The Princeton men have won the Mid-Atlantic Regional in University Park, Pa., scoring 53 points, followed by Villanova (61), Georgetown (78) and Penn State (99) as Brian Leung and Donn Cabral took fourth and fifth respectively, each with the same time of 30:11. With that performance, the Tigers will compete in the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., a week from Monday.

Yet another Tiger, Mark Amirault, finished ninth, just 11 seconds behind his teammates.

The Princeton women finished fourth in the Mid-Atlantic behind Villanova (29), Georgetown (40) and Penn State (91). The Tigers’ 102 points was far ahead of fifth-place West Virginia (152). Heps champion Alex Banfich was fourth individually for the Orange and Black in 20:04 while Sarah Cummings was 13th and Ashley Higginson 16th.

In the Northeast Regional in Madison, Conn., Harvard senior Dan Chenoweth was the top Ivy finisher, taking third place in 29:51.2, less than 15 seconds behind winner Leonard Korir of Iona. Syracuse (56) and Iona (63) easily claimed the automatic berths to the NCAA Championships while all six Heps teams were among the top 12. Dartmouth (138) and Columbia (146) had a great battle as the first Ivy team followed by Cornell and Brown. Yale’s Jeff Perrella (eighth) and Columbia’s Tom Poland (ninth) joined Chenoweth in the top 10 as Perrella nails down a spot in the Championship.

On the women’s side in the Northeast, Columbia sophomore Caroline McDonough finished fifth and led her Lions to a fifth-place finish with a time of 20:12.6. She was the only Heps runner among the top 10. The team battle was a close one all around as Syracuse (78) and Stony Brook (83) edged out Providence (87) and Boston College (92) for the automatic berths. Columbia in fifth was just three points ahead of Ivy rival Cornell, 206-209, as Big Red rookie Devin McMahon was 11th overall.

MID-ATLANTIC REGION
Men’s Top 10 Teams
1. Princeton, 53; 2. Villanova, 61; 3. Georgetown, 78; 4. Penn State, 99; 5. Navy, 183; 6. Penn, 199; 7. American, 217; 8. Duquesne, 263; 9. La Salle, 286; 10. Maryland, 321. Click for full results

Men’s Top 10 Individuals
1. Ayalew Taye (Georgetown), 30:05; 2. Kyle Dawson (Penn State), 30:06; 3. Vince McNally (Penn State), 30:07; 4. Brian Leung (Princeton), 30:11; 5. Donn Cabral (Princeton), 30:11; 6. Andrew Hanko (Navy), 30:15; 7. Matthew Kane (Villanova), 30:20; 8. Greg Kelsey (Maryland), 30:21; 9. Mark Amirault (Princeton), 30:22; 10. Mathew Mildenhall (Villanova), 30:23

Additional Top 50 Hepsters
16. Joe Stilin (Princeton), 30:37; 19. Max Kaulbach (Princeton), 30:50; 20. Chris Baird (Penn), 30:59; 22. Alejandro Arroyo Yamin (Princeton), 31:01; 37. Kyle Soloff (Princeton), 31:20; 38. Conner Paez (Penn), 31:23; 43. Luke Grau (Penn), 31:35; 44. Philip Cawkwell (Penn), 31:35

Women’s Top 10 Teams
1. Villanova, 29; 2. Georgetown, 40; 3. Penn State, 91; 4. Princeton, 102; 5. West Virginia, 152; 6. La Salle, 156; 7. Bucknell, 290; 8. Penn, 308; 9. Lehigh, 322; 10. Navy, 329. Click for full results

Men’s Top 10 Individuals
1. Sheila Reid (Villanova), 19:34; 2. Emily Infeld (Georgetown), 19:50; 3. Megan Hogan (George Washington), 19:58; 4. Alex Banfich (Princeton), 20:04; 5. Bogdana Mimic (Villanova), 20:05; 6. Amanda Marino (Villanova), 20:09; 7. Alison Smith (Villanova), 20:10; 8. Emily Jones (Georgetown), 20:22; 9. Madeline Chambers (Georgetown), 20:24; 10. Joanna Stevens (Georgetown), 20:30

