Category Archives: Track &amp; Field

NBCOlympics.com Broadcast Schedule for Aug. 6

Filed under Cornell, Harvard, Sailing, Track & Field, Yale

August 5, 2012 · 11:39 pm

Monday, August 6

Here is the listing of events that involve Ivies for Monday, August 6. If there is no mention of the event being broadcast on TV, check NBCOlympics.com for the online broadcast.

Penn’s Koko Archibong and the Nigerian men’s basketball team will face France in the final game of group play for both squads. The game will start at 2:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on NBC’s Specialty: Basketball channel. After an Olympic-opening win over Tunisia, Nigeria has dropped its last three, including a 93-79 defeat at the hands of Argentina on Saturday. The Nigerians need a win and a loss by Lithuania (which faces Tunisia) to advance to the elimination round.

The US women’s field hockey team, featuring Princeton sisters Julia and Katie Reinprecht (players) and assistant coach Nate Franks (coaching staff), will take on South Africa at 5:45 a.m. The game will be broadcast live on NBCSN. After starting out 2-0, Team USA dropped its next two games, falling to Australia (1-0) and New Zealand (3-2), to fall out of contention for the semifinals.

In sailing, Dartmouth’s Erik Storck, sailing for the US, will skipper his 49er class boat in races 14 (10:00 a.m.) and 15 (11:00 a.m.). Team USA stands in 15th place with the top 10 advancing to the medal race. Yale’s Stu McNay will compete in races seven (7:00 a.m.) and eight (8:30 a.m.) of the men’s 470 class.

After defeating the host team Great Britain, 2-0 on Friday, Princeton’s Diana Matheson and the Canadian women’s soccer team will take on Team USA in the semifinals, with the winner advancing to the Gold medal game to face either France or Japan. The game will be broadcast on NBCSN.

In track & field action, Cornell’s Morgan Uceny will compete in heat three of the women’s 1,500m, with heat one beginning at 6:50 a.m.

NBCOlympics.com Broadcast Schedule for Aug. 4

Filed under Basketball, Cornell, Dartmouth, Field Hockey, Penn, Princeton, Sailing, Track & Field, Women's Soccer, Yale

August 3, 2012 · 5:00 pm

Saturday, August 4

Here is the listing of events that involve Ivies for Saturday, August 4. If there is no mention of the event being broadcast on TV, check NBCOlympics.com for the online broadcast.

Penn’s Koko Archibong and the Nigerian men’s basketball team will face Argentina in their second-to-last game in group play. The game will start at 5:15 p.m. and will be broadcast on NBC’s Specialty: Basketball channel.

Princeton’s Maya Lawrence and Susannah Scanlan will compete for Team USA in the women’s fencing team epee tournament, starting at 4:00 a.m (Team USA starts at 5:30 a.m.). The Gold medal match will begin at 2:15 p.m.

The almost All-Ivy boat of Henrik Rummel (Harvard), Glenn Ochal (Princeton) and Charlie Cole (Yale), along with teammate Scott Gault, will compete in the Gold medal race of the men’s four, starting at 5:30 a.m. After placing fourth in her semifinal on Thursday, Princeton’s Gevvie Stone will compete in the Final B of the women’s single sculls, starting at 4:30 a.m. NBC will broadcast highlights of the rowing action from 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

In sailing, men’s and women’s 470 class action continues. Yale’s Sarah Lihan will race at 9:05 a.m. (race three) and 10:20 a.m. (race four), while fellow Bulldog Stu McNay will compete in races five (9:00 a.m.) and six (10:15 a.m.) on the men’s side.

The first round of the men’s 400m will take place at 5:35 a.m., with Columbia’s Erison Hurtault competing for Dominica. Cornell head track and field coach Nathan Taylor is serving in the same capacity for the US Virgin Islands. Track and field action can be seen on NBC from 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., 4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and as part of its primetime show from 8:00 p.m. – midnight, as well as on MSNBC from 4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

NBCOlympics.com Broadcast Schedule for Aug. 3

Filed under Basketball, Columbia, Cornell, Fencing, Field Hockey, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Rowing, Sailing, Track & Field, Yale

· 2:07 am

Donn Cabral is (Steeple) Chasing History

Recent Princeton graduate Donn Cabral ’12 is greedy.

