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Brown — The Bears posted fast-improving marks across the board at Yale’s Giegengack Invitational this weekend, highlighted by several league-leading performances … The women captured wins in seven events, beginning on the track with senior Ariel Wright and freshman Bree Shugarts … The pair claimed first and second in the mile in league-leading times (and personal bests) of 4:53.10 and 4:56.15, Wright with a commanding lead from the start and Shugarts with a furious closing kick … Wright’s effort eighth fastest in Brown history … Sophomore Rosie Fleming executed a tactically sound 1k for the win … Freshman Olivia Thomas won the 500m in 1:16.55, Brown’s seventh-fastest all-time run … Sophomore Susan Scavone was victorious in the 60m hurdles (9.01) and senior Jasmine Chukwueke was runner-up in the 400m in a solid 56.80 … The women continued their display of strength in the field events as well, where junior Gabriela Baiter won the triple with a league-best leap of 39-4 … Junior Brynn Smith and senior Dani Grunloh trumped the field in the shot, both heaving a league-dominating 49-6 1/2 to take first and second … Freshman Hannah Wallace tied for first in the pole vault, and senior Anja Hergreuter was runner-up in the high jump … On the men’s side, sophomore Matt Duffy lit up the track in the mile to PR and post a league-leading 4:08.66 … Sophomore Anthony Schurz competed well in the 800m, finishing in a personal-best 1:53.78, and junior Brian Schilder finished high in his first attempt at the 1k (2:28.56) … In field events, senior Andrew Chapin finished first of collegiates in the triple with a jump of 47-8 (2nd overall) … Senior Bryan Powlen continued to show his strength in the shot with another high finish in the shot with a throw of 53-3 3/4, which was first among collegians, third overall. (Report filed by Rachel Baker)

Columbia — The Lions — both men and women — competed at the New Balance Armory Invitational this past weekend and continued a streak of strong performances … The women showed their prowess in the field events once again, led by a stellar performance from freshman standout Dora Vegvari, who catapulted herself into the school record books with a 19-6 1/4 long jump … That was good enough for third place in the event and currently places her second overall in the Ivy League (just about an inch from the top spot) … Finishing not too far behind was classmate Uju Ofoche, who jumped 19-2 … Also making some noise in the triple jump event was school record holder sophomore Uzunma Udeh, who placed 3rd with a leap of 39-1 … On the track, notable highlights on the women’s side included a solid sixth-place showing (9:40.81) for Jackie Drouin in the 3,000m championship race and a seventh place (2:11.88) for Serita Lachesis in the 800m race … The women’s 4x400m team also knocked another second off of their school record set last weekend, running 3:41.19  … On the men’s side, Kyle Merber stole the show in the 3,000m with a fifth-place finish and a new PR to boot (a League-best 8:09.01) … That time ranks Merber second in Columbia history, just seconds behind the legendary Steve Sundell. (Report filed by Gerry Groothuis)

Cornell — The Big Red ventured to Penn State University this weekend for the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup and both squads took third overall in strong fields … The women, which finished behind both Penn State and Auburn, boasted a number of great performances … The two event wins came from sophmore Melissa Hewitt, who clocked 7.50 in the 60 dash, and senior captain Stephanie Pancoast, who won the 5000m in 16:58.49) … Those two as well as junior Kim Standridge (second in the 800m, 2:09.82), freshman Kelsey Karys (second in the 3000m, 9:41.78) and junior Mecha Santos (13th in the 60m, 7.76) all made new entry into Cornell’s top 10 all-time list  … Karys’ time was good enough for the 26 year-old freshman 3000 meter record … Coach Nathan Taylor’s men finished behind Princeton and Penn State … A big story to come out of the meet was told in the triple jump pit from a battle between teammates … The result was a 1-2 finish between Gary Jones (49-9) and senior captain Duane Teixeira’s (49-5 1/4) … However, the rest of the team was not to be overshadowed … Like the women, there were a number of top 10 all-time performances, including sophomore Danny Hagberg (second in the 60m hurdles, 8.15), sophomore Kenny McClain (second in the 400m, 48.06), senior Owen Kimple (second in the 3000, 8:27.61 8:12.06), freshman Bruno Hortelano-Roig (ninth in the 60m, 6.94) and sophomore Chase Aaronson (11th in the 60m, 7.0). (Report filed by Kate Murdoch)

Dartmouth — How does double winner at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic, Natalie Stoll, celebrate her sweep of the 200m (26.10) and 400m dashes (57.60)? … She leads the 4x400m relay to victory in 3:55.99 … Teammate Malina Simmers had a spectacular day in the triple jump, bounding out to 38-6 to win the event and move up to No. 4 on Dartmouth’s all time list … The Green enjoyed a 1-2-3 sweep in the pole vault with first-place honors going to frosh Karla Verkow at 10-11 3/4 … She was followed by senior Hannah Raila and Lauren LaDolcetta … Rookie Emmaline Berg continued her hot throwing in the shot as her winning effort of 45-6 1/4 was five feet better than all others … Senior captain Ted Lesher didn’t just win two individual events at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic, he won both in season best performances — 8.39 in the hurdles and 48-1 3/4 in the triple jump … Meanwhile Dave Irving provided some early meet excitement for the home team by throwing the weight 61-7, which is the top mark in the League this winter … As is becoming commonplace, the Green dominated the sprints taking both the 60m and 200m dashes … Connor Reilly took the straightaway in 6.93, a fast time that also has shown his amazing consistency … Teammate Muhammed Abdul-Shakoor was a very close runner-up in the dash (6.94) and an easy winner in the 200 (22.54) … Tyler Ford, bouncing back from injury, won the 500m in 1:06.34 in his first race in about a month … In alumni news, the latest issue of Track & Field News named Adam Nelson as “Shot putter of the Decade.” (Report filed by Barry Harwick)

Harvard — The Crimson has a very successful weekend at their home track, where both squads won the annual Battle of Beantown trophies … The men successfully defended their title by defeating strong Boston College, Northeastern and Boston University squads … Led by the field squad, Jack Brady, Ablorde Ashigbi, and Eric Clayman placed 1-3-4 in the weight throw while Kenneth Wang Kan won both the long and triple jumps … Brady (58-8 /4) and Ashigbi (56-4 1/2) threw far enough to qualify for IC4As while Wang Kan’s best leap in the triple jump (47-1 3/4) will also extend his season … Brian Hill (1:03.97) and Justin Grinstead (1:04.94)  came 1-2 in the 500m, both IC4A qualifiers … Jeremy Gilmour (3000m) and the IC4A-qualifying mile relay (Robbie Paris, Grinstead, Jeff Homer and Hill) were the other Crimson champions for the day … For the Crimson women, the trophy title came down to the mile relay, where anchor Carlyle Davis edged out Boston College for the relay win in ECAC qualifying time … The other relay members were Magda Robak, Jasmine Cho and Shannon Conway … But the individual star of the afternoon was freshman Ashtynn Baltimore, who rewrote the record books in both the 60m hurdles (8.43) and the long jump (19-7 1/2) by establishing the second fastest and furthest marks in school history … Baltimore’s hurdle time also provisionally qualifed her for NCAAs, becoming the first Crimson to qualify in the hurdles in Brenda Taylor in 2000 … In fact, only Taylor, later an Olympics finalist, has run faster in 60m hurdlers as an Ivy Leaguer … Meanwhile, Davis set a school record in the 500m dash, by winning the event in 1:13.60 … Melissa Bellin ran the fourth-fastest 500m dash time in school history (1:15.45) to take third … The other Crimson win came in the triple jump, where Olivia Weeks qualified for ECACs with her leap of 39-3. (Report filed by Mary Boggs, who also covered the Boston Indoor Games)

Penn — The Quakers have a new star in freshman Tim Carey, who posted victory in the 400-meter dash at the 15-team Giegengack Invitational at Yale University last weekend … Carey’s time of 49.01 was not just an IC4A qualifier, it is one of the 10 fastest indoor times in school annals … Coach Charlie Powell’s distance medley relay of James Finucane, Taylor Neason, Brian Fulton and Luke Grau had the best time of the year (10:03.88) in taking third … It was an IC4A qualifier as well … The women traveled to the New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the New York City Armory and the best performance was the 4×200-meter relay — consisting of senior Halloran Cope, soph Kesi Irvin, junior Kali Strother and rook Nony Onyeador … That foursome hit the line in 1:44.29, less than a quarter-second slower than the school record … Freshman Charlotte Pope had her best weight throw as a Quaker, pushing it to 51-3 … That mark is now seventh on Penn’s all-time list … Sophomore Paige Madison turned in a 56.81 winning effort in her heat of the 400-meter dash.