Additional Top 50 Hepsters
13. Sarah Cummings (Princeton), 20:35; 16. Ashley Higginson (Princeton), 20:45; 24. Leslie Kovach (Penn), 21:11; 37. Theresa Devine (Princeton), 21:45; 39. Abby Levene (Princeton), 21:48; 40. Alexis Mikaelian (Princeton), 21:49

NORTHEAST REGION
Men’s Top 10 Teams
1. Syracuse, 56; 2. Iona, 63; 3. Providence, 113; 4. Dartmouth, 138; 5. Columbia, 146; 6. Cornell, 232; 7. Boston U., 239; 8. Brown, 240; 9. UMass, 264; 10. Marist, 288. Click for full results

Additional Heps Teams: 11. Yale, 304; 12. Harvard, 327

Men’s Top 10 Individuals
1. Leonard Korir (Iona), 29:36.9; 2. Lee Carey (Providence), 29:48.5; 3. Daniel Chenoweth (Harvard), 29:51.2; 4. Matthew Bayley (Iona), 29:54.3; 5. Dominic Channon (Providence), 29:55.6; 6. Forrest Misenti (Syracuse), 29:55.7; 7. Mitch Goose (Iona), 30:03.8; 8. Jeff Perrella (Yale), 30:04.2; 9. Tom Poland (Columbia), 30:04.6; 10. Patrick Dupont (Syracuse), 30:04.7

Additional Top 50 Hepsters
13. Nate Edelman (Cornell), 30:17.4; 17. Adrien Dannemiller (Cornell), 30:24.2; 18. Ethan Shaw (Dartmouth), 30:25.6; 19. Phil Royer (Dartmouth), 30:31.2; 22. Matt Duffy (Brown), 30:38.4; 24. Tom Robbins (Dartmouth), 30:42.5; 26. Jake Sienko (Columbia), 30:50.0; 28. Matt De Silva (Cornell), 30:51.2; 29. Justin Heck (Columbia), 30:51.4; 33. Adam Doherty (Dartmouth), 30:58.0; 37. Anthony Merra (Columbia), 31:04.0; 42. Julian Sheinbaum (Yale), 31:14.0; 43. Michael Stumpf (Brown), 31:15.2; 44. Jonathan Gault (Dartmouth), 31:15.4; 45. Dustin Martin (Columbia), 31:15.6; 47. Peter Jankovsky (Dartmouth), 31:18.3

Women’s Top 10 Teams
1. Syracuse, 78; 2. Stony Brook, 83; 3. Providence, 87; 4. Boston College, 92; 5. Columbia, 206; 6. Cornell, 209; 7. Brown, 226; 8. Dartmouth, 271; 9. New Hampshire, 273; 10. Boston U., 315. Click for full results

Additional Heps Teams: 11. Yale, 323; 14. Harvard, 389

Men’s Top 10 Individuals
1. Lucy Van Dalen (Stony Brook), 19:38.4; 2. Holly Van Dalen (Stony Brook), 19:42.0; 3. Shelby Greany (Providence), 19:56.4; 4. Corey Conner (Maine), 19:57.3; 5. Caroline McDonough (Columbia), 20:12.6; 6. Elise DeRoo (Colgate), 20:16.3; 7. Caroline King (Boston College), 20:17.6; 8. Annie Keown (Stony Brook), 20:19.6; 9. Lauren Penney (Syracuse), 20:20.3; 10. Hayley Green (Stony Brook), 20:22.8

Additional Top 50 Hepsters
11. Devin McMahon (Cornell), 20:23.9; 18. Margaret Connelly (Brown), 20:41.0; 23. Kelsey Karys (Cornell), 20:54.4; 32. Erin Hays (Columbia), 21:11.3; 33. Elizabeth Marvin (Yale), 21:12.2; 37. Hannah Rowe (Dartmouth), 21:17.0; 38. Amy Schuman (Dartmouth), 21:17.4; 42. Erin Gillingham (Columbia), 21:20.1; 43. Lauren Pischel (Brown), 21:20.5; 45. Genna Hartung (Cornell), 21:22.9; 46. Heidi Caldwell (Brown), 21:23.8; 48. Caitie Meyer (Dartmouth), 21:25.8

September 10

September 11
• Dartmouth & Yale at the Dartmouth Invitational
• Penn at the Fordham Fiasco (Van Cortlandt Park: New York, N.Y.)
• Princeton at the Spiked Shoe Invitational (University Park, Pa.)

