The Dartmouth men started slowly in the competition, scoring 16 points on the first day to put them in fourth place.
The team was paced early by David Irving '11 and Phil Royer '13, who both posted second-place finishes for eight points each. Irving placed in the weight throw with a distance of 19.53 meters and Royer took second place in the 3000-meter run with a time of 8:06.96.
Royer said he was optimistic about the team's prospects entering the second day of events despite the Big Green's slow start.
"I was really happy to get second place and put up points for the team," he said in an interview with The Dartmouth on Saturday. "I think the top three places are really hard to get as a team, but third place is definitely within our grasp."
Dartmouth followed suit with a solid second day of competition. The team completed the meet with a score of 45 points, putting it in third place overall for the meet.
Point scorers included Connor Reilly '13, Anthony Romaniw '13, Tom Robbins '11 and Rob Contuzzi '12. Reilly placed third in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.84 seconds, Romaniw placed second in the 800-meter event with a time of 1:49.60, Robbins placed fifth in the mile race with a time of 4:12.89 and Contuzzi placed fifth in the heptathlon, with 4,822 points.
Royer placed for the Big Green again on Sunday, earning fourth in the 5000-meter run with a time of 14:15.22. The 4x400-meter relay and 4x800-meter relay teams also picked up points for the men's team.
Head coach Barry Harwick said he was happy with the Big Green's performance, noting that he was particularly pleased that the team met its goal of finishing third in the overall competition.
"This is definitely the most important meet of the season," he said. "This is the only time when all the Ivy League schools are together at one time, so it is something we definitely take very seriously and always focus in on."
Harwick said that, based on the team's performance in previous years, he expected more points from the team going into the event.
"Last year we scored 55 points at this meet and I told the team I was sure we could score more than that this year, but instead we scored 45," he said. "That fact is a little on the disappointing side."
In contrast to the men's team, the women's team started off strongly before fading in the second day of competition. The women's team finished its first day in third place with 22 points and seemed to be in good position to take a top-three overall position at the competition.
The Big Green used a one-two finish in the pentathlon to collect 18 points from the event. Janae Dunchack '14 took the top spot with a score of 3,622 points in the event, and was followed closely by teammate Priscilla Trojano '12, who scored 3,420 points.
Caitie Meyer '14 was the other scorer for the women's team on the first day, placing fourth in the 5,000-meter event with a time of 16:34.47. The time was a personal best for Meyer.
"I was really happy because I went into the race hoping to come in the top six," she said. "So I did even better than I was hoping for."
Meyer added that the women's team was motivated by its success on the opening day.
"I think that Dartmouth women's track hasn't been on the map as much as some other schools, so we really wanted to come in here and give Dartmouth a name," she said. "And I think we've done a pretty good job of that."
A disappointing second day, however, added only 17 points to the Big Green's total. The team finished the competition in sixth place overall.
Arianna Vailas '14 and Alexi Pappas '12 both placed in the mile event. Vailas ran a time of 4:54.64 to take second place, and Pappas finished in 4:56.32 to take sixth.
The women's 4x800-meter relay team also finished in second place.
The men's team will compete in the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Indoor Track and Field Championship next weekend at Boston University. The women's team will compete at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships, which are also in Boston, next weekend.
Harwick said that since only some of the men's team will compete at the IC4A Championship, most of the team's focus will now shift towards the outdoor season.
