Dartmouth Women Head to Cornell for Indoor Heps

Saturday, February 29

Ithaca, N.Y.

Dartmouth College

Heptagonal Championship Day 1

Dartmouth ready to sprint into weekend.

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Women Head to Cornell for Indoor Heps

2/28/2020 11:01:00 AM | Women's Track & Field

Two-day meet set for Barton Hall and will be streamed on ESPN+

By: Pat Salvas

2020 Ivy League Heptagonal Championship
Saturday, Feb. 29 – Sunday, Mar. 1
Barton Hall – Ithaca, N.Y.
ESPN+ Day 1 | ESPN+ Day 2 | Live Results | Schedule of Events

THE WEEKEND
•   The Dartmouth women's indoor track & field team will line up alongside its seven other Ivy League counterparts at the 2020 Heptagonal Championship in Ithaca.
•   The meet will begin Saturday morning and continue through Sunday afternoon.

HOW WE'RE DOING
•   Coming into the weekend, the Big Green have run in just two locations this season: Hanover (4) and Boston (4).
•   Dartmouth has hosted four home meets so far and won each of them.
•   Additionally, the team competed in two non-scoring meets at BU as well as a third-place finish at Harvard to open the year back in December and then a fourth-place showing at the New England Championship several weeks back.

LAST YEAR
•   The Big Green claimed third place last year in Cambridge, earning 85 points.
•   Dartmouth trailed only Penn (136) and Harvard (102) in the standings.

RETURNING ALL-IVY
•   Cha'Mia Rothwell will look to defend her title in the 60mH, an event she has won in each of her three years. Last season, Rothwell ran an 8.37 in the final to win her fifth overall indoor title between the hurdles and the long jump (twice), an event she won as both a freshman and sophomore.
•   Julia Valenti is seeking her third straight title in the pole vault after capturing her second-straight win last year at Harvard (3.91m). Valenti is the first Dartmouth women to win the event multiple times as only Elizabeth Beck — the only other champion — had a pole vault title for the Big Green back in 2000, the first year it was used in competition for scoring.
•   Claire Dougherty was second in the 800m a year ago, crossing in 2:08.79 to earn second-team honors and add eight points to the team total.
•   Maria Garman tied for second place in the high jump (1.70m).

TOP TIMES
•   Several members of the Big Green are poised to make a splash this weekend. Here are some that are currently in the top-6 in their events in the performance lists heading into the weekend:
     o   Claire Dougherty: 3rd in the 800m | 2:07.89
     o   Lauren Sapone: 5th in the 3000 | 9:32.16
     o   Rachel Ludwikowski: 2nd in the 5000m | 16:36.24
     o   Cha'Mia Rothwell: 1st in the 60m Hurdles | 8.33
     o   Cha'Mia Rothwell: 3rd in the long jump | 6.03m
     o   Zoe Dainton: 1st in the high jump | 1.74m
     o   Camille Landon: 3rd in the high jump | 1.71m
     o   Julia Valenti: 3rd in the pole vault | 4.00m
     o   Lily Lockheart: 6th in the weight throw | 16.92m
     o   Anoush Krafian: 3rd in the pentathlon | 3433
     o   Arianna Gragg: 6th in the pentathlon | 3278

AT CORNELL
•   The last time Cornell hosted this event was back in 2016.
•   Dartmouth finished third that season with 101 points, 34 ahead of fourth-place Princeton.

WATCH OR FOLLOW IT!!
•   Both days of the meet will be carried live on ESPN+,
•   Eric Gallanty and Robert Johnson will have the call
•   Leone Timing will provide live results through the link above.

TICKETS
•   Those attending the meet this weekend can purchase tickets through the Cornell Box Office.