Men’s Track and Field Wins Two Titles on Day One of Heps

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January 30, 12AM

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Day 1 Results

NEW YORK – The Princeton University men's track and field team put on a dazzling display on day one of the Ivy League Indoor Championships. The Tigers collected two titles and had 19 athletes qualify for finals tomorrow.

Princeton currently sits in first place with 38 points.

Aviram Shwarzbard took home the long jump title, leaping a meet record distance of 7.78 meters. That mark lands Shwarzbard second all-time in school history.

Sondre Guttormsen claimed the title in the pole vault with a meet record distance of 5.46 meters. Simen Guttormsen (5.31 m) was second, followed by Will Drury (5.15 m) in fourth.

In the 3000 meters, Ed Trippas finished third with a time of 8:02.40. Meanwhile, Kevin Berry (8:04.69) placed eighth and Matthew Farrell (8:07.33) took ninth.

Paul Brennan placed ninth in the weight throw with a toss of 17.73 meters.

Christian Brown (7.96) and Jovan Aigbekaen (8.17) both advanced to the 60-meter hurdles final.

Four Tigers advanced to the 60-meter finals. Simang'aliso Ndhlovu placed first and set a new program record, clocking in at a blazing 6.67. Finishing in second was Daniel Duncan, who tied his personal best of 6.71. Ibrahim Ayorinde took third (6.75), followed by Gregory Sholars (6.77) in fifth.

Ayorinde set a new program record with a blistering pace of 21.14 in the 200-meter prelims. Duncan (21.36) and Sholars (21.64) also qualified for finals in the event.

Michael Phillippy ran a 46.93 to qualify for the 400-meter finals.

In the 500 meters, both Andersen Dimon (1:03.57) and William Doyle (1:03.73) advanced to the finals. Dimon's time lands him 10th all-time in school history.

Qualifying for the 800-meter finals, Ethan Reese and Sam Ellis turned in times of 1:52.05 and 1:53.41 respectively.

Harrison Witt and Duncan Miller both advanced to 1000-meter finals, adding their names to the Princeton record book in the process. Witt's time of 2:22.05 places him third all-time in school history, while Miller's mark of 2:24.02 puts him tenth all-time in school history.

The Tigers went one-two-three in the mile qualifying round, with Daniel O'Brien (4:03.87) nabbing the top spot, followed by Nicholas Bendsten (4:04.86) in second and Sam Ellis (4:04.97) in third.

Andrei Iosivas sits in first place with 3502 points after one day of competition in the heptathlon. Iosivas placed first in every event, including the 60 meters (6.80), long jump (7.55 m), shot put (15.55 m) and high jump (1.97 meters).

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