princeton/navy results will be posted here first http://www.usp-sports.com/results.htm
princeton/navy results will be posted here first http://www.usp-sports.com/results.htm
Some good to very good miles from Ivy League men at Terrier.
McGowan & Hillas (Yale) ran solid times of 4:04 and 4:05, Berg (Brown) squeaked into the 4:03s and Wade & Schilkowsky (Cornell) both ran in the 4:02s.
The mile's gotten a LOT tougher in the league in the last couple of years. It's still only January and those guys are already running those times. A few of them have sub 4:00 in the crosshairs and might get it with a little luck in the right race. Plus Princeton and Columbia (1 and 2 in the 4 x mile at Penn last year) have some studs that haven't shown their cards yet. You might need to have a PR of 4:01 or better to be a realistic scoring threat by the time Heps rolls around this year. Good job, Ivy Leaguers.
Penny Farthing wrote:
Some good to very good miles from Ivy League men at Terrier.
McGowan & Hillas (Yale) ran solid times of 4:04 and 4:05, Berg (Brown) squeaked into the 4:03s and Wade & Schilkowsky (Cornell) both ran in the 4:02s.
The mile's gotten a LOT tougher in the league in the last couple of years. It's still only January and those guys are already running those times. A few of them have sub 4:00 in the crosshairs and might get it with a little luck in the right race. Plus Princeton and Columbia (1 and 2 in the 4 x mile at Penn last year) have some studs that haven't shown their cards yet. You might need to have a PR of 4:01 or better to be a realistic scoring threat by the time Heps rolls around this year. Good job, Ivy Leaguers.
Thanks for info. I wonder whether Cornell will try to put together an NCAA-qualifying DMR--with Hortelano-Roig, maybe, to handle the 400, and the choice of Admirand/Weinlandt/Schilkowsky/Wade for the longer legs? I see that Cornell's school indoor record is 9:35--I'd certainly think that they'd have a good shot at that.
OTOH it's well known that BU yields fast times. I don't think we should overstate performances there--including Rupp's, for that matter.
Mozia won the shot with his last throw. Funny how perspective changes: a 19.31 (64ft+) is just a ho-hum performance from him now, and his best put before the last was a "mediocre" 60ft or so...
Princeton Men's Results http://www.navysports.com/sports/m-track/stats/2012-2013/nmtf1.26.2013results.html
Results from the Navy men's meet:
http://www.navysports.com/sports/m-track/stats/2012-2013/nmtf1.26.2013results.html
Let's take a quick look: nice 200 (21.89) from Hopkins; Dinkins runs 1:52 in the 800 and his teammates run 1:52/3/4; Bendtsen at 8:09 and Owens at 14:38 in the long races; with a lot of (allegedly) second-line guys, PU runs 10:00 and 10:07 in the DMR; and McLean has a nice 6.89/15.55 double (the latter leads the League bigtime, correct?) in the horizontal jumps.
Not many holes in that lineup, and they *still* are holding a few people in reserve.
WOW! McLean's 15.55 (51-00.25) is a new conference record by almost 2 feet! Ranked 12th nationally.
Abbey ran a new conference record in the 3k, 8:55.41. She was the top collegian in the 3k Invite at the UW Invite (3 seconds over Hasay, who was 4th). Abbey #1 in the 3k and mile nationally now.
Nationally ranked Ivy Leaguers (top 20, as of 1/27 AM)
#1 W Mile - Abbey D'Agostino
#3 M 3k - John Bleday NEW 7:59.33, just outside all-time top 10
#1 W 3k Abbey D'Agostino NEW 8:55.41, new conference record
#12 W 3k - Rachel Sorna
#3 W 5k - Rachel Sorna NEW 15:53.76, #4 Ivy all-time
#7 W 5k - Katie Kellner NEW 16:11.85
#15 W 5k - Caroline Kellner NEW 16:49.38
#17 W 5k - Katie Rosettie NEW 16:53.82
#4 M HJ - Montez Blair
#18 M HJ - Stephen Afadapa
#12 M TJ - Damon McLean NEW 51-00.25, new conference record
#18 W TJ - Nadia Eke
#2 M SP - Stephen Mozia
C/M Runner wrote:
WOW! McLean's 15.55 (51-00.25) is a new conference record by almost 2 feet!
