WOMEN
Women's individual running events
Columbia 61, Cornell 56, Dartmouth 50, Princeton 29, Brown 24, Harvard 14, Penn 12, Yale 2
Women's field events (minus pentathlon)
Harvard 60, Cornell 36, Columbia 35, Princeton 19, Brown 12, Dartmouth 11, Yale 6, Penn 5
Women's events minus relays and pentathlon
Columbia 96, Cornell 92, Harvard 74, Dartmouth 61, Princeton 48, Brown 36, Penn 17, Yale 8
Women's events with relays, minus pentathlon
Cornell 104, Columbia 103, Harvard 86, Princeton 68, Dartmouth 63, Brown 38, Penn 24, Yale 8
Women's events with pentathlon, minus relays
Columbia 96, Cornell 94, Harvard 91, Dartmouth 73, Princeton 48, Brown 36, Penn 17, Yale 8
All women's events
Cornell 106, Columbia 103, Harvard 103 [second place determined by fractions of a point], Dartmouth 75, Princeton 68, Brown 38, Penn 24, Yale 8
WOW. WOW. *Five* teams can win this meet!
CORNELL once again projects to score in every event, but one: the 400. But they currently have the second-fastest time in the 4x4, so there may be some individual 400m points available. They're also projecting a fourth-place in the 4x8, but with their strength in the open 800 they might be able to find some more points in that relay.
COLUMBIA currently has a hole in the open 400/800 scoring, but shows strength above and below those distances--which could also help them score more than their currently-projected seven total points in the relay. They have good balance otherwise--what a storybook win this could be, after last year's disappointment!
People have been telling me "look out for HARVARD" all season--now I see why! With their ton of projected points (77 total!) in the field events and pentathlon, they could be sitting pretty after Day I and the early events of Day II. They don't show much track strength at this point, but most of it is in the 400 and 800--potentially making them competitive for more than their projected 12 total relay points, too.
DARTMOUTH COULD WIN IT ALL--if they want to! At present they're down for zero points in the 5,000 and only two (total) in the relays. Think that could change? If they maximize their runners' production, they could well gain a total of something like 30 points in those three events alone, most of it at the expense of the teams in front of them here. Let me repeat this: Dartmouth could win it all. Just shows that you don't *have to* cover all the events, if you have great quality in a few.
The total for PRINCETON already includes maximum points in the relays. But if Dartmouth really went for everything, the Tigers absolutely could pull out the team title. Atypically for Princeton, they're not projecting many points in the middle and longer distances this year; if the four teams ahead of them divvy up those events' points, Princeton could mount a successful team defense! Remember, they beat Harvard at HYP this past weekend.
What a great competition the women's meet should be--those five teams could conceivably all be within ten points of each other at its end! My bet is that there'll be at least four teams still in contention when the relays start, particularly if the shot and triple jump have not been decided.
Of course all the events are always important at Heps, but this year I think the women's field events--despite all the League's firepower on the track--will likely determine the winner. Every one of the jumps/throws/pent should be tightly contested, and critical for each of the contenders' hopes.
I'll say this again, too: WOW. WOW.