While both teams were able to best Columbia, Yale proved less accommodating, beating the men by a 20-point margin and edging out the women by 13 points.
On the women's side, Yale scored 70 points, while Dartmouth scored 57 and Columbia netted 54. The Yale men totaled 86 points to Dartmouth's 66 and Columbia's 29.
In past years, Yale and Dartmouth often battled to the final relay, but this time around, the Bulldogs won several close races to make the last relay irrelevant.
"We had some up and down performances," women's distance coach Maribel Souther '96 said. "It's still early in the season and we are gearing up for solid performances in mid-late February [when the Heptagonal Championships are held]."
Dartmouth saw several first place finishers among its ranks. For the women, Jamila Smith '06 won the shot put and weight throw with throws of 42-6 3/4 and 50-10 3/4, respectively. Lydia Blandy '06 won the 800 meters in 2:19.10, and Kelsey Weigmann '06 cleared 5-8 to take first in the high jump, leading a Dartmouth sweep of the event.
Melanie Schorr '06 also turned in a notable performance. Her 3000-meter time of 9:58.52 was good enough to qualify for the Eastern College Athletic Conference meet on March 4.
Winners for the men include Ikechi Ogbonna '06, winning the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.11 seconds; Mike Carmody '08, who won the 1000 in 2:27.84; and Randy McKnight '08, who jumped 21-11 3/4 to take the long jump.
Rob Kerris '07 finished second in both the shot put and weight throw, throwing 51-05.75 in former and 47-08.00 in the latter.
"Some individuals performed well," men's head coach Barry Harwick '77 said. "I would say specifically that Ikechi Ogbonna is having a great season, and he is progressing extremely well in the hurdles. Mike Carmody had an impressive win in the 1000."
The meet as a whole was a mixed bag for Dartmouth. The team saw several strong performances and had a lot of close races, but as a whole, the Big Green could have performed more consistently across the board.
"There were some ups and downs, which give us some definite things to work on," women's head coach Sandra Ford-Centonze said. "Track is not like the other team sports where we can work on plays and strategies, so we need to work on better mental preparation, better physical preparation, like stretching, massage, sleep, etc.
"I know that [the athletes] all try to do the correct things [to prepare], but we all know the schedules and obligations of the students here are full."
Next weekend, Dartmouth will send its finest against some of the nation's top athletes at the Terrier Classic at Boston University.
"[The Terrier Classic] is a national-class meet on a fabulous facility," said Harwick. "We are not taking the entire squad; I expect the athletes that we do take to have their best performances of the year."