Pretty sure you mean a new conference leader, here. It's some feet short of the conference record...
But I think a good argument might be made for him (and Abbey) as AOW.
In any case, this past weekend (as "advertised") has pretty well rewritten the seasonal performance lists.
D'oh, not fully awake yet and it's a Sunday (somehow was thinking 55-0.25). Damn, where is the coffee? Thanks for the correction.
UPDATE ON MY VIRTUAL MEET RANKINGS
I took every athlete's PB from over the past 5 seasons 2011 IN, 2011 OU, 2012 IN, 2012 OU & 2013 IN and ranked the top 12 times/marks
The scoring is not counting 4x4, 4x8, or DMR:
162.00 Princeton (same as last week)
116.33 Cornell (same as last week)
074.33 Harvard (+2 from last week)
056.50 Columbia (-2.5 from last week)
044.50 Brown (+0.5 from last week)
019.33 Dartmouth (same as last week)
017.00 Penn (same as last week)
006.00 Yale (same as last week)
*NOTE: This does not take into account impossible doubles such as 400 and 500 or the 800 and 1000 etc. When you take that into account te gap between Princeton and Cornell shrinks by about 20-30 pts
RNK EVENT NAME TEAM MARK PTS
1 60 Spooney, John Brown 6.79 7.00
1 60 Bain, Chris Cornell 6.79 7.00
1 60 Adarquah-Yiadon, Jedidiah Cornell 6.79 7.00
1 60 Wilson, Damani Harvard 6.79 7.00
5 60 Ojukwu, Kinsley Cornell 6.80 2.00
6 60 Ezekoye, Andrew Harvard 6.82 1.00
7 60 Reilly, Connor Dartmouth 6.83
8 60 Hortelano-Roig, Bruno Cornell 6.87
9 60 Hill, John Princeton 6.91
10 60 Egi, William Princeton 6.92
11 60 McCarthy, Connor Harvard 6.93
12 60 Nelson, Lavondre Princeton 6.94
1 400 Hopkins, Tom Princeton 46.23 10.00
2 400 Hollimon, Austin Princeton 46.47 8.00
3 400 Dinkins, Russell Princeton 46.95 6.00
4 400 Spooney, John Brown 47.71 4.00
5 400 Boyd, Kevin Columbia 47.88 2.00
6 400 Ojukwu, Kinsley Cornell 48.37 1.00
7 400 Miner, Sam Columbia 48.62
8 400 Rabbitt, Mike Cornell 48.77
9 400 Hortelano-Roig, Bruno Cornell 48.86
10 400 Bishop, Jalil Dartmouth 48.94
11 400 Hairston, Max Cornell 49.13
12 400 Howard, Samuel Brown 49.15
1 500 Dinkins, Russell Princeton 1:02.05 10.00
2 500 Kovalczyk, Billy Columbia 1:03.60 8.00
3 500 Claflin, Connor Columbia 1:03.73 6.00
4 500 Elder, Nathan Brown 1:03.76 3.00
4 500 McFann, Harry Columbia 1:03.76 3.00
6 500 Timmins, Tom Penn 1:04.13 1.00
7 500 Admirand, Rutger Cornell 1:04.23
8 500 Carey, Tim Penn 1:04.27
9 500 Wade, Nick Cornell 1:04.31
10 500 Hamlett, Tim Penn 1:04.35
11 500 Cahuzac, Thomas Columbia 1:04.43
12 500 Olloqui, Cisco Cornell 1:04.53