Looking at his resume, you would think that he would be happy with what he has done. He is a three-time Ivy League champion in the outdoor 10,000m and steeplechase, a two-time League title winner in the indoor 5,000m and the 2011 champion in the indoor 3,000m, a five-time outdoor All-American and 2012 All-American in the indoor 5,000m.

But that’s not all. Not only did Cabral earn Ivy League Heptagonal Most Outstanding Performer at both the Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2011, he is also an accomplished cross country runner, running in two NCAA Championships, earning two All-American and three first-team All-Ivy honors, winning the Ivy League cross country individual title in 2010, receiving United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region accolades in 2010, ’11 and ’12 and being named Regional Athlete of the Year in 2011.

But apparently, none of that was enough. No, Cabral had to go and earn a berth to the 2012 London Olympics by placing second in the US Olympic trials.

Cabral is the first Princeton track athlete to qualify for the Olympics since Tora Harris competed in the high jump in Athens in 2004. For male distance runners, Cabral is the first Tigers male distance runner to earn an Olympic berth since John Eisele won Silver in the three-mile and Bronze in the steeplechase at the 1908 Games, which were also held in London.

Cabral hopes to become the first Ivy League runner to win a medal since Frank Shorter (Yale) earned Silver in the 1976 Montreal Games, and the first Ivy League Gold medal winner since Shorter won the marathon in 1972 in Munich. Cabral would be just the third Ivy League steeplechase medalist, joining Penn’s George Orton (Gold in 1900) and Eisele.

The steeplechase prelims take place on Friday, Aug. 3 at 8:00 a.m., with the finals starting on Sunday at 4:25 p.m.

Cabral is hoping that his performance in London will prove Gordon Gekko correct: “greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”

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August 2, 2012 · 7:00 pm

Friday, August 3

Here is the listing of events that involve Ivies for Friday, August 3. If there is no mention of the event being broadcast on TV, check NBCOlympics.com for the online broadcast.

Harvard sophomore Temi Fagbenle and the Great Britain women’s basketball team battle France at 3:00 p.m. on the NBC Specialty: Basketball channel.

In fencing, the men’s team sabre tournament will commence at 6:30 a.m. Columbia’s James Williams and the rest of the US squad will start their run towards Gold with a match against Russia. The winner will take on either China or Romania in the semifinals. The Gold medal bout will start at 1:45 p.m.

The men’s and women’s heavyweight judo tournaments will start at 4:30 a.m. and 5:26 a.m., respectively. The women’s Gold medal fight will begin at 11:00 a.m., followed by the men’s final at 11:10 a.m. The US team is coached by Jimmy Pedro (Brown).

The men’s rowing single sculls final will start at 4:30 a.m. Cornell’s Ken Jurkowski is out of Gold medal contention, but he will race in the Final D. A pair of Ivies will race in the men’s pair finals, but only one has a chance for a medal. Harvard’s Brodie Buckland and his teammate, James Marburg, will try to put Australia on the podium in the Final A, while Brown’s Nikola Stojic, racing for Serbia, will compete in Final B. Rowing action can be seen on NBC from 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., 3:45 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. and as part of its primetime show from 8:00 p.m. – midnight.

In sailing, Dartmouth’s Erik Storck will skipper his 49er class boat in races nine (8:30 a.m.), 10 (9:15 a.m.) and 11 (10:00 a.m.). After six races, Storck and his teammate, Trevor Moore, stand in seventh place with 37 net points. After 15 races, the top 10 in the standings will move on to the medal race. Yale’s Sarah Lihan will take to the water with the start of the women’s 470 class, with race one starting at 7:00 a.m. and race two beginning at 8:15 a.m. Fellow Bulldog Stu McNay will compete in races three (7:05 a.m.) and four (8:20 a.m.) of the men’s 470 class.

Princeton’s Diana Matheson and Team Canada will take on the host team in the women’s soccer quarterfinals at 2:30 p.m. on NBCSN.

