Big hit

The first day of practice with full pads is in the books and there were few complaints for either head coach Jack Siedlecki or senior stars Mike McLeod or Bobby Abare.

"The biggest thing for me is pace and intensity," Siedlecki said of Tuesday morning's three-hour practice. "This is a very veteran team, 35 seniors and the expectation is exactly what we got out of that scrimmage. We were good and bad both sides of the ball but we came out ready to go. We made some plays."

Reserve tailback Ricky Galvez and defensive end Jesse Reising were held out of practice since they were nursing hamstring and ankle injuries respectively.

Abare and Harvard captain Matt Curtis will throw out ceremonial first pitches at the Sept. 2 game at Fenway Park between the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox.

For those are into this sort of thing, here are the top performers in Yale's on-field testing results.

BENCH PRESS
Steve Morse 475
Uthman Arogundade 425
Bryan Kana 410
Matt Smock 405
Colin Kruger 405
Matt Kelleher 400

POWER CLEAN
Shebby Swett 378
Mike McLeod 374
Paul Rice 367.4

Vertical Jump
Jesse Reising 35.5
Ricky Galvez 34
McLeod 33.5
Jarrett Drake 33

Dips
Brandon Scott 48
Larry Abare 46
McLeod 45

Pull Ups
Marcus Wallace 29
Jay Pilkerton 26
Sean Williams 26
Casey Gerald 26
Larry Abare 25
McLeod 25
Adam Money 25