1 800 McFann, Harry Columbia 1:48.14 10.00
2 800 Dinkins, Russell Princeton 1:48.26 8.00
3 800 Callahan, Peter Princeton 1:48.66 6.00
4 800 Admirand, Rutger Cornell 1:48.84 4.00
5 800 Claflin, Connor Columbia 1:49.41 2.00
6 800 Williams, Michael Princeton 1:49.53 1.00
7 800 Fish, Brendon Columbia 1:49.72
8 800 Weinlandt, Will Cornell 1:49.76
9 800 Paternostro, Bradley Princeton 1:49.91
10 800 Wade, Nick Cornell 1:49.92
11 800 Zirngibl, Lukas Dartmouth 1:50.40
12 800 Tufnell, Henry Brown 1:50.42
1 1000 Callahan, Peter Princeton 2:20.78 10.00
2 1000 Willig, Ned Brown 2:22.96 8.00
3 1000 Berg, Erik Brown 2:23.39 6.00
4 1000 Wade, Nick Cornell 2:23.66 4.00
5 1000 Shirvell, James Yale 2:23.85 2.00
6 1000 Paternostro, Bradley Princeton 2:23.91 1.00
7 1000 Schilkowsky, John Cornell 2:24.35
8 1000 Jones, Byron Columbia 2:24.99
9 1000 Cooper, Kevin Brown 2:25.67
10 1000 Tansey, Liam Columbia 2:25.70
11 1000 Admirand, Rutger Cornell 2:25.96
12 1000 Everett, Daniel Columbia 2:26.26
1 3K Bleday, John Dartmouth 7:59.33 10.00
2 3K Royer, Phil Dartmouth 8:06.96 8.00
3 3K Frankin, Michael Princeton 8:07.88 6.00
4 3K Bendtsen, Chris Princeton 8:09.25 4.00
5 3K Korolev, Maksim Harvard 8:09.54 2.00
6 3K Cooper, Kevin Brown 8:09.73 0.50
6 3K Veilleux, Ben Columbia 8:09.73 0.50
8 3K Composto, Nico Columbia 8:09.80
9 3K Arnold, Andy Cornell 8:10.26
10 3K Murphy, Mike Columbia 8:11.77
11 3K Arroyo Yamin, Alejandro Princeton 8:12.36
12 3K Udland, Tyler Princeton 8:12.53
1 5K Leakos, James Harvard 13:56.93 10.00
2 5K Bendtsen, Chris Princeton 13:57.51 8.00
3 5K Arroyo Yamin, Alejandro Princeton 14:02.08 6.00
4 5K Udland, Tyler Princeton 14:05.78 4.00
5 5K Frankin, Michael Princeton 14:06.82 2.00
6 5K Murphy, Mike Columbia 14:07.00 1.00
7 5K Royer, Phil Dartmouth 14:07.48
8 5K Snyder, Paul Columbia 14:07.81
9 5K Bleday, John Dartmouth 14:07.89
10 5K Vitez, Jonathan Princeton 14:09.37
11 5K Composto, Nico Columbia 14:13.41
12 5K Groves, Max Cornell 14:15.72
1 60H Harris, Jarvis Harvard 8.02 10.00
2 60H Sheldon, Richard Princeton 8.10 8.00
3 60H Hairston, Max Cornell 8.18 6.00
4 60H Carey, Tim Penn 8.19 4.00
5 60H Mohr, Robert Princeton 8.24 2.00
6 60H Zeller, Zach Cornell 8.25 1.00
7 60H Barry, Seck Penn 8.28
8 60H Hanninen, Jon Cornell 8.29
9 60H Hopkins, Tom Princeton 8.32
10 60H Evanter, Jacob Dartmouth 8.39
11 60H Brown, Michael Penn 8.40
12 60H Caldwell, Gregory Princeton 8.41
1 HEP Hopkins, Tom Princeton 5086 10.00
2 HEP Rhodes, Peter Brown 5055 8.00
