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Women's Indoor Track and Field Update 1
Photo courtesy of Dartmouth Athletics Communications
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The indoor track and field
season is in full swing as all eight Ivy League teams have competed
in multiple events. Three squads are ranked in the top-10 of their
respective USTFCCCA regional polls and five are listed in the
regional rankings overall.
Here is a team-by-team look at the Ivy League squads this
season:
Brown
The Bears won nine titles during their season-opening event, the
Alden Invitational in Providence, R.I. Freshman Lauren
Waterbury won the 300-meter dash with a time of 40.75
seconds and sophomore Megan Palmer won the 600m title by crossing
the line in 1:37.43. The Bears finished 1-2-3 in the 4x400m relay,
as the first-place squad finished with a time of 3:58.81. At the
University of Rhode Island Sorlien Invitational in Providence,
R.I., Brown finished 1-2-3 in the 60m hurdles. Senior Susan
Scavone led the way with a time of 8.89 seconds. In the
Harvard Challenge in Cambridge, Mass., sophomore Margaret
Connelly and senior Ari Garber placed 1-2
in the one-mile run, crossing the line in 5:00.18 and 5:01.33,
respectively.
Next event: Friday, Jan. 27 at the New Balance
Games in Boston.
Columbia
The Lions are ranked No. 12 in the latest USTFCCCA Northeast
Regional poll. Columbia has competed in two events, placing fourth
out of six teams in the West Point Invitational and second in an
Ivy League tri-meet at Dartmouth. In Columbia’s first event
of the season, the team earned 77 points to finish ahead of
Williams and Rider. Senior Kyra Caldwell earned
two first-place finishes, winning the 400m with a time of 58.49 and
then serving as anchor for the 4x400m squad, which took the title
by crossing the line in 3:57.98. Freshman Madeline
Rathebun claimed first-place in the 500m run with a time
of 1:18.18 and sophomore Marvellous Iheukwumere
won the 200m title with a time of 25.81 seconds. In a tri-meet at
Dartmouth, Columbia won eight events and earned 63 points en route
to a second-place finish, ahead of Yale. Sophomore Tayler
Johnson won the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.01 seconds
and Iheukwumere took the 60m dash with a time of 7.72 seconds.
Junior Uju Ofoche won the long jump with a leap of
19-6.
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 28 at Saturday at the
Armory II in New York.
Cornell
The Big Red is No. 2 in the latest USTFCCCA Northeast Regional
rankings. Cornell opened its season by winning five events at the
Cornell Relays. Senior co-captain Melissa Hewitt
came within a half an inch of her personal-best in the long jump,
clearing 20-2 1/2, while also winning the 300m in 40.35. The team
won 12 events at the Southern Tier Collegiate Open at Barton Hall,
led by the triumphant return of junior Victoria
Imbesi, who competed for the first time since April after
her sophomore outdoor season was curtailed due to a serious
shoulder injury. She broke a 25-year-old school record in the shot
put with a massive heave of 48 1/2. Senior Molly
Glantz set the second-best NCAA mark this season in the
600m, turning in a time of 1:31.10. In the Nittany Lion Challenge,
Cornell took six of the top seven places in the 3,000m, led by
juniors Katie Kellner (first; 9:34.32) and
Genna Hartung (second; 9:41.57) who each set
personal records. The Big Red then placed first out of six teams in
the Upstate Challenge in Barton Hall, defeating Buffalo,
Binghamton, Syracuse, Ithaca College and Cortland. Cornell won five
events with 15 ECAC qualifying performances, scoring 214 points to
best Buffalo by 64.
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 28 at Armory Invite in
New York.
Dartmouth
The Big Green is ranked No. 6 in the latest USTFCCCA Northeast
Region poll. Dartmouth has placed first in three home events. The
team opened its season with the Dartmouth Relays, posting 161 team
points, outscoring the second-place team by more than 100 points.
Senior Alexi Pappas took the top spot in the mile,
finishing in 4:50.74, and the team took five of the top six spots
in the 800m, including the first four. Dartmouth then defeated
Maine, Rensselaer and Vermont with 70 team points. Sophomore
Megan Krumpoch took first in the 400m for the
second-straight event, crossing the line in 58.49. The Big Green
then hosted an Ivy League tri-meet and finished ahead of Columbia
and Yale. Sophomore Abbey D’Agostino set a
Dartmouth record in the mile when she finished in 4:38.44 and
qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in March in the
process. Her mark is currently the second-best in the NCAA this
season.
