Harvard’s Autumne Franklin accomplished a near impossible feat – she won two Indoor Heps titles within a span of 15 minutes. After going four-in-a-row in the 60m hurdles, she won the 400m in 54.60. Cornell’s Udeme Akpaete took the race out in 25.65 for the first 200m with Franklin and Dartmouth’s Jennifer Meech in tow. But in the final backstretch, Franklin began to make her move, running even with Akpaete on the final turn before bolting away in the final 50m. Franklin had no challenge in the final 50m and won her second title of the day.
Women 400m Finals 1 Franklin, Autumne SR Harvard 54.60@ 2 10 2 Akpaete, Udeme SR Cornell 55.34@ 2 8 3 Meech, Jennifer SR Dartmouth 55.64@ 2 6 4 Parker, Jaycee SR Columbia 56.55@ 1 4 5 Hennig, Taylor SR Penn 57.24 1 2 6 Steele, Elisa JR Princeton 57.31 1 1
The first heat of the men’s 500m had a photo finish at the line as it was three-wide: Cornell’s Justin Smith, Columbia’s Johanan Sowah, and Princeton’s Christian Fryer-Davis. After looking at the photo, Fryer-Davis stole the win in 1:04.88. But the second heat was faster. Brown’s Zach Emrich took the lead in the backstretch on the bell lap, holding off the defending champion Jeff Wiseman of Penn in the final 50m. Emrich wins in 1:03.09 to Wiseman’s 1:03.65.
Men's 500m Finals 1 Emrich, Zachery SO Brown 1:03.09@ 2 10 2 Wiseman, Jeff SO Penn 1:03.65@ 2 8 3 Cariati, Amos SO Dartmouth 1:04.73@ 2 6 4 Fryer-Davis, Christian FR Princeton 1:04.87@ 1 4 5 Smith, James SO Cornell 1:04.90@ 1 2 6 Sowah, Johanan JR Columbia 1:04.92@ 1 1
The women’s 500m final is loaded with Princeton’s Cecilia Barowski, Cornell’s Taysia Radoslav, and Harvard’s Jade Miller. Barowski was content to let the field go into the front at the end of the stagger but she wanted it at the bell (42.0). Barowski just extended her lead over the final 200m, winning in a new Barton Hall record of 1:11.34. Radoslav and Miller battled for 2nd in the final 150m, where Radoslav held her off to also go under the former facility mark.
Women 500m Finals 1 Barowski, Cecilia SR Princeton 1:11.34B 2 10 2 Radoslav, Taysia SO Cornell 1:12.75M 2 8 3 Miller, Jade JR Harvard 1:13.21@ 2 6 4 Gallup, Aliyah JR Dartmouth 1:14.86@ 1 4 5 Evans, Marissa SO Dartmouth 1:15.14@ 2 2 6 Noordam, Jeanine SO Brown 1:15.25@ 1 1
The men’s 60m final is where Cornell hopes to make up some ground on Princeton in the men’s team standings as they have 5 in the final to Princeton’s 2. But Princeton grabbed the top 2 spots with Charles Volker winning in 6.73 and Carrington Akosa getting the runner up in 6.80. Volker’s time is the second fastest in meet and conference history. Cornell finished 3-4-5-6 to grab all remaining points in the event.
Men 60m Finals 1 Volker, Charles FR Princeton 6.73* 10 2 Akosa, Carrington SO Princeton 6.80* 8 3 Hynes, Ryan SR Cornell 6.86@ 6 4 Weigel, Ryan SO Cornell 6.87@ 4 6.865 5 Paulino, Brailin SO Cornell 6.87@ 2 6.866 6 Beck, Alex FR Cornell 6.89@ 1
============================================================================= Men - Team Rankings - 11 Events Scored ============================================================================= 1) Princeton 93 2) Cornell 86 3) Dartmouth 49 4) Penn 29 5) Brown 28 6) Harvard 23 7) Yale 21 8) Columbia 12
The women’s 60m final will be a battle among the youth with three freshmen among the title contenders. But once again, it was a Harvard dominated event as their rookies Gabrielle Thomas and Ngozi Musa claimed the top 2 spots. Thomas won in 7.44 while Musa got 7.47. This is Thomas’ second title of this Indoor Heps – she still has the 200m and triple jump events to go. It was a blanket finish for 3rd to 6th – 7.52 to 7.56.
Women 60m Finals 1 Thomas, Gabrielle FR Harvard 7.44@ 10 2 Musa, Ngozi FR Harvard 7.47@ 8 3 Jones, Adrian JR Cornell 7.52@ 6 4 Shepard, Ellen SO Cornell 7.54@ 4 5 McCorkle, Taylor SO Penn 7.55@ 2 6 Whitehorn, Kaitlin SR Dartmouth 7.56@ 1
============================================================================= Women - Team Rankings - 10 Events Scored ============================================================================= 1) Harvard 95.50 2) Dartmouth 55 3) Cornell 51.50 4) Princeton 41 5) Penn 23 6) Brown 20 6) Columbia 20 8) Yale 4