NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's track and field team will compete at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships this weekend at Princeton.
Competition begins Saturday and concludes Sunday. All eight Ivy League schools are represented.
Scoring is on a 10-8-6-4-2-1 scale. Princeton is the defending champion. The Tigers have won five of the last six editions of Heps.
At the conclusion of the meet, a Field Performer of the Meet, a Track Performer of the Meet and the Coaching Staff of the Year will be selected.
Heps also determines All-Ivy League honorees. The top finisher in each event earns first team All-Ivy League recognition, while the second finisher earns second team All-Ivy League recognition. All of those awards will be announced formally next Tuesday.
Heps also represents the final chance to move up the
outdoor performance list for the East Region, which determines selections for the NCAA First Round East meet. Those selections will be announced next Thursday based on the following criteria:
- For each individual event contested at each of the First Round Sites of the Championships, the top 48 declared student-athletes per gender will be accepted into the Championships.
- For each relay event contested at each of the First Round Sites of the Championships, the top 24 declared relay teams per gender will be accepted into the Championships.
- The Decathlon and Heptathlon events are not contested at the First Round Sites of the Championships. Qualification to the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships in these two events is accomplished through a competitor's position on the national descending order performance mark list for the current outdoor season. The top 24 declared student-athletes in each of these two events will be accepted into the Championships for competition at the Final Championships Site.
Bulldogs Currently Ranked in the Ivy League Top 10 (Top Two for Relays) for the 2026 Season Scheduled to Compete at Outdoor Heps:
- 1500m (Prelims Saturday 1:00 p.m., Finals Sunday 1:20 p.m.)
- 5000m (Sunday 9:00 a.m.)
- 10,000m (Saturday 8:00 p.m.)
- 400m Hurdles (Prelims Saturday 3:25 p.m., Finals Sunday 3:00 p.m.)
- Triple Jump (Sunday 1:00 p.m.)
- Discus (Saturday 2:00 p.m.)
- Hammer Throw (Saturday 10:00 a.m.)
Returning Yale Scorers from 2025 Outdoor Heps Scheduled to Compete in That Event at 2026 Outdoor Heps:
