Harvard edges NU in Battle of Beantown
Feb. 7, 2009
Gordon Track (Allston, Mass.)
Northeastern led Harvard 160-159.5 going into the 4x400-meter relay, but Harvard pulled out 10 points in the victory while the Huskies placed third in the event, giving the Crimson the 2009 Battle of Beantown title on Saturday at Gordon Track in Allston, Mass. Harvard won with 169.5 points to the Huskies' 164. Both were well ahead of Boston College (86.5) and Boston University (83).
Northeastern cleaned up in the field events, led by a pair of wins from junior Adrian Li. He won the high jump with a height of 6'6.25 and took the long jump with a leap of 23'0.75. Justin Benjaminsen placed second in the high jump with a leap of 6'4.25. In the triple jump, Brian Racca got the win for the Huskies (45'3) and Benjaminsen took second (43'2.25).
Junior Nate Hunter came close to 60'0 again in the shot put, tossing the 16-pound ball 59'9.5 for the victory. His season-best was 59'11.75 in the Great Dane Classic. In the weight throw, senior Bamidele Faboyede won by a foot with a toss of 57'10.25.
The Huskies got excellent performances in the sprints from a pair of gridiron players - freshman Jesse Sparks and sophomore John Griffin. In the 60-meter dash, both got out of the blocks slow but gained the field and Griffin won in 7.05 followed by Sparks in 7.07. Sparks then came back and won the 200 in 22.77. In the 60 hurdles, senior Jack Sherman won in 8.36. Sherman also cleared 15'1 to place fourth in the pole vault.
Also on the track, junior Jonathan Hall dominated the 500 by nearly two seconds with a time of 1:04.18 and ran a strong leg on the 4x400 relay. Ryan Miling took the lead and ended up second in the 800 (1:56.24) and Teddy Vrountas placed fourth in the 3000 in a time of 8:41.29.
The Huskies will compete in the Valentine Invitational Feb. 13-14 at Boston University before running in the CAA Challenge at Delaware Feb. 21.
Men 60 Meter Dash
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 6.63
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 6.74
IC4A D1: ^ 6.98
NEICAAA: + 7.20
Meet Record: ! 7.06 2008 Joel Senick, Boston University
Name Year School Prelims H#
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Preliminaries
1 Griffin, John SO Northeastern ! 7.05Q 1
2 Sparks, Jesse FR Northeastern + 7.20Q 2
3 Geloneck, Steven FR Harvard + 7.11Q 1
4 Pereira, Matt FR Boston U. 7.21Q 2
5 Fahnenstiel, John SO Harvard + 7.16q 1
6 Teller, Kedzie FR Boston U. 7.25q 2
7 Ogunwole, Chukwuma FR Harvard 7.25q 1
8 Maes, Justin FR Boston U. 7.29q 2
9 Stefanek, Konrad JR Northeastern 7.29 2
10 Barth, David SR Boston U. 7.38 2
11 Wilder, Kodjo JR Boston U. 7.42 1
12 Whitworth, Issaac FR Northeastern 7.97 1
Men 60 Meter Dash
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 6.63
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 6.74
IC4A D1: ^ 6.98
NEICAAA: + 7.20
Meet Record: ! 7.06 2008 Joel Senick, Boston University
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Griffin, John SO Northeastern 7.05! 10
2 Sparks, Jesse FR Northeastern 7.07+ 8
3 Fahnenstiel, John SO Harvard 7.08+ 6
4 Geloneck, Steven FR Harvard 7.10+ 4
5 Pereira, Matt FR Boston U. 7.11+ 2
6 Maes, Justin FR Boston U. 7.24 1
7 Teller, Kedzie FR Boston U. 7.24
8 Ogunwole, Chukwuma FR Harvard 7.25
