ITHACA, N.Y. -- Competing at different venues across the Northeast, the Cornell men had some strong performances this weekend. The Big Red had athletes competing at Princeton, Cortland and Moravian, picking up numerous outstanding performances.

The team's top middle distance and distance runners got things under way for Cornell at Princeton on Friday night. The squad excelled as the 10 runners produced 8 outdoor personal bests times, 4 IC4A qualifying times, and two alterations to the all-time top 10 list.

In the 800, freshman Nick Wade, who smashed school records indoors in the 800 and the 1k, ran his first 800 of the outdoor season and his first two lapper of the spring was a successful won as he was the 2nd collegian across the line in 1:49.99, making him the 7th fastest in Cornell history. Fellow freshman David McCuiston finished 2nd in his heat in 1:54.25.

In the 1500, junior Adrien Dannemiller got ready for the Penn Relays steeplechase with an impressive 3:46.93 clocking, knocking some 1.6 seconds off his previous best. The time makes him the 9th fastest performer in Cornell history. Seniors Charlie Hatch and Owen Kimple also had Ic4a qualifiers and personal bests in the event as Hatch ran 3:48.02 and Kimple 3:48.77. Freshmen Andy Arnold (3:51.99) and Will McFall (3:54.56) also lowered their personal bests in the 1,500. In the steeplechase, sophomores Teddy Brinkofski and Chandler Kemp set PRs of 9:17.31 and 9:29.66.

The team's top sprinters and jumpers battered cold and extremely windy conditions at a meet on Saturday at Moravian. Before departing home early due to the cold conditions, the team put up some creditable performances and took home five event wins.
 
The 4 x 100 team of junior Andy Ahart, freshman Jedidiah Adarquah-Yiadom, sophomore Chase Aaronson and freshman Bruno Hortelano-Roig won in 41.25. In the 400, Cornell took four of the top five spots led by senior Marcel Van Eeden who won in 48.58 as junior Brian Freitas was 2nd in 48.75.
 
Sophomore Nick Huber ran and won his first 400 hurdle race of the year in 53.94 as senior Jason Inzana won the pole vault in 15'5”.

Sophomore Chris Arlinghaus had an outdoor PR 6'7.5” to win the high jump as senior Jay Pierce returned from injury to place third 6'5.5”.

The long jump featured a great battle between past and current Cornell greats as Muhammad Halim '08 edged senior Duane Teixeira by 1.5 inches with a leap of 24'9.75”. In the triple jump, Halim took the top spot with a 52'4” jump compared to Teixeira's 48'5” runner-up performance.

The men's throwers as well as a few other Cornell team members competed at the Cortland Classic this weekend. Leading the way was freshman Robert Fiedler who had a massive PR by more than 7'9.5” as he threw 176'6.5” in the hammer to record an IC4a qualifier.

Event winners at Cortland included sophomore Bob Belden, who won both the discus (50.27m) and shot put (16.08m), freshman Zach Zeller, who won the 110 hurdles (16.1 seconds) and placed third in the 400  hurdles (57.3 seconds),  junior Chris Tait, who won the 200 in 22.1 seconds, junior Enbani Moore, who won the long jump in 6.78m, and  senior Scott Gorski, who won the high jump with a mark of 1.88m. The 4 x 100 relay also was victorious in 44.0.

Complete Results for the various meets can be found at the following links:

Cortland Classic results can be found here:
http://www.cortlandreddragons.com/custompages/mtrack/2009-10results/CortlandClassic.htm

Moravian Field Event Results:
http://www.moravian.edu/athletics/track/10/10Greyhound/GreyhoundMenFinalFieldResults.pdf

Moravian Track Results:
http://www.moravian.edu/athletics/track/10/10Greyhound/GreyhoundMenFinalTrackResults.pdf

Princeton Results Here:
http://www.moravian.edu/athletics/track/10/10Greyhound/GreyhoundMenFinalTrackResults.pdf