3 HEP Rabbitt, Mike Cornell 5037 5.00
3 HEP Sheldon, Richard Princeton 5037 5.00
5 HEP Weinstock, Evan Brown 4903 2.00
6 HEP Soerens, Stephen Princeton 4831 1.00
7 HEP Hynes, Ryan Cornell 4818
8 HEP Athanasopoulos, Nick Cornell 4721
9 HEP Barjon, Jacques Harvard 4633
10 HEP Hanninen, Jon Cornell 4565
11 HEP Gilson, Brett Dartmouth 4527
12 HEP Pelisek, Brad Princeton 4428
1 HJ Reynolds, Maalik Penn 2.28m 10.00
2 HJ Blair, Montez Cornell 2.27m 8.00
3 HJ Afadapa, Stephen Cornell 2.16m 6.00
4 HJ Butler, Tommy Cornell 2.14m 4.00
5 HJ Jarrett, Omar Princeton 2.07m 2.00
6 HJ Stancil, Hercules Cornell 2.04m 0.33
6 HJ Birck, Jeremy Dartmouth 2.04m 0.33
6 HJ Sparks, Jonathan Harvard 2.04m 0.33
9 HJ Scott, Dan Cornell 2.03m
9 HJ Yoder, Sam Dartmouth 2.03m
11 HJ Soerens, Stephen Princeton 2.02m
12 HJ Nnamani, Ikechi Penn 2.01m
1 LJ Bell, Steven Cornell 7.50m 10.00
2 LJ McLean, Damon Princeton 7.43m 7.00
2 LJ Hopkins, Tom Princeton 7.43m 7.00
4 LJ Soerens, Stephen Princeton 7.33m 4.00
5 LJ Stancil, Hercules Cornell 7.32m 2.00
6 LJ Blair, Montez Cornell 7.29m 1.00
7 LJ Chew, Han Wei Cornell 7.23m
8 LJ Molidor, Shane Princeton 7.20m
9 LJ Athanasopoulos, Nick Cornell 7.17m
9 LJ White, Jourdan Cornell 7.17m
11 LJ Lindberg, Dana Yale 7.05m
12 LJ Rabbitt, Mike Cornell 7.04m
1 MILE Callahan, Peter Princeton 3:58.76 10.00
2 MILE Everett, Daniel Columbia 4:00.42 8.00
3 MILE Feigen, Mark Columbia 4:00.74 6.00
4 MILE Gregorek, John Columbia 4:01.98 4.00
5 MILE Berg, Erik Brown 4:02.31 2.00
6 MILE Cooper, Kevin Brown 4:02.69 1.00
7 MILE Williams, Michael Princeton 4:02.74
8 MILE Wade, Nick Cornell 4:02.76
9 MILE Schilkowsky, John Cornell 4:02.91
10 MILE Jones, Byron Columbia 4:03.79
11 MILE Bleday, John Dartmouth 4:04.02
12 MILE McGowan, John Yale 4:04.70
1 PV Weiler, Nico Harvard 5.50m 10.00
2 PV Roach, Peter Cornell 5.17m 8.00
3 PV Bragg, Adam Princeton 5.06m 6.00
4 PV Garin, Fedor Harvard 5.01m 4.00
5 PV Rayburn, Keith Cornell 4.90m 2.00
6 PV Kim, David Cornell 4.85m 1.00
7 PV Pawlak, Steven Cornell 4.70m
7 PV Coneway, David Princeton 4.70m
7 PV Chandler, Paul Yale 4.70m
10 PV Cyphers, Josh Dartmouth 4.65m
11 PV Gilson, Brett Dartmouth 4.55m
12 PV Slovenski, Mike Harvard 4.50m
12 PV Hateley, Everett Penn 4.50m
12 PV Saitta, Evan Princeton 4.50m
12 PV Sullivan, Brendan Yale 4.50m
1 SP Mozia, Stephen Cornell 19.89m 10.00
2 SP Glauser, Ben Harvard 18.07m 8.00
3 SP Brode, Dustin Harvard 17.82m 6.00
4 SP Liokumovich, Igor Harvard 17.53m 4.00
5 SP Brenza, Jacob Penn 17.25m 2.00