September 12
Columbia at Vermont with Lipscomb

September 18
• Brown, Columbia, Harvard & Penn at the Iona Meet of Champions (Van Cortlandt Park: New York, N.Y.)
• Cornell at the Colgate Invitational
• Yale at the Quinnipiac Invitational

September 24
• Harvard at Yale

September 25
• Penn at the Delaware Invitational

October 1
• Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn & Princeton at the Paul Short Invitational (Bethlehem, Pa.)

October 2
• Harvard & Princeton at the Wisconsin Adidas invitational
• Dartmouth at the Keene (N.H.) Invitational

October 8
• Columbia at the Metropolitan Championships (Van Cortlandt Park: New York, N.Y.)

October 9
• Brown, Dartmouth & Yale at the New England Championships (Franklin Park: Boston, Mass.)

October 16
• Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard & Princeton at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (LaVern Gibson Course: Terre Haute, Ind.)
• Cornell, Penn & Yale at the National Invitational (University Park, Pa.)
• Brown & Harvard at the inaugural Rothenberg Race (Goddard State Park: Warwick, R.I.)

October 22
• Cornell hosts the Reif Memorial Run

October 23
• Yale at the Central Connecticut State Mini Meet

October 24
• Dartmouth & Harvard at the Mayor’s Cup (Franklin Park: Boston, Mass.)

October 29
••• Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Van Cortlandt Park: New York, N.Y.)

November 13
• NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (Madison, Conn.)
• NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (University Park, Pa.)

November 20
• IC4A/ECAC Championships (Van Cortlandt Park: New York, N.Y.)

November 22
• NCAA Championships (LaVern Gibson Course: Terre Haute, Ind.)

The rising Dartmouth sophomore was within four-tenths of a second of heat winner Pierre-Ambroise Bosse of France. American and University of Virginia star Robby Andrews was second with Russian Vasilly Sadilov in third.

Romaniw will next run in the semifinals on Saturday at 1:10 pm. He and Princeton hammer thrower Conor McCullough are the last Ivy Leaguers competing. McCullough is throwing in the qualifier right now and we should have information to share soon.

Did Cornell senior Erin Roberts achieve the unthinkable — a women’s four-minute mile?

Well, no. The 4:12.56 record of Svetlana Masterkova set in 1996 is safe for now, but Roberts did play a rather convincing Roger Bannister on the Iffley Road Track this week.

Penn and Cornell traveled to England together to tour the country and face Oxford and Cambridge. The Ivies were victorious against the Brits and folks from both schools have been sharing their stories about the trip. Click here for Penn and here for Cornell.

Delilah DiCrescenzo, Columbia

Peter Callahan, Princeton

Donn Cabral, Princeton

Morgan Uceny, Cornell

One former Leaguer — Dartmouth javelin thrower Sean Furey — claimed a national title with a throw of 262-0. He actually had some stiff competition from a rising senior from Brown, NCAA champion Craig Kinsley, who threw a career-best 256-3 for third place in the event.

“There were a lot of people with big PRs,” said Furey. “It was an interesting competition. My best throw was my last throw. My first throw was only six centimeters in difference. I came out and put a mark out there. I was technically trying to force it out there for a bit, I couldn’t quite seal the deal. Everyone was in a tight bunch the whole time. It was very good competition.”

Eight-time Heps high jump champion Tora Harris of Princeton took second with a clearance of 7-5. The winner, Jesse Williams of Nike, cleared the same height, but with fewer misses. Ageless wonder Adam Nelson, a 1996 graduate of Dartmouth, finished third in the shot put with a season-best 68-4 1/2.

Cornell graduate Morgan Uceny was fifth in the 800-meter (2:00.86) while Princeton rising junior Donn Cabral was seventh in the steeplechase in 8:37.35. Cabral was the NCAA runnerup in that event and is already among the all-great steeplers in League history.

In all, four Ivy Leaguers captured national titles in Des Moines. Brown grad Anna Pierce (1,500-meter run) and Furey were joined by national junior champions Conor McCullough (hammer throw) and Pete Callahan (1,500-meter run), both of Princeton.