Princeton — The men won the Sykes-Sabock Challenge at Penn State over the weekend with 111 points to second-place Penn State’s 83, becoming the first school from a non-BCS conference to win the meet … Sophomore Austin Hollimon came through in a big way with an NCAA provisional mark of 47.03, winning the 400m by over a full second … That makes him the fourth-fastest performer in Heps indoor history … Tiger freshman went 1-2-5 in the 800m — Peter Callahan (1:51.46), Russell Dinkins (1:51.55) and Michael Palmisano (1:53.16) … In the closest race of the weekend, junior Kyle Soloff edged sophomore Donn Cabral by less than half of one one-hundredth for the win in the mile, 4:08.283 to 4:08.287 … In the 3000m run, sophomore Brian Leung made his season debut finishing third in 8:14 with sophomore Trevor VanAckaren in fifth at 8:17 … Sophomore Max Kaulbach won the 5k in 14:34, with freshman Mike Franklin and senior Ted Price following in 3-4 with 14:44 and 14:46 … Senior Justin Frick cleared the NCAA provisional mark yet again with a high jump of 7-0 1/4 … The women’s team left most distance runners at home and sent a few to New Balance over the weekend, but the team at Penn State was picked up by strong performances in the field … Junior Thanithia Billings set a school record in the weight throw, finishing third in 57-1 … She also placed second in the shot put with a toss of 46-7 1/2 … Freshman Tory Worthen won the pole vault in 13-0 while junior K.C. Wade cleared 5-5 in the high jump … Sophomore Eileen Moran clocked 7.72 in the 60m and later led the 4×400 to a 3:48 showing with her mid-55 leg … At the Armory, senior Alexa Glencer was second in the 3k in 9:48. (Report filed by Tyler King)

Yale — Seniors impressed a home crowd in their last chance to compete in Coxe Cage at the Giegengack Invitational, an event named in honor of USA Track & Field Hall of Fame inductee Bob Geigengack, who coached Yale for 29 years … He was an Olympic coach in both Melbourne (1956) and Tokyo (1964) … The Friday-Saturday meet was kicked off with solid IC4A/ECAC qualifying times from both the men’s and women’s distance medley relays … On the men’s side, seniors Chris Labosky (1200), David Soiles (400), and Kevin Brown (1600) teamed up with freshman Chris Ramsey (800) for a time of 10:02.24 in what started off as a tactical race … The women were equally impressive as their team of Kate Grace (1200), Claudia Duncan (400), Annalies Gamble (800) and Liya Assefa held off the competition for a wire to wire victory in 11:47.22 … Sophomore Matt Bieszard cruised to an indoor personal best in the 200, with a time of 22.27, moving him into Yale’s top 10 all-time … Mike Levine, the League’s top freshman weight thrower placed second with a throw of 54-3 1/4 … Saturday, too, was marked by spectacular performances for the bulldog men … For the second week in a row Labosky, the cross country captain, shaved time off his indoor 800 meter personal best, this time to 1:51.07, a mark that places him fourth on Yale’s all-time list … Sophomore Conor Dooney opened up his indoor season with an IC4A qualifying time of 4:12.39 in his first ever mile … Men’s track captain Jeff Perrella capped the men’s meet with a remarkable IC4A qualiying 3,000-meter run finishing fifth with a time of 8:18.68 … On the women’s side, Kate Grace continued her unbeaten streak with a narrow wire to wire victory in the women’s 800 running an ECAC qualifying time of 2:11.80 … Freshman Adele Jackson Gibson had yet another week of solid performances running 7.78 in the 60m dash and also reaching 18-3 in the long jump … Both marks are just short of ECAC qualifying … Perhaps the most impressive performance for the women came from senior Alex Cadicamo, who finally cracked the 10 minute barrier in the 3,000m with an ECAC-qualifying time of 9:52.45 … The women’s meet was topped off by a victory in the 4x400m relay, in which Allison Rue, Annalies Gamble, Claudia Duncan, and Kate Grace combined for a time of 3:52.54. (Report filed by Murat Kayali)