Complete Results
Heptathlon Results

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Big Red men's track team rolled to victory at the Upstate Challenge in Barton Hall on Saturday, defeating Buffalo, Binghamton, Syracuse, Cortland and Ithaca College. The team had a breakout meet, producing 11 wins and more than 20 IC4A qualifiers, scoring 246 points to out-distance Buffalo by over 130 points.

The Cornell men were fantastic in the field, with six alterations to the all-time Cornell top 10 lists. Freshman Stephen Mozia continued his outstanding debut season, breaking Hall of Famer Dave Doupe's 38-year-old freshman record in the shot put with a runner-up showing of 59-3 ½. The winner, Buffalo's Robert Golabek, broke Doupe's 24-year-old Barton Hall record. Senior co-captain Bob Belden was fourth in an IC4A qualifying 52' 6 1/2” after winning the weight earlier at 56' 0”, another IC4A qualifier.

Sophomore Steven Bell was a double winner, reaching No. 10 all-time at Cornell with a leap of 24' 4 1/2” and also qualified for the IC4As with a mark of 47' 1” 3/4 in winning the triple jump. Other Eastern qualifiers in these events came from senior Chase Aaronson, who was third in the long jump at 23' 4” and sophomore Dan Scott, who was second in the triple jump at 46'11 3/4”.

Senior Chris Arlinghaus cleared 6' 10 1/4” to win the high jump in yet another IC4A qualifier, and sophomore David Kim cleared 15' 9” to place second in the vault as he equaled the IC4A standard.

The Big Red showed remarkable depth in the two-day heptathlon. Senior Josh Cusick scored the No. 2 performance in school history with a total of 5,328 points. Three others also bettered the IC4A standard: senior Vince Formica (5,145, No. 4 all-time), senior Chris Ryan (4,971, No. 6 all-time) and sophomore Mike Rabbit (4,890, No. 9 all-time).

The Cornell men had a good meet on the track as well.  Junior Nick Wade won the 1000 in 2:26.22; freshman Rutger Admirand (second, 2:27.08) and junior Andy Arnold (third, 2:28.96) also hit the IC4A standard. Senior Brian Freitas won the 500 in 1:05.28, with classmate Dan Thomas close behind in 1:05.43 as both achieved the IC4A qualifier.

In the 60, junior Jedidiah Adarquah-Yiadom (third, 6.88) and Aaronson (fourth, 6.90) competed well in a competitive dash final as they, too, had IC4A qualifiers. Sophomore Andre Anderson won the 400 in 50.31 and junior David McCuiston took the 800 in 1:56.67.

In the 5000, senior Chandler Kemp closed extremely well in the final 1000 meters to win in 15:03.14 and lead a 1-5 Cornell sweep. The Big Red closed out the meet in style in winning the 4x400 in 3:21.06 behind legs from Thomas, Anderson, Admirand and Freitas.

Next up for Cornell is another scored meet as the team will compete at the Armory Team Challenge on Jan. 28.