6 SP Filiano, Dom Dartmouth 16.93m 1.00
7 SP Brucker, Edward Harvard 16.83m
8 SP Tenpas, Ben Cornell 16.34m
9 SP Rushton, Scott Princeton 16.15m
10 SP Braun, Jesse Cornell 15.90m
11 SP Mattis, Sam Penn 15.59m
12 SP Miller, Matthew Brown 15.27m
1 TJ McLean, Damon Princeton 16.03m 10.00
2 TJ Scott, Dan Cornell 15.51m 8.00
3 TJ Bell, Steven Cornell 15.16m 6.00
4 TJ Thompson, Kenneth Brown 15.00m 3.00
4 TJ Ojukwu, Kinsley Cornell 15.00m 3.00
6 TJ Harris, Jarvis Harvard 14.80m 1.00
7 TJ Padmore, Jonathan Brown 14.76m
7 TJ Owusu-Nyanteky, Nana Princeton 14.76m
9 TJ Chew, Han Wei Cornell 14.59m
10 TJ Blair, Montez Cornell 14.24m
11 TJ Straughn, Nick Penn 14.13m
12 TJ Athanasopoulos, Nick Cornell 13.97m
1 WT Rhodes, Bryan Cornell 18.62m 9.00
1 WT Glauser, Ben Harvard 18.62m 9.00
3 WT Dickerson, Duncan Columbia 18.15m 6.00
4 WT Levine, Michael Yale 17.96m 4.00
5 WT Brode, Dustin Harvard 17.94m 2.00
6 WT Mozia, Stephen Cornell 17.93m 1.00
7 WT Fiedler, Bob Cornell 17.70m
8 WT Polega, Matthew Harvard 17.02m
9 WT Servino, Thomas Dartmouth 16.50m
10 WT Filiano, Dom Dartmouth 16.42m
11 WT Liokumovich, Igor Harvard 16.18m
12 WT Braun, Jesse Cornell 15.06m
Taking into account impossible doubles….
400m Remove Dinkins (PRI)
+3 Columbia
+2 Brown
+1 Cornell
-6 Princeton
500m Remove McFann (COL); Admirand (COR); Wade (COR);
+1 Brown
+2 Penn
-3 Columbia
800m Remove Dinkins (PRI); Callahan (PRI); Claflin (COL); Paternostro (PRI); Wade (COR)
+6 Cornell
+2 Columbia
+1 Dartmouth
-9 Princeton
1000m Remove Berg (BRO); Schilkowsky (COR); Cooper (BRO); Admirand (COR); Everett (COL)
+2 Yale
+2 Cornell
+1 Columbia
+1 Princeton
-6 Brown
MILE Remove Williams (PRI); Wade (COR); Jones (COL); Bleday (DAR)
NO CHANGE
3000m Remove Cooper (BRO)
+0.5 Columbia
-0.5 Brown
5000m Remove Bleday (DAR)
NO CHANGE
TOTAL CHANGES...
+9.0 Cornell
+3.5 Columbia
+2.0 Penn
+2.0 Yale
+1.0 Dartmouth
-3.5 Brown
-14.0 Princeton
Thus new scoring (not counting relays and attempting to take into account doubling)
148.00 Princeton
125.33 Cornell
074.33 Harvard
060.00 Columbia
041.00 Brown
020.33 Dartmouth
019.00 Penn
008.00 Yale
fun., I really enjoy your work--thanks!
I think it's particularly helpful that you list Hopkins in the heptathlon. If it looks like Cornell is closing the gap with Princeton, I'd expect to see him in the event. ("Expect" might be too strong; but I'd be unsurprised.)
I hope shazzuy can weigh in, too. I'm having trouble figuring out what's going on with the throws this season.
