Nico Weiler will be looking to improve upon his school-record mark in the pole vault this weekend (Ivy League Athletics).
Video: Heptagonal Championships Rewind
The Particulars
A week removed from a stellar showing at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships, the Harvard track and field team will send student-athletes to the ECAC/IC4A Championships this weekend at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center. A total of 17 competitors (10 men, seven women) will make the trip across town for the competition.
Harvard's Participants
Below is the list of Harvard's ECAC/IC4A participants and their event:
Men
Connor McCarthy, 60m
Damani Wilson, 200m
Jarvis Harris, 60HH
Jeff Homer, 800
Billy Looney, 1000m
Nephat Maritim, 800m
Connor Reck, 800m
Ryan Romain, 800m
Jon Sparks, High Jump
Nico Weiler Pole Vault
Women
Sydnie Leroy, Pole Vault
Ann Giebelhaus, High Jump
Adabelle Ekechukwu, Weight Throw
Danielle Barbian, 60m
Mary Hirst, High Jump
Autume Franklin, 200m
Gabrielle Scott, 200m
Last Time Out
A historic day for Harvard ended with the women's team claiming the Ivy League title, its first since 2000. The women's team produced four event champions between the two day competition and compiled a score of 117, its highest in program history at Heps. The women edged out Cornell, 117-112.66, and were one of just two teams to top the 100-point mark. The men's team recorded its best finish since its last Ivy title in 1985 with a third-place result. The Crimson men also yielded four event champions and totaled 86 points, its highest total since 1985.
All Ivy Accolades
Between the All-Ivy League first and second teams, the Crimson totaled 23 nods between its men's and women's teams. Here is the list of All-Ivy honorees:
First Team (Women)
400m dash – Gabrielle Scott
800m run – Erika Veidis
60m hurdles – Autumne Franklin
Weight throw – Adabelle Ekechukwu
Second Team (Women)
60m dash – Danielle Barbian
200m dash – Autumne Franklin
60m hurdles – Martina Salander
4 x 400m relay – Christi Scott, Gabrielle Scott, Olivia Abbate, Autumne Franklin
4 x 800m relay – Paige Kouba, Sammy Silva, Molly Renfer, Erika Veidis
High jump – Mary Hirst
Pole vault – Sydnie Leroy
Pentathlon – Mary Hirst
First Team (Men)
3,000m run – Maksim Korolev
Pole vault – Nico Weiler
Shot put – Dustin Brode
Weight throw – Ben Glauser
Second Team (Men)
60m dash – Connor McCarthy
Last Year's ECAC/IC4A Meet
The men placed sixth with a team score of 29, representing its best finish at the meet since 1981. The women's took tenth at ECACs, compiling 26.5 points over the two-day competition.
Andrew Ezekoye and Damani Wilson combined for three team points in the 60 meters, placing seventh and eighth, respectively, in the event finals. Darcy Wilson '12 posted a huge PR in the 800, taking second in the race in a time of 1:49.98, a personal-best by over two seconds, and the third-fastest mark in the event in program history. Connor Reck placed eighth in the event in 1:53.72, good for another team point for the Crimson.
The top performance at ECACs came from the women's distance medley relay. The quartet of Nicole Cochran '12, Erika Veidis, Meg Looney '12 and Kailyn Kuzmuk '12 shattered the school record in the event by more than six seconds and won the ECAC title by more than 10 seconds, posting a time of 11:27.55. Molly Renfer ran the second-fastest time in school history in the 500, recording a time of 1:14.14 to take eighth in the race.
On The Horizon
The 2013 indoor season wraps up March 8-9 in Fayetteville, Ark., at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