Next event: Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Terrier Classic in Boston.
Harvard
The Crimson has competed in two events so far this season. In the
Harvard Open, freshman Ashley Collinsworth
qualified for the finals in the 60m dash with a time of 7.76, the
sixth-fastest time in school history. She went on to place third
overall. In the women's triple jump, junior Olivia
Weeks eclipsed her personal best by .02 meters and
captured the event title. Her winning mark of 40-1 1/2 stands as
the third-best distance in program history. Junior Ashtynn
Baltimore captured another event for Harvard, qualifying
first in the 60m hurdles and taking the event in a time of 8.84,
just in front of sophomore teammate Olivia Abbate,
who placed second. In the second annual Harvard Challenge, the
Crimson took first with 86 points while leading the Ivy League to a
resounding 126-33 win over the Patriot League. Harvard finished 1-2
in both the 60m dash and the 200m dash and placed the top three
runners in the 500m. Freshman Gabrielle Scott took
first in both the 200m and the 500m with times of 25.70 and
1:14.61, respectively. Junior Mary Hirst recorded
a first-place ECAC mark in the high jump by clearing 5-9 3/4, while
Weeks (18-11 3/4) and Baltimore (18-8) each qualified for the ECACs
in the long jump.
Next event: Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Terrier Classic in Boston and Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Penn State National Open at University Park, Pa.
Penn
Penn is ranked No. 11 in the latest USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Regional
poll. The Quakers have competed in three events so far this season.
They opened their season at the Bison Opener in Lewisburg, Pa., and
saw senior Catherine Okoukoni win both the triple
jump and the long jump. She was nearly two feet better than her
nearest competitor in the triple jump, recording a leap of 38-4
3/4. Freshman Lydia Ali made headlines in the 60m
dash with a 7.66, finishing second overall and recording the
third-fastest time in program history. Penn then placed third out
of 15 teams in the NYRR Saturday Night at the Armory in New York
with 105.5 points, trailing Connecticut (163) and Hampton (113).
Seniors Victoria Strickland and Veronica
Salcido finished 1-2 in the 1,000m and fellow classmate
Renee McDougall reached the ECAC qualifying time
in the 400m when she won her heat and placed second overall. The
Quakers then finished in ninth-place out of 25 teams in the Great
Dane Classic in New York, recording a score of 33.4 points. Junior
Jillian Hart qualified for the ECAC Championships
and moved into a tie for third-place in the school record book with
a 11-9 3/4 mark in the pole vault to finish eighth overall.
Next event: Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Penn State National Open at University Park, Pa.
Princeton
The Tigers are ranked No. 3 in the latest USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic
Regional poll. Princeton has competed in two events this season,
both at home. In the New Year’s Invitational, two freshmen
won their first collegiate events in their first meets as
Tejumade Adewole was the champion in the 60m
hurdles with a time of 8.78 and Chukwunonso
Okwelogu won the shot put throwing to 41-10 3/4. Senior
Eileen Moran won the 60-meter dash with a time of
7.65. Princeton received 195 points and placed first out of four
teams in its Quad Meet, defeating St. John’s, Rutgers and
Saint Joseph’s. Moran won titles in the 60m dash (7.71) and
the 200m dash (25.18) and sophomore Imani Oliver
broke a 12-year-old Princeton record in the triple jump with a leap
of 40-9 3/4, besting the previous record of 40-9 set by
Nicole Springer in 1990.
Next event: Saturday, Jan. 28 at Saturday Night at
the Armory II in New York.
Yale
The Bulldogs opened their season with a pair of home events, the
Yale Season Opener and the Yale Invitational. Freshman
Emily Cable placed second in the 200m dash with a
time of 25.56, missing first-place by .01 seconds. Her mark is the
fifth-best in Yale history. The Bulldogs finished 1-2 in the 3,000m
race and took the top four spots in the 5,000m run. Sophomore
Sarah Barry won the 3,000 with a time of 9:59.97
and junior Victoria Flannery took the 5,000 by
crossing the line in 18:41.80. Yale took home four first-place
finishes in its Invitational, as senior Lindsey
Raymond (mile), senior Alexa Monti (60m),
junior Annelies Gamble (800m) and sophomore
Emily Urciuoli (pole vault) each recorded wins.
The Bulldogs then placed third behind Darthmouth and Columbia in
the Big Green’s Ivy League Tri-Meet, recording 41 points.
Next event: Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the
Terrier Classic in Boston.
