The Princeton track and field teams were busy this Intersession competing at the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet, Multi-Event Meet, and the Villanova Wildcat Invitational. The Tigers had several standout individual performances and impressive team efforts as end of season competition draws near.
Princeton dominated the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet held at Yale on Jan. 29. The men tallied 110.5 points, while Harvard and Yale scored 41 and 28.5 points respectively. The women recorded 73 points, while Harvard and Yale scored 48 points each.
On the men’s side, junior Carrington Akosa continued his terrific season with a victory in the 60m followed by sophomore Charles Volker in 2nd. Akosa also returned for the 200m, which he won in a PR of 21.46.
Freshman Joey Daniels won the 60m hurdles and was the first in meet history to run under 8.00 seconds.
Junior Joshua Freeman won the 400m with a PR of 48.16.
Junior Noah Kauppila won the 800m, while junior Zachary Albright claimed the mile with a PR of 4:05.93.
In the field events, senior captain Chris Cook won the shot put followed closely by junior Mitchel Charles. Sophomore Adam Kelly easily took the victory in the weight throw with a PR of 71' 9."
Sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh won the triple jump, and senior captain Greg Leeper won the long jump.
Junior August Kiles claimed the pole vault victory in a PR of 17' 4.5." Senior Xavier Bledsoe and sophomore Andrew Diehl went 1-2 in the high jump.
Perhaps the most exciting event was the 4x400m relay, which concluded the day. The Princeton team held strong through the first three legs, and when Joshua Freeman took the baton for the anchor leg, he unleashed a devastating last 150m to claim the victory in a time of 3:14.61. The men also won the 4x800m relay.
The women’s team also put on an excellent showing. Highlighting the day was senior Katie Hanss who took runner-up in the 1000m with a new school record of 2:46.20. Sophomore Alie Fordyce and senior Zoe Sims also ran Princeton top 10 all-time marks.
Freshman Ashley Willingham won the 400m.
In the 500m, senior captain Elisa Steele continued her successful season with another victory and another PR of 1:14.11. In the 3000m, senior Lizzie Bird won with a time of 9:34.89.
In the field events, senior Julia Ratcliffe, the NCAA Champion in the event, won the hammer throw while junior Kennