Bulldogs divided and conquered in Alabama, Virginia and at home

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This weekend, the Bulldogs showcased their expertise in three totally different states, bagging 4 new college information alongside the best way.

Whereas some stayed residence to compete on the Mark T. Younger Invitational, the remainder of the crew headed right down to the College of Virginia’s Virginia Problem in Charlottesville, Va., or to the College of Alabama’s Crimson Tide Invitational in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

“The Alabama meet is the place we despatched most of our sprinters,” males’s captain Juma Sei ’22 stated. “So should you hit the qualifying normal, should you’re operating quick, you’d go down there to get some good climate and to run some actually quick occasions in preparation for Heps. The Virginia meet is sort of the identical philosophy however for distance runners as a result of it’s a extra distance-oriented meet. After which the at-home Yale meet is for individuals who sort of don’t hit these qualifying requirements or for various individuals who for one cause or one other weren’t capable of journey this weekend.”

On the Virginia Problem, the spotlight was Kayley DeLay ’22, who took the gold as she crossed the 3000 meter steeplechase end line to the tune of 9:44.71. Her time was nearly 20 seconds quicker than that of second place, and it allowed her to smash her personal college report.

One other new college report was damaged within the males’s 5000 meters as Robert Miranda ’22 ran a time of 13:52.43. He broke a report set final month by Stephen Moody ’24.

Within the 400 meters, Samantha Friborg ’23 broke her private finest with a time of 56.68 seconds, ok for thirty seventh place.

Thomas Cirrito ’24 additionally introduced residence a brand new private report, crossing the end line of the 800 meters in 1:50.63, putting eleventh.

The ladies additionally carried out within the 1500 meters, with senior Jocelyn Chau ’22 breaking her season finest time with a brand new time of 4:26.90. In the identical race, Kyra Pretre ’24 and Kosana Weir ’23 ran private finest occasions of 4:28.154 and 4:28.155, respectively.

In the meantime, on the College of Alabama, there have been much more damaged information.

“After our meet at UConn, our coach felt it finest that we take the week off from Auburn to relaxation and get well, alternately going to Alabama the week after,” Sei stated forward of the meet.

Within the girls’s 4×100, the crew of Ava Thomas ’22, Libby McMahon ’22, Aliya Boshnak ’23 and Sophie Isom ’22 as soon as once more broke the college report with a time of 45.58 seconds — a feat they’d beforehand completed simply two weeks in the past. The time was ok for third place within the competitors. McMahon, Isom and Boshnak got here again to interrupt yet one more college report with Addison Coy ’22 within the 4×400 relay. The quartet completed the race with 3:41.14 underneath their belts.cq

The ladies staying residence for the Mark T. Younger Invitational had been largely rookies, whereas most of the males’s quickest runners competed.

Within the 400 meter sprint, Ella Mainwaring Foster ’24, who positioned third, and Bridget Vitu ’25, who positioned 4th, ran occasions of 56.66 and 57.42 seconds respectively.

Arielle Moore ’25 ran the 800 meters to the tune of two:16.42 and took the bronze.

“It’s a race I’ve not competed in earlier than coming to Yale and I’ve actually loved experimenting with it,” Moore wrote. “I PR’d once more this meet, and I’m excited to proceed to enhance and see what distances I can run sooner or later.”

With a time of 17:26.20, Kathryn Rodrigues ’24 took second place within the 5000 meter run.

Solely two Yalies ran within the 3000 meter steeplechase, and Kaity Chandrika ’25 took the highest spot with a time of 11:32.61, and Sophia Karperos ’24 adopted proper after her with a time of 11:45.40.

Eileen Yang ’24 took the gold as soon as once more within the pole vault as she reached 3.57 meters. Within the discus throw, Violette Perry ’25 additionally took the highest spot with a throw of 45.11 meters.

As for the lads, Trent Charles ’22 introduced residence the gold within the 100 meter sprint as he crossed the end line to the tune of 10.43 seconds. As soon as once more, the wind was not in his favor and didn’t enable his time to be thought-about for any information.

The lads’s captain additionally took the highest spot as he completed the 400 meter sprint in 47.76 seconds, a time very near his private report of 47.67 seconds which he set again in 2019.

“There’s been a common sentiment that your observe and area is stronger now than it ever has been,” Sei stated. “I feel that’s evidenced by the quantity of information that we broke within the season. And fairly frankly, we simply actually desire a championship efficiency that displays that.”

Within the 1500 meters, the Bulldogs sweeped the highest 5 beginning with Jack Sendek ’25 who ran a time of three:51.91. He was adopted by Liam Garrett ’24 who ran 3:52.27, Winslow Atkeson ’25 who ran 3:52.36, Richard Sturtevant ’23 who ran 3:52.44 and Hugh Sadler ’22 who ran 3:53.76.

First place was additionally secured within the 4×400 meter relay as Christopher Brown ’24, Calvin Katz ’25, Atkeson and Garrett ran the race in 3:17.53.

Odera Nweke ’23 additionally took the gold with a protracted bounce of seven.23 meters.

These residence performances allowed the ladies to tie with Columbia for third place total within the competitors, and the lads to position third.

“I feel the rise in good competitors helped loads with the brand new college information and private bests,” Vitu stated. “Our crew’s hopes for Heps are to enhance our standing within the Ivy League and produce residence as many ivy champions and medals as we are able to and simply to compete at a degree we all know we’re positively capable of.”

This weekend, the Bulldogs will divide and hopefully conquer as soon as once more as some will head to the College of Pennsylvania for the Penn Relays that begin this Thursday, and others will keep residence for the Yale Springtime Invitational on Sunday. The Ivy League Heptagonal Championships are lower than two weeks away.