This previous weekend, Yale’s track and field groups directed to Storrs, Connecticut to contend in the nine-team UConn Dog Fight, with the guys ending up 5th and the females ending up 6th total.
Peter Williams
Contributing Reporter
Yale Athletics
Yale was among 9 universities — 5 of which have canine mascots — to send its track and field groups to the University of Connecticut to contend in the UConn Dog Fight on Saturday, April 1.
In their 2nd fulfill of the outside season, the Bulldogs ended up in the middle of the dog pack, with the guys being available in 5th and the females being available in 6th out of 9. These surfaces were protected without a number of Yale’s professional athletes, who rested this weekend in advance of their fulfill next weekend in Cambridge.
“We are progressing well,” coach Shoehlater informed the News. “We rested many of our athletes following our training trip to North Carolina and in preparation for this weekend’s competition against Oxford and Cambridge.”
On the guys’s side of occasions, Yale’s efficiency was marked by strong efficiencies in the sprint and field competitors. Jacob Kao ’25 led the Bulldog pack in the 100m dash with a 10.81 2nd surface, his very first time under 11 seconds considering that getting to Yale. In the 200m, Andrew Farr ’26 likewise PRed with a surface of 21.87 seconds. Finally, Chris Ward ’24 led the Bulldogs in the field occasions, positioning 2nd total in the shot put with a PR of 17.34m.
Since the start of the outside season, fellow thrower Matt Appel ’24 has regularly shinedwhile Ward has actually considerably enhanced over the previous couple of months. Ward explains their relationship as colleagues as offering them both with inspiration this season.
“Matt has been dominant in shot put for a long time and this was actually the first time I’ve beaten him in a competition,” Ward composed to the News. “Having him ahead of me has been a great motivator and I don’t think either of us would be where we are today without one another. Seeing each other work hard and throw far pushes us both to work even harder and do the best that we can.”
On the females’s side, the Bulldogs once again had strong provings in the sprint and field occasions. Peyton Parker ’25 notched the very first PR of the day for the females’s group in the 400m difficulties with a time of 1:05.07. Meanwhile in the field, Bella Bergloff ’24 PR’ed in the discus with a 43.14m toss, 3.58m much better than her previous record. Maria Leskovec ’24 tossed a 51.17m PR in the hammer toss, putting her 6th on Yale’s all-time list. Finally, Sophie Wright ’24 set a PR in the triple dive with a range of 11.60m.
When inquired about her and her fellow throwers’ recent PR’s, Bergloff associated their successes to a couple of various elements.
“Everyone has been putting up good marks, either a PR or close to it, which I feel like reflects the work we’ve been putting in in the weight room and our consistent, intentional practice,” Bergloff composed to the News. “Coach Duke does a really great job of finding specific cues for all of us to iron out our throws.”
Next weekend, the rest of Yale’s professional athletes will sign up with the group in Cambridge, Mass. on Saturday, April 8, where they will take on Harvard in the Harvard-Yale vs. Oxford-Cambridge fulfill.
