PRINCETON, N.J.—The Yale men’s track and field team opened competition at the annual Sam Howell Invitational on Friday. The meet, held at Princeton’s Weaver Stadium, pits Yale against a massive field—around 1,000 athletes in total—that includes all seven of its Ivy League rivals. With most of the weekend’s events scheduled for Saturday, the few Bulldogs who were slated to perform on Friday came out seeking to set the tone for the team this weekend. Sophomore Brendan Sullivan did just that, continuing his strong season in the pole vault by placing second with a mark of 15’9″ (4.80m). He fell just less than four inches (0.10m) shy of the first-place finisher, Binghamton’s Joe Miceli. Friday’s performance was an outdoor meet personal record for Sullivan—outdoing the measurement he recorded at the Shamrock Invitational two weekends ago—although it fell nearly eight inches (0.20m) shy of his overall record in the event more