I'm back for another virtual Heps scoring. As last year, I'm following the format of "da coach"--consider much of what follows to be a quotation:
Okay. I pulled the top six marks in each event (only five performances listed in the men's DMR and hept) off the Ivy performance list, scored them 10-8-6-4-2-1, and totalled them.
Caveats:
*I went with the marks on the list. I believe all meet results from this weekend (and earlier) are on the list; if not, they're not in this total.
*I may have screwed up the arithmetic, though I was trying to check as I went. I won't check it again.
*I'm only listing whole numbers. Many teams actually get fractions after the whole number.
*I paid absolutely no attention to likely/unlikely/impossible doubles. If a guy was listed as leading both the 400 and 500 lists, I gave his team 20 points. If a top guy in the 3,000 hasn't posted a 5,000 time yet, I didn't speculate on what might happen. (Ditto for the placewinners from previous years, or highly-touted recruits, that are on Ivy rosters but have not yet appeared in a meet result.)
*I also didn't speculate on relay times; a majority of the relays don't show anything like the kinds of performances we can expect at Heps. (Example: a 9:13 leads the women's 4x800 list; that time is not likely to score at Heps.)
*The numbers listed are for entertainment only and do not constitute a prediction. Brief commentary follows them.
Here we go:
Women's events minus relays and pentathlon
Cornell 139, Princeton 84, Harvard 76, Columbia 52, Dartmouth 38, Penn 21, Brown 17, Yale 5
Women's events with relays, minus pentathlon
Cornell 149, Princeton 98, Harvard 86, Columbia 58, Dartmouth 50, Penn 22, Brown 18, Yale 13
Women's events with pentathlon, minus relays
Cornell 147, Harvard 91, Princeton 84, Columbia 52, Dartmouth 46, Penn 21, Brown 17, Yale 5
All women's events
Cornell 157, Harvard 101, Princeton 98, Columbia 58, Dartmouth 58 [places decided by fractions of a point], Penn 22, Brown 18, Yale 13
Commentary:
*Columbia just opened its season and has improved enormously in just one week. Despite their current scoring projection, look for them to be one of four serious contenders.
*Cornell does not have quite the same event coverage as in previous years, and is atypically somewhat thin in the field. Its current high projected score is largely an artifact of 30 points in the 5,000, a situation that won't occur in the Heps, when many projected points in longer races will likely be drained by
*Princeton, which shows better event coverage than last year (very strong afield) and is just starting to let its longer-distance runners loose. This team could take the title, but look for
*Harvard to win on their home facility. (Of course, I said that last year about Cornell.) Harvard would have to use some athletes to the utmost, but their talent level is just too great; split up the longer-distance points among Cornell, Dartmouth, and Princeton, and Harvard can win.
Okay, I'll chicken out and call them co-favorites NOW with my beloved Big Red.
Dartmouth has some top individuals, but just too many holes in their lineup (as of now, of course); Brown doesn't seem to be the "stealth contender" of years past; Penn seems to be on an upswing and could surprise; and Yale just doesn't have the personnel to contend, at this point.
Men tomorrow, maybe. This always takes longer than I project.
I just discovered this a few minutes ago, but Harvard frosh Martina Salander broke the conference record in the pentathlon over the weekend, scoring 4,094 at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge. Some of her marks from that performance are within top 10 of the conference, so who knows how many events she will be doing at Heps. I know that with some of Harvard's previous multi-eventers, they would either have them focus on the multis, or the multi and then one other event.
I updated my personal team scoring, doing the same method as BRF but I did include the fractions. My numbers match up with BRF.
Women scores, all events (gain/loss from previous tally):
Cornell - 157.25 (+1.5)
Harvard - 101.75 (+50)
Princeton - 98 (-9)
Columbia - 58.5 (+7.5)
Dartmouth - 58.25 (-26.5)
Penn - 22.25 (-1.5)
Brown - 18 (0)
Yale - 13 (-17)
Harvard gained a lot of points in the sprints (60, 200, 400) and mid-distance (800, mile), whereas Cornell was able to compensate by dominating the distance (3k, 5k). Cornell's focus has definitely shifted from being a sprinting powerhouse, but they are still very strong in the jumps (LJ, TJ, PV, HJ) and they usually have strength in numbers with the pentathlon.
