Track and Field Posts Pair of Fourth-Place Finishes at Heptagonal Championships

Pictured: Claire Richardson finished third in the 5,000 meter run at the 2010 Heptagonal Championships.
Photo Courtesy: David Silverman

HANOVER, N.H. – The men’s and women’s track and field teams posted a pair of fourth-place finishes at the 2010 Heptagonal Championships, Saturday at Leverone Field House. The men finished the meet with 53 total points, 12 more than their total from last year, while the women compiled 61 points over the weekend.

The Princeton men captured the title with 181 points, followed by Cornell (149) and Dartmouth (55). Columbia finished a point behind Harvard with 52 and Brown (38), Penn (33) and Yale (28) rounded out the men’s results. The Tigers also captured the women title, totaling 125 points to best Columbia’s total of 110 and Cornell’s 96. Brown finished with 55 points, and Penn (48), Yale (16) and Dartmouth (16) rounded out the women’s final scores.

John Dingus gave the Crimson men a boost with a second-place finish in the 400 meter dash, posting a time of 48.81. Brian Hill took fourth place in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:53.23 and Darcy Wilson had a similar result in the 1,000 meter event, posting a time of 2:28.29. Dan Chenoweth chipped in six points with a third-place time of 14:22.67 in the 5,000 meter run, and Jack Brady added eight points with a second-place toss of 18.60 meters in the weight throw. Harvard’s 4x400 meter relay team of Dingus, Justin Grinstead, Jonathan Meminger and Robbie Paris took third to add six points to the men’s total.

Carlyle Davis and Thea Lee finished three-four in the women’s 800 meter run to add 10 points to the Harvard total and Olivia Weeks finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 12.10 meters to contribute eight points. Christine Reed scored 3,409 points in the pentathlon for a third-place finish, and was followed immediately by teammate Nicole Silva who totaled 3,387 points in the event.

Next up for Harvard are the ECAC and IC4A Championships March 6-7. The ECACs will be held at the Reggie Lewis Track Center while the IC4As will be held at Boston University’s Track and Tennis Center.