Columbia
Ivy League Championships
Women Third, Men Sixth At Heps Cross Country Championships
11/1/2014 12:41:00 PM | Cross Country
Women's Results | Men's Results
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Columbia women finished third and the men took sixth on a muddy course at the 2014 Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships, hosted by Princeton. Three Lions garnered All-Ivy League honors on the day, as Dartmouth took the women's team title with 47 points, and Princeton was the men's team champion with 30 points.
The women's 6K was the first event of the day, starting at 11 a.m. on a cold, rainy day. Two members of the women's team earned All-Ivy League honors, including Olivia Sadler who placed fifth overall, and Leila Mantilla who finished ninth.
Sadler crossed the line 21.7 seconds behind the individual champion, Princeton's Megan Curham. Sadler's 6K time of 20:46.0 put her on the All-Ivy League first team. Mantilla earned second team All-Ivy League honors, clocking a 21:07.5 to finish ninth.
Other notables for the women included Natalie Tanner, who finished in 16th place at 21:17.4, Samantha Siler, who took 30th at 21:31.7, and Aryn Foland, who clocked a 21:37.4 for 36th place.
The women scored 95 points, and were behind first place Dartmouth, who had 47, and second place Princeton, who finished with 67.
Tait Rutherford helped the Columbia men to a sixth place finish, and earned All-Ivy League second team honors on the day. The junior finished in tenth place in the men's 8K, in 24:46.0.
Penn's Thomas Awad held off Princeton's Michael Sublette in the men's race to earn the individual Ivy League championship. Awad crossed the line in 24:24.1, with Sublette right behind him in 24:25.2.
Jack Boyle was the second Lion to cross the finish line, taking 19th place in 24:58.9. Not far behind Boyle was Casey Adams, who took 23rd at 25:01.3. Rounding out the Columbia runners were Daniel Everett in 38th place at 25:10.4, and Ben Eversole in 47th place in 25:19.1.
The Columbia men scored 123 points, which matched the total of Yale, who took fifth place on tiebreakers. Princeton earned the team title with 30 points, edging out Cornell (74), Penn (111) and Dartmouth (112).
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