Men 200 Meter Dash
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 20.83
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 21.23
IC4A D1: ^ 22.24
NEICAAA: + 22.75
Meet Record: ! 22.42 2008 Joel Senick, Boston University
Name Year School Finals H# Points
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1 Sparks, Jesse FR Northeastern 22.77 1 10
2 Meminger, Jonathan FR Harvard 22.87 1 8
3 Teller, Kedzie FR Boston U. 23.01 2 6
4 Esposito, Max JR Boston U. 23.22 1 4
5 Foley, Kellen FR Boston College 23.32 1 2
6 Ngo, Phil FR Harvard 23.32 3 1
7 Barjon, Jacques FR Harvard 23.39 3
8 Smith, Brian FR Boston College 23.50 2
9 Griffin, John SO Northeastern 23.53 2
10 Ogunwole, Chukwuma FR Harvard 23.67 3
11 Mansson, Sebastian SR Boston College 24.15 2
-- Steinhauser, Charles SR Boston U. DNF 1
-- Whitworth, Issaac FR Northeastern X25.78 3
Men 400 Meter Dash
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 46.15
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 47.25
IC4A D1: ^ 49.20
NEICAAA: + 50.54
Meet Record: ! 49.52 2008 Mark Domaracki, Boston College
Name Year School Finals H# Points
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1 Steinhauser, Charles SR Boston U. 49.26! 1 10
2 Domaracki, Mark SO Boston College 49.51! 1 8
3 Jones, Derek SR Harvard 50.40+ 1 6
4 Esposito, Max JR Boston U. 50.55 1 4
5 Gaffney, Brendan JR Boston College 50.62 1 2
6 Wernerfelt, Nils SR Harvard 51.58 2 1
7 Smith, Brian FR Boston College 51.73 2
8 Matthews, Emmanuel FR Northeastern 51.90 1
9 Kafkas, Nicholas SO Northeastern 56.61 2
Men 500 Meter Dash
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IC4A D1: ^ 1:05.20
Meet Record: ! 1:06.45 2008 Jonathan Hall, Northeastern University
Name Year School Finals H# Points
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1 Hall, Jonathan JR Northeastern 1:04.18^ 1 10
2 Grinstead, Justin JR Harvard 1:06.02! 1 8
3 Horvath, Balint FR Boston U. 1:06.23! 1 6
4 Archer, Tyler SO Boston College 1:06.24! 1 4
5 Mazzochette, Mark JR Boston U. 1:07.19 2 2
6 Paris, Robbie FR Harvard 1:07.35 2 1
7 Mansson, Sebastian SR Boston College 1:07.75 2
Men 800 Meter Run
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 1:48.00
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 1:50.50
IC4A D1: ^ 1:54.50
NEICAAA: + 1:56.70
Meet Record: ! 1:54.85 2008 Brian Hill, Harvard University
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Thomas, Ian SO Boston College 1:55.53+ 10
2 Miling, Ryan JR Northeastern 1:56.24+ 8
3 Paison, Brian FR Harvard 1:56.52+ 6
4 MacIsaac, Andrew SO Boston College 1:57.07 4
5 Hill, Brian SO Harvard 1:58.50 2
6 Haynes, Kristopher SO Boston College 1:58.76 1
7 Whelan, Billy FR Boston U. 1:59.41
8 Lee, Colin FR Boston U. 2:04.31
Men 1000 Meter Run
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Meet Record: ! 2:29.45 2008 Joshua Springer, Boston College
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Wilson, Darcy FR Harvard 2:29.83 10
2 Haltom, Kenneth SO Boston U. 2:30.03 8
3 Kenney, Robert JR Harvard 2:33.64 6
4 Weider, James SO Boston U. 2:34.82 4
5 Kennedy, Brian JR Northeastern 2:35.10 2
6 Floster, Kevin JR Boston College 2:35.28 1
7 Slattery, James SR Boston College 2:35.32
8 Mercurio, Andrew JR Boston College 2:35.73
9 Putzeys, Sebastian FR Northeastern 2:35.86
