.24, 49.54, 51.71 and 51.46. Bell landed his third throw at 51.99 (170-7) while also finding 48.43 and 47.82 on his other two countable throws.
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Junior Carrington Akosa, who claimed 14 points in the 100 and 200 last season, entered the meet with a nagging injury and it kept him performing at his best this afternoon. It left the door open for Cornell to gain ground in the team standings. The Big Red outscored the Tigers 41-10 in the two events. Volker scored in both events as he was the runner-up in the 100 at 10.67 and took fifth in the 200 at 21.71.
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In the triple jump, sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh unleashed a PR of 15.71 (51-6.5) on his third attempt to finish third. He also landed on 15.28 and 15.51 to earn his team a big six points.
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The Tigers went 1-2 in the shot put to claim 18 points, for the second straight year. Senior Christopher Cook and Charles traded place as Cook won the event, his third Ivy League shot put title while Charles, last year's winner was the runner-up today. Cook launched his second throw to 17.62 (57-9.75) while Charles hit 17.54 (57-6.5) on his second attempt.
The championship, Princeton's second straight after claiming the indoor title is the 40th Ivy League title for The William M. Weaver Jr. '34 Head Coach of Men's Track & Field Fred Samara.
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Team scores: Princeton 156, Cornell 149, Penn 86, Harvard 85, Dartmouth 64, Yale 63, Columbia 48, Brown 31.
Princeton claimed its 18th Ivy League Heptagonal Championship outlasting Cornell in a battle down to the final event, 156-149. Down one point heading into the final event, the decathlon, the Tigers were nearly assured of points with three in the event, while Cornell had none.
Those three freshmen decathletes proved to be a crucial coaching decision as Princeton claimed eight points for the title.
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Justice Dixon was second in the 1500, while Harry Lord was fourth guaranteeing Princeton the points it needed to surpass Cornell. After 10 events, Lord finished in third place with 6,538 points, while Dixon was fifth with 6,439 points. Lord was in fifth place at the start of the day. After taking fifth in the discus and fourth in the pole vault he was in third place with 5,222 points. He ended strong with a third-place showing in the javelin and then taking fourth in the 1500. Dixon moved up three places from a non-scoring spot of eighth and into fifth place as he hit another gear for the final four events. Sitting in eighth after the 110 hurdles, he was the runner-up in the discus to move into sixth. A fifth-place showing in the pole vault inched him one more position and into fifth. He was sixth in the javelin and then second in the 1500 to maintain fifth place and score points.
Junior Josh Freeman was another vital contributor to the finish. He helped the Tigers take third place in the final relay of the day, the 4x400 as he edged the Cornell runner at the finish to put the Tigers within that one point. Earlier in the afternoon he earned eight points on his own as he was the runner-up in the 400. He clocked a PR of 47.02, exactly one second off his previous best time.
The day began with the 4x100 of sophomore Charles Volker, sophomore Josh Billington, freshman JC Colangelo and freshman Joe McGrath taking third. The relay posted a time of 40.99
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Senior Xavier Bledsoe was the runner-up in the high jump to lock up eight points for the Tigers. He cleared 2.06 (6-9) on his first attempt at that height for his second second-place finish in a row.
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Princeton was able to gain ground on Cornell in the next three events, the 1500 the 110-meter hurdles and the discus, 32-6.
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Junior William Paulson was the runner-up in the 1500 clocking a 3:46.07. He was in sixth place at the bell and moved up four places closing with a 54.73. Junior Garrett O'Toole just missed a scoring spot by taking seventh at 3:48.16.
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Freshman Joey Daniels claimed the 110-meter hurdles title with a wind-aided 13.88 for his first Heps title.
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Junior Mitchel Charles and senior Jared Bell went 2-3 in the discus to claim 14 points to Cornell's two in the event. Charles threw 53.13 (174-3) on his second attempt. He also hit 50.24, 49.54, 51.71 and 51.46. Bell landed his third throw at 51.99 (170-7) while also finding 48.43 and 47.82 on his other two countable throws.
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Junior Carrington Akosa, who claimed 14 points in the 100 and 200 last season, entered the meet with a nagging injury and it kept him performing at his best this afternoon. It left the door open for Cornell to gain ground in the team standings. The Big Red outscored the Tigers 41-10 in the two events. Volker scored in both events as he was the runner-up in the 100 at 10.67 and took fifth in the 200 at 21.71.
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In the triple jump, sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh unleashed a PR of 15.71 (51-6.5) on his third attempt to finish third. He also landed on 15.28 and 15.51 to earn his team a big six points.
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The Tigers went 1-2 in the shot put to claim 18 points, for the second straight year. Senior Christopher Cook and Charles traded place as Cook won the event, his third Ivy League shot put title while Charles, last year's winner was the runner-up today. Cook launched his second throw to 17.62 (57-9.75) while Charles hit 17.54 (57-6.5) on his second attempt.
The championship, Princeton's second straight after claiming the indoor title is the 40th Ivy League title for The William M. Weaver Jr. '34 Head Coach of Men's Track & Field Fred Samara.
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