Kelly Sets Ivy Record, Finishes 2nd at NCAA Indoor Championships

Saturday, March 9

Birmingham, Ala.

Princeton University

NCAA Championships

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Kelly Sets Ivy Record, Finishes 2nd at NCAA Indoor Championships

March 09, 2019 | Men's Track and Field

BIRMINGHAN, Ala. – Adam Kelly broke the Ivy League record in the weight throw (23.38m) to finish in second place at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships today.

Kelly gradually improved on each of his first four throws going from 21.47m to 22.57m. He also went from seventh place after his first try to fourth. After fouling on his fifth attempt, the senior's final throw went 23.38m, good for second behind North Dakota State's Payton Otterdahl (24.11m).

His throw (76-8.5 feet) topples Cornell's Rudy Winkler (76.6.25 feet) for the best mark in conference history.

Kelly's second place finish is the program's best status in the weight throw at the NCAA Championships since Dave Pellagrini took home the title in 1980.

It was an outstanding winter campaign for Kelly as he wrapped it up with his performance at the NCAA Championships. He was also named the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) Indoor Mid-Atlantic Regional Field Athlete of the Year and Ivy Heps Most Outstanding Male Field Performer as Princeton won its fifth straight indoor Heps crown.