10 Parker, Aaron SO Harvard 2:43.94
Men 1 Mile Run
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 3:59.50
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 4:04.00
IC4A D1: ^ 4:14.90
NEICAAA: + 4:18.24
Meet Record: ! 4:15.58 2008 James LaGreca, Boston College
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Chenoweth, Dan SO Harvard 4:13.23^ 10
2 Ritchie, Timothy SR Boston College 4:13.37^ 8
3 LaGreca, James SR Boston College 4:17.80+ 6
4 Collins, Brendan SR Boston College 4:17.91+ 4
5 Keebler, Michael SO Boston College 4:17.97+ 2
6 Hoffman, Michael FR Harvard 4:18.71 1
7 Polgar, David JR Boston U. 4:21.38
8 Brenner, Alex SO Harvard 4:23.36
9 Brown, Tom SR Northeastern 4:25.36
10 Greenspun, Joe FR Boston U. 4:27.88
11 McLean, Tom SR Boston U. 4:29.57
Men 3000 Meter Run
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 7:54.50
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 8:05.00
IC4A D1: ^ 8:27.20
NEICAAA: + 8:32.00
Meet Record: ! 8:16.45 2008 Dan Chenoweth, Harvard University
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Gillespie, Chas JR Harvard 8:33.72 10
2 Couch, Stephen FR Harvard 8:37.46 8
3 Stiles, Dan FR Harvard 8:40.69 6
4 Vrountas, Teddy SO Northeastern 8:41.29 4
5 Woerner, Philip SO Boston College 8:42.79 2
6 Hirschboeck, Mark SO Harvard 8:47.17 1
7 Kiracofe, Ryan SO Boston College 8:48.30
8 Doyle, Ted SO Boston College 9:10.90
9 Brunelli, Bryan JR Northeastern 9:15.97
10 Webber, Matthew SO Northeastern 9:20.65
Men 60 Meter Hurdles
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 7.70
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 7.91
IC4A D1: ^ 8.25
NEICAAA: + 8.70
Meet Record: ! 8.37 2008 Cord Parks, Northeastern University
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Sherman, Jack SR Northeastern 8.36! 10
2 Nardella, Jason SR Boston U. 8.40+ 8
3 Benjaminsen, Justin JR Northeastern 9.29 6
4 Funk, Tyler FR Harvard 9.59 4
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 3:06.50
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 3:10.40
IC4A D1: ^ 3:19.90
Meet Record: ! 3:24.79 2008 Boston University
School Finals Points
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1 Harvard 'A' 3:19.18^ 10
2 Boston College 'A' 3:21.95! 6
3 Northeastern 'A' 3:23.44! 4
4 Boston U. 'A' 3:24.52! 2
Men 4x800 Meter Relay
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Meet Record: ! 8:01.12 2008 Boston College
School Finals Points
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1 Boston College 'A' 7:50.27! 10
2 Boston U. 'A' 7:51.02! 6
3 Harvard 'A' 7:55.50! 4
4 Northeastern 'A' 8:08.91 2
Men High Jump
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 2.24m
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 2.14m
IC4A D1: ^ 2.04m
NEICAAA: + 1.96m
Meet Record: ! 1.99m 2008 Adrian Li, Northeastern University
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Li, Adrian JR Northeastern 1.99m! 6-06.25 10
2 Benjaminsen, Justin JR Northeastern 1.94m 6-04.25 8
3 Clevenger, Chase SO Harvard 1.89m 6-02.25 6
4 Funk, Tyler FR Harvard J1.89m 6-02.25 4
5 Pereira, Matt FR Boston U. J1.89m 6-02.25 2
6 Brito, Jonathan JR Harvard 1.84m 6-00.50 0.50
6 Bogosian, Jonathan FR Boston College 1.84m 6-00.50 0.50
8 Bergson, Brendan SO Northeastern 1.79m 5-10.50
Men Pole Vault