Track & Field officially kicks off, and Princeton’s Donn Cabral, the 2012 NCAA steeplechase Champion, will run in the qualifying round of his signature event at 8:00 a.m. Track & Field will be broadcast on Telemundo from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., as well as NBC from 10:00 a.m. – noon, 4:25 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and as part of its primetime show from 8:00 p.m. – midnight.

Filed under Basketball, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Fencing, Harvard, Judo, Princeton, Rowing, Sailing, Track & Field, Yale

July 30, 2012 · 2:30 pm

Flag Bearer in our Midst

The Dominica flag

UPDATED: Hurtault went on to be Dominca’s flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Check out the pictures here:
Parade of Nations

Two-time women’s sabre Olympic Gold medalist Mariel Zagunis was selected as the U.S. flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics on Friday night in London, England. Zagunis, a Notre Dame product, will become the third fencer to lead Team USA at the Opening Ceremonies, following in the footsteps of Columbia’s Norman Armitage (1952, Helsinki and 1956, Melbourne), and USC’s Janice Lee Romary (1968, Mexico City).

But, it looks as if the Ivy League will have a flag bearer in London after all. Columbia alum Eric Hurtault ’07 (@swifft7) tweeted a picture of his credential for the Opening Ceremony along with an additional credential that reads, “Flag Bearer.” Hurtault represents Dominica and will run the 400m.

Coverage of the 2012 opening ceremonies begins at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC. For the Associated Press’ all-time U.S. flag bearer list, click here.

Filed under Columbia, Fencing, General, Track & Field

· 1:00 pm

Blogging Coaches: Taylor and Murphy

Alex Meyer and Tim Murphy (Courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications).

Several Ivy League coaches are over in London coaching various Olympic teams. Of the group, Cornell men’s track & field head coach Nathan Taylor and Harvard Men’s swimming & diving head coach Tim Murphy have been providing some excellent material to their respective schools’ websites.

Taylor, who is serving as the head track and field coach for the Virgin Islands, and Murphy, who is the open water swim coach for the United States, have combined to provide written content, videos and photo galleries. Here is Taylor’s video of the athlete parade from the Opening Ceremonies and here is a photo gallery from Murphy.

To follow along with Taylor’s material, visit the Big Red’s track and field homepage. Murphy’s Crimson blog is being posted and updated here.

Filed under Cornell, Harvard, Swimming, Track & Field

July 25, 2012 · 9:30 am

Ivies In London – Set for the 2012 Summer Games

The Ivy League has a far-reaching standard of success when it comes to the Olympic Games. As the world turns its attention to the 2012 Summer Games in London, the Ivy League has turned its attention to providing coverage of the games in order to highlight the performances of the League’s alums and student-athletes.

All told, Ivy League participants have combined to win 356 medals at the Summer Games Since the 1896 Athens Games, including 147 gold, 116 silver and 93 bronze. At the 2008 Summer Games, The Ivy League was represented by 42 athletes and took home 14 medals — five gold, seven silver and two bronze. The 356 medals at the Summer Games would rank 13th in the all-time standings for individual countries (complete country rankings).

The 2012 Olympic Games are scheduled to take place between July 25 and August 12. Action kicks off with soccer, which begins play on July 25 and 26. Then, the opening ceremonies will be held on Friday, July 27. The action hits full stride on Saturday, July 28. The first day/night of medal competition will be highlighted by women’s individual foil fencing as well as four swimming races including the men’s 400m Individual Medley, the women’s 100m Butterfly, the men’s 400m Freestyle, the women’s 400m Individual Medley, the men’s 100m Breaststroke and the women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay.

