LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Competing against over 50 schools at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic on Friday and Saturday in Lewisburg, PA the Cornell men's track and field team had a number of stand-out performances as the Big Red had an impressive 16 IC4A qualifiers and four event wins. Despite cold and windy conditions on Friday night, Cornell distance runners had a number of fine performances and with sunny skies and less windy conditions on Saturday, the Big Red continued to shine.

The Cornell men looked strong in the distance events on Friday night to get the meet started. The biggest highlight came in the final event of the evening, the 10,000 meters. Junior Nate Edelman placed first, running 30:01.24 to go under the IC4A standard by over a minute and led four other Cornellians under the qualifier. Freshman Brett Kelly gave Gavin Sloan's 24 year old school freshman record a real scare, missing the old mark by only two seconds as he placed fourth in a terrific 30:06.21. Junior Drew Hart had a big breakthrough to place fifth in 30:08.27 and freshman Kevin Johnson ran very well to get seventh in 30:10.94. Senior Brad Bogdan was Cornell's fifth IC4A qualifier, running a PR 30:41.94 for 14th. In the Invitational 5000, junior Adrien Dannemiller placed fourth in an IC4A-qualifier of 14:24.19, good enough for #9 on the all-time list at Cornell. And in the Invitational 1500, freshman Nick Wade placed fourth in 3:52.15 and classmate Andy Arnold was seventh in 3:54.29.

The 4X100 quartet of junior Andy Ahart, freshman Jedidiah Adarquah-Yiadom, sophomore Chase Aaronson and freshman Bruno Hortelano-Roig got Saturday off to a good start for the Big Red men, as they placed first in 41.47, an IC4A qualifier. Aaronson came back to placed third in the 100 in 10.74, with Hortelano-Roig joining him as an IC4A-qualifier in 10.78. Hortelano-Roig then came back to win the 200 in another IC4A qualifier of 21.70. Also running well was the sophomore duo of Ken McClain and Brian Freitas, who placed second and third in the 400 hurdles. McClain ran the #8 time in school history, crossing the line in 52.45 while Freitas also dipped under the IC4A standard in 53.10. The Big Red's other IC4A qualifier on the track came in the 4X400 as senior Marcel van Eeden, Freitas, sophomore Cody Boyd and McClain ran 3:12.91 to place second. In the field, one of the highlights was in the discus as senior Scott Jaffee placed first at 168-7 and sophomore Bob Belden was second at 164-4; both were IC4A qualifiers. Belden was also fourth in the shot put, reaching 52-7 1/2 to again better the IC4A standard. Also competing well was sophomore Chris Arlinghaus, who was fourth at 6-6 3/4 in the high jump and junior Tommy Roy, who was seventh in the 800 at 1:53.73. 

Complete results can be found at:
http://www.bucknellbison.com/sports/m-track/stats/2009-2010/bison_outdoor_classic_2010_results.html

Next up for Cornell is a split weekend. Some distance runners will compete on Friday evening the 16th at Princeton and the bulk of the team at the Moravian Invitational on the 17th.