And now, the men.
Men scores, all events (gain/loss from previous tally):
Cornell - 199.5 (+27)
Princeton - 97 (+2.7)
Harvard - 79 (-5)
Brown - 66 (+12)
Penn - 42.5 (-32.8)
Yale - 39.5 (-3)
Dartmouth - 38.5 (+14.5)
Columbia - 29 (+4)
Cornell is very well balanced in terms of having strength within the conference across the majority of the disciplines. In my math, it looks like their weakest group right now is the distance events (3k, 5k) but those events are typically the ones where so many people are entered at Heps with "no time". I don't think Cornell will be able to outscore Princeton in the 3k and 5k, but perhaps their strength in all of the other events (particularly their recent mid-distance performances) will keep them ahead for the overall title. Hopefully Princeton will be able to put some strength in the multis since Cornell has a history of putting in 3 to 4 men in this event to get a lot of points.
Less than a month until Heps, so anything can still happen at this point.
By the way, has anyone heard of anything from Princeton Irish frosh Sarah Lavin? She hasn't competed since their first meet in early December.
C/M Runner wrote:
By the way, has anyone heard of anything from Princeton Irish frosh Sarah Lavin? She hasn't competed since their first meet in early December.
S. Lavin is also not on Princeton's roster. I realize that rosters can be erroneous or out of date, but that doesn't look very good.
While we're British Isle-ing, any word on Cornell's Welsh import Jade Williams? She was second at last year's indoor Heps (as a frosh) in the 800, but hasn't appeared in any results that I know of...she is on the roster, though, so maybe a deliberately slow start in anticipation of likely international duty this summer.
Anyway, thanks for your work, C/M! I dunno how the Cornell and Princeton men's scores break down, event by event, but over the next two weeks would expect to see a huge gain in Princeton's "take" of the middle-distance and distance events. Another poster's analysis of five seasons' worth of PRs was really illuminating in that respect.
I do know that Cornell graduated a ton of multi points last year--I saw that they recruited to fill the gap, but I'd be surprised to see the same kind of dominance that previous years had from Huber et al.
Amazing to think that Heps are less that four weeks away!
Couple other quick things:
1) Who're the AOWs this week? (Sorry, HTC is acting up again on me.)
2) What's the flu situation at the various schools? I had a glimmering that some teams were ripped up a bit, but haven't seen anything "official" on the situation.
AOTW:
Female - abbey d'agostino and Rachel sorna
Female rookie - Martina salander
Male - Bruno hr, John bleday, and Damon McLean
Male rookie - Thomas Pitt and max Hairston
Alumni - joe Stilin, Ashley higginson, and kate grace
Speaking if missing names, I was comparing the top 10 conference rankings from the last two weeks and I noticed that Emily woodford of Cornell is no longer on them, even though she was in there last week (her times are gone too from Tfrrs). She is still on the roster though... Seems odd that her performances are gone.
C/M Runner wrote:
Speaking [of] missing names, I was comparing the top 10 conference rankings from the last two weeks and I noticed that Emily [Woodford] of Cornell is no longer on them, even though she was in there last week (her times are gone too from Tfrrs). She is still on the roster though... Seems odd that her performances are gone.
That *is* strange--I've just checked tfrrs, and they have her at 10th in the 200, 12th in the 400, and 10th in the 500. Maybe they were doing some temporary list-cleaning or something? Or perhaps confused her with her sister?
Thanks for AOW info.
As for the coming weekend: Looks like Cornell has a fairly "big" meet (scoring affair at Penn State) on tap; do any of the other Ivies have notable competitions, or will this be a quieter weekend than the one just past?
