Underclassmen started off the day with a series of impressive performances. Freshman Mel Newbery ran the 3000m steeplechase for the first time, coming in second and besting the third-place finisher by 48 seconds. Newbery is also a staff writer for The Daily Princetonian.
The men’s 4x100m relay team — composed of freshmen Jason Reagor and Sebastian Steffen and sophomores Ricky Kearney and Ivan Charbonneau — took second with a season-best time of 41.68 seconds.
The men were just getting warmed up at that point.
Sophomore Austin Hollimon later took the 400m dash with a personal record of 46.80 seconds, and freshman Russell Dinkins won the 800m with his personal best, 1 minute, 49.88 seconds. Dinkins edged Fred Sharpe by 0.22 seconds.
Freshman Lauren Lewis kept up the women’s team’s momentum by coming in third in the 400m hurdles with a personal best of 1:02.70, nearly 2 seconds faster than her previous best.
In the field events, freshman Conor McCullough kicked off the competition by winning the hammer throw by tossing 67.93 meters.
Seniors Justin Frick and Ian Fox took the top two spots in the high jump with their best jumps of the season, 2.18 meters and 2.09 meters, respectively.
Freshman Tory Worthen finished off the women’s field events by winning the pole vault with a 3.85-meter effort.
Worthen is also a staff writer for the ‘Prince.’
After such a successful weekend at home, the Tigers will have more tough competition this weekend at the outdoor Heptagonal Championships.
The women’s team will be looking to achieve a “triple crown’ for the first time — three straight championships — after having won the cross-country championship in the fall season and the Ivy League title at the indoor Heptagonal Championships.
The men’s team will try to end Cornell’s dominance of the event: Though the Tigers finished second last year, the Big Red has won seven consecutive championships.
It will require hard work and determination, but a victory over the Big Red would give the men’s team a taste of revenge.
The team has finished in second place at Heps the last four seasons, and getting over the hump would be a good sendoff for the seniors.
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