ATHLETES (48)

Brown (2)
Craig Kinsley ’11, USA (men’s track and field, javelin)
Nikola Stojic ’97, Serbia, (rowing, men’s coxless pair)

Columbia (7)
Sherif Farrag ’09, Egypt (fencing, men’s foil)
Erison Hurtault ’07, Dominica (men’s track and field, 400m)
Nick LaCava ’09, USA (rowing, men’s lightweight four)
Nzingha Prescod ’15 USA (fencing, women’s foil)
Nicole Ross ’12, USA (fencing, women’s foil)
Lisa Stublic ’06, Croatia (women’s track and field, marathon)
James Williams ’07, USA (fencing, men’s sabre)

Cornell (3)
Muhammad Halim ’08, Virgin Islands (men’s track & field, triple jump)
Ken Jurkowski ’03, USA (rowing, men’s single sculls)
Morgan Uceny ’07, USA (women’s track and field, 1,500m)

Dartmouth (4)
Anthony Fahden ’08, USA (rowing, men’s lightweight four)
Sean Furey ’04, USA (men’s track & field, javelin)
Evelyn Stevens ’05, USA (women’s road cycling)
Erik Storck ’07, USA (sailing)

Harvard (9)
Brodie Buckland ’06, Australia (rowing, men’s pair)
Caryn Davies ’05, USA (rowing, women’s eight)
Temi Fagbenle ’15, Great Britain (women’s basketball)
Malcolm Howard ’05, Canada (rowing, men’s eight)
Samyr Laine ’06, Haiti (men’s track & field, triple jump)
Esther Lofgren ’09, USA (rowing, women’s eight)
Alex Meyer ’10, USA (swimming, 10K)
Will Newell ’11, USA (rowing, men’s lightweight four)
Henrik Rummel ’09, USA (rowing, men’s four)

Penn (2)
Koko Archibong ’03, Nigeria (men’s basketball)
Susan Francia ’04, USA (rowing, women’s eight)

Princeton (15)
Donn Cabral ’12, USA (men’s track & field, steeplechase)
Sara Hendershot ’10, USA (rowing, women’s pair)
Maya Lawrence ’02, USA (fencing, women’s epee)
Caroline Lind ’06, USA (rowing, women’s eight)
Sam Loch ’06, Australia (rowing, men’s eight)
Diana Matheson ’08, Canada (women’s soccer)
Andreanne Morin ’06, Canada (rowing, women’s eight)
Glenn Ochal ’08, USA (rowing, men’s four)
Robin Prendes ’11, USA (rowing, men’s lightweight four)
Julia Reinprecht ’14, USA (field hockey)
Katie Reinprecht ’13, USA (field hockey)
Susannah Scanlan ’14, USA (fencing, women’s epee)
Gevvie Stone ’07, USA (rowing, women’s single sculls)
Soren Thompson ’05, USA (fencing, men’s epee)
Lauren Wilkinson ’11, Canada (rowing, women’s eight)

Yale (6)
Ashley Brzozowicz ’04, Canada (rowing, women’s eight)
Charlie Cole ’07, USA (rowing, men’s four)
Tess Gerrand ’10, Australia (rowing, women’s eight)
Sarah Lihan ’10, USA (women’s sailing)
Stu McNay ’05, USA (men’s sailing)
Taylor Ritzel ’10, USA (rowing, women’s eight)

ALTERNATES (3)

Columbia (1)
Jeff Spear ’10, USA (fencing, men’s sabre replacement athlete)

Princeton (2)
Michelle Cesan ’14, USA (field hockey alternate)
Ashley Higginson ’11, USA (track & field, steeplechase alternate)

Yale (1)
Jamie Redman ’10, USA (rowing spare)

COACHES

Brown
Alum Jimmy Pedro ’94, USA (judo)

Columbia
Fencing head coach Michael Aufrichtig, USA (modern pentathlon, fencing portion)
Former wrestler David Barry, USA (Team Leader, greco-roman wrestling)
Field hockey assistant coach Caroline Nichols, USA (field hockey player)

Cornell
Men’s track & field head coach Nathan Taylor, Virgin Islands (track & field head coach)
Alum Dan Fronhofer ’04, USA (men’s rowing coaching staff)

Harvard
Men’s swimming & diving head coach Tim Murphy, USA (open water swim coach)

Penn
Alum Brandon Slay ’98, USA (wrestling coaching staff)

Princeton
Field hockey assistant coach Nate Franks ’07, USA (field hockey coaching staff)

Yale
Rowing assistant coach Sarah Trowbridge, USA (rowing, double scull)