I don’t remember the exact wording. But we were trying to enlist college students and graduates to join us for a college residential experience for more than 100 at-risk high school students in a program called X-Mester hosted by Vincennes University in southwest Indiana.

The goal was pretty simple. Surround the students with supportive mentors, structure their time wisely, share techniques and strategies for college success and apply high expectations. We figured that not only would the high school students have a lot to learn, but those who oversaw them would as well.

So we brought our recruitment to HepsTrack and, lo and behold, four of the 13 Fellows we wound up hiring were indeed Ivy League athletes — Princeton sprint football captain Adrian Colarusso, Ivy women’s baskeball player of the year Brittney Smith of Dartmouth, former All-Ivy tennis player Jessie Rhee of Yale and Princeton star wide receiver Trey Peacock.

Any of them would tell you that it wasn’t easy. In fact, I would bet that for most of them it was the toughest job they ever had. But they worked tirelessly for the better part of three weeks to change attitudes, demonstrate leadership and improve results.

It worked. Professors were amazed at the level of engagement of the students and grades were dramatically improved (most had begun the course online and completed it face-to-face). The students themselves saw the difference as well. About 70 percent of them reported that they had developed better study strategies and were better prepared for both college life and college success.

“It was so incredible to see the transformation in these kids,” said Jessie. “In the beginning there were a few speed bumps, but that just made the whole experience that much more worthwhile. I was challenged in terms of what I believed in and what I expected, and now I walk away enlightened… and even nostalgic.”

Thank you and congratulations to Adrian, Brittney, Jessie and Trey. You made a world of difference for young men and women like Moses, Sommer, Iman and LaRome. Enough if they yet don’t know it.

Eight of the 13 X-Mester Fellows (pictured above) competed in college athletics last year. Along the front row are Bobby Irwin (Baldwin Wallace tennis), LaTasha Dawson (Vincennes basketball), Jessie Rhee (Yale tennis) and Adrian Colarusso (Princeton sprint football). In the back row are Garnett Phelps (Eastern Kentucky football), Trey Peacock (Princeton football), Brittney Smith (Dartmouth basketball) and Kenya Kirkland (Georgetown basketball).

That’s because freshman Peter Callahan will join hammer thrower Conor McCullough after he claimed victory in the men’s 1,500-meter run at the U.S. Junior Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa. Callahan finished a second clear of his nearest competitor in 3:46.42.

“I think I was the only guy coming in with a qualifying time for Worlds so I was expecting people to push the pace, despite the heat,” said Callahan. “And guys went for it.”

Callahan credited his strength work for his confidence and his ability to win, regardless of the tactics applied by others.

“I’ve worked a lot this year… to be in a better position to go into that last lap. If you have a good kick, that’s great. But you’ve got to be close enough to use it,” he said. “This year I really worked hard on that strength [component] and ran cross country this fall which I’ve never done… More and more over the year I’ve kind of learned a lot about how to stay with the leaders.”

“I wanted to go [kick] with between 300 and 400 to go, but I was in a terrible position,” said Pierce. “But I ended up getting out and having a clear run from about 220 out. So the last 200 was great. I was worried I wasn’t going to catch her [Erin Donohue, the leader], but then the last 100, the crowd was really cheering and I really felt a good surge. So I was happy with it overall. Obviously it was slow. It was a hot day, so I wasn’t expecting too fast [of a time].”

Another former Heps champion, Harvard graduate Becky Christensen, took 10th in the high jump (5-8 3/4). More to come from Des Moines later.

The 2008 World Junior silver medalist, McCullough launched the hammer 256-10 to demolish the previous American Junior record of 252-4 set by Walter Henning when he won the 2008 World Junior Championships.

“I qualified (for NCAAs) but didn’t go in order to train for this,” McCullough said. “It’s extra traveling. I have more years to do it,so I might as well (miss NCAAs) now. And the (NCAA) hammer is 6 kilograms, so it’s a little different and this is my last year with it. So I decided to train for (this meet) and it’s a world (junior) championship, it’s not an NCAA championship. World is a bigger, bigger deal.”