Speak of the Shazzuy and he shall appear…
WARNING: I use WAY too many ellipses, incorrectly, and like capitalizing stuff. Get over it. And I will take a look again in a couple weeks, since it is a little early to be making predictions…
Soooooooo… interesting year so far in Ivy League throws. New coaches to fill out some major empty shoes at Brown, Harvard and Yale... Obviously, super excited about Mozia at Cornell, 19.89 is pretty freakin awesome. AND he backed it up this last weekend at Boston with a 19.32, so hopefully he will be more consistent this year and we can get a Heps record out of him and see him on the podium at indoor nationals. On the ladies side, HOLY COW women’s weight! Julia Ratcliffe, Freshman from Princeton, making a HUGE splash, and not to be out-done is Ekechukwu of Harvard opening with a huge PR and just a foot and a half short of Ratcliffe. Both will need to throw mid to upper 20 meters to make it to indoor nationals, but it is definitely a possibility.
Event breakdown
Men’s Shot: Mozia. Glauser. Brode or Liokumovich. Brenza. NO IDEA. I see a couple guys that could challenge for 6th, or even 5th on a bad day for one of the other guys, but the others are a pretty solid lock for me. Now obviously, it is possible that Mozia throws like crap again (like last year) and Glauser takes the gold, but I do not see that happening this year. Mozia just really seems to be growing into the 16lb shot soooo well at this point, he will be pretty hard to beat for the next couple years. And yes, I see that Glauser is 4th on the list right now, but the kid can throw mid 18 on a good day, and he seems to compete pretty well at big meets, so look for him to bring it.
Women’s shot: MUCH MORE FUN THIS YEAR THEN LAST! Imbessi is still the favorite, BUT WOW FRESHMEN! 4 of the top 6 are Freshmen. Now yes, one is a multi from Sweden who is already a HUGE deal, but WOW. Darpolar from Brown is hot on Imbessi’s heals, and has a real shot at challenging for her first Heps victory if Imbessi does not throw well. Picciallo of Penn is also an outside threat for first as she has thrown 48 feet as a senior, but has yet to really bring that same fire to Penn. And how about Wilson of Yale? I don’t think she was on ANYONE’s radar. Great entry into Heps Nation from first year Yale Coach Ybarra! Girls are going to need to throw in the mid 40’s to place this year. Much better than last year.
Imbessi, Darpolar, Picciallo, Berg, Watt (good thrower, off year and inconsistent so far but will be in the hunt), another Harvard thrower (Ekechukwu or Salander) or Wilson.
Men’s Hammer: Yes, yes, we all miss Conor. It was an absolute thrill watching him throw last year at Barton Hall, making the fence wobble and hitting close enough to the back stop of the pit to make everyone’s heart skip a beat, ah yes. Enough of that now. CLOSE COMP this year. No outright favorite, except that Harvard’s Glauser has a little more experience on Cornell Freshman Bryan Rhodes, and we all know how daunting Heps can be to the… uninitiated. Look for a Major battle for ALL the points in this event.
Glauser, Rhodes, Brode, Levine, Mozia, Fiedler or Dickerson.
Women’s Weight: Hmmm mmmm mmmmm. Tough one to call for first. Ekechukwu looks great with her big, early PR, but Ratcliffe is going to be HARD to beat. She has only competed twice so far this year, but both times are a foot further then Ekechukwu. Unlike the Men’s Weight, I am learning towards the frosh in this one. Senior Craker of Brown will need to throw well to clinch third at her final indoor Heps, as DuPont (Harvard), Okwara (Columbia) and Liebowitz (Dartmouth) are close on her heels. There are even more ladies in the low 50’s upper 40’s, but unless we see some HUGE PR’s, I don’t think they will be in the mix.
Ratcliffe, Ekechukwu, Craker, Okwara, Dupont, Liebowitz.
Oh, and someone emailed me this link a couple weeks ago, so for anyone who missed Conor throwing, we will have another young stud coming to the Ivies next year.
http://www.mbingisser.com/2013/01/ask-martin-vol-19-recruiting-decisions/
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