PRINCETON, N.J. – The Yale men's track and field team opened competition at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday at Princeton's Weaver Stadium. Led by a third-place finish in the hammer throw by senior Nolan Recker (62.59m), Yale got all 11 of its points from the throws group. Only Princeton, the meet leader overall with 57 points through five events, got more points than Yale in Saturday's two throwing events (the Tigers got 28 points from throws). 
 
Competition concludes Sunday. 
 
Scoring is on a 10-8-6-4-2-1 scale. 
 
Scoring Finishes on Saturday:

• Hammer Throw
  • Nolan Recker (3rd, 62.59m, 6 pts.)
  • Jake Sun (6th, 59.60m, 1 pt.)
• Discus Throw
  • Nathan Lebowitz (4th, 54.71m, 4 pts.)

 
Advanced from Saturday's Prelims to Finals on Sunday:

• 800m 
  • Connor Hom (2nd, 1:49.83)
• 1500m 
  • Owen Karas (4th, 3:46.05)
  • Max Bishop (8th, 3:52.00)
• 400H
  • Aiden Martinez (10th, 53.36)