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 5.50m
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 5.20m
IC4A D1: ^ 4.80m
NEICAAA: + 4.42m
Meet Record: ! 4.42m 2008 Daniel Anderson, Northeastern University
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Weiler, Nico FR Harvard 4.95m^ 16-02.75 10
2 Gil, Sean SO Harvard 4.80m^ 15-09.00 8
3 Rodriguez, Pablo SO Northeastern 4.60m! 15-01.00 6
4 Sherman, Jack SR Northeastern J4.60m! 15-01.00 4
5 Mcvey, John SO Harvard 4.15m 13-07.25 2
6 Maes, Justin FR Boston U. 4.00m 13-01.50 1
7 Cumper, Jordan JR Boston U. J4.00m 13-01.50
-- Marston, Mike FR Northeastern NH
Men Long Jump
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 7.85m
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 7.50m
IC4A D1: ^ 7.02m
NEICAAA: + 6.71m
Meet Record: ! 6.66m 2008 John Griffin, Northeastern University
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Li, Adrian JR Northeastern 7.03m^ 23-00.75 10
2 Wilder, Kodjo JR Boston U. 6.76m+ 22-02.25 8
3 Adetula, Matt FR Boston College 6.58m 21-07.25 6
4 Bergson, Brendan SO Northeastern 6.43m 21-01.25 4
5 Barjon, Jacques FR Harvard 6.38m 20-11.25 2
6 Pereira, Matt FR Boston U. 6.37m 20-10.75 1
7 Ngo, Phil FR Harvard 6.34m 20-09.75
8 Funk, Tyler FR Harvard 6.31m 20-08.50
9 Laguerre, Kevin JR Northeastern 4.94m 16-02.50
Men Triple Jump
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 16.10m
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 15.40m
IC4A D1: ^ 14.30m
NEICAAA: + 13.84m
Meet Record: ! 13.84m 2008 Brian Racca, Northeastern University
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Racca, Brian SO Northeastern 13.79m 45-03.00 10
2 Benjaminsen, Justin JR Northeastern 13.16m 43-02.25 8
3 Adetula, Matt FR Boston College 12.35m 40-06.25 6
4 Bogosian, Jonathan FR Boston College 12.08m 39-07.75 4
Men Shot Put
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 19.30m
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 17.75m
IC4A D1: ^ 15.60m
NEICAAA: + 14.83m
Meet Record: ! 15.80m 2008 Jan Bicanic, Boston University
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Hunter, Nate SR Northeastern 18.22m@ 59-09.50 10
2 Withrow, Daniel SO Boston U. 15.29m+ 50-02.00 8
3 Brady, Jack JR Harvard 15.13m+ 49-07.75 6
4 Jablonski, Patrick SO Northeastern 14.47m 47-05.75 4
5 Page, Michael JR Northeastern 14.06m 46-01.50 2
6 Caprio, Steve FR Northeastern 12.87m 42-02.75 1
7 Peritore, Mario Northeastern 12.86m 42-02.25
Men Weight Throw
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NCAA D1 Auto: # 21.50m
NCAA D1 Prov: @ 19.50m
IC4A D1: ^ 16.80m
NEICAAA: + 15.85m
Meet Record: ! 17.05m 2008 Ed Reardon, Northeastern University
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Faboyede, Bamidele SR Northeastern 17.63m! 57-10.25 10
2 Irani, Neville SR Harvard 17.26m! 56-07.50 8
3 Brady, Jack JR Harvard 16.71m+ 54-10.00 6
4 Clayman, Eric SO Harvard 16.09m+ 52-09.50 4
5 Hunter, Nate SR Northeastern 15.92m+ 52-02.75 2
6 Iannetta, Alex SO Northeastern 15.61m 51-02.75 1
7 Sullivan, Dan SO Harvard 15.14m 49-08.25
8 Ashigbi, Ablorde SO Harvard 15.12m 49-07.25
9 Anderson, Ian SO Northeastern 14.04m 46-00.75
10 Withrow, Daniel SO Boston U. 13.51m 44-04.00
11 Caprio, Steve FR Northeastern 12.78m 41-11.25
12 Vereen, Justin SO Boston College 12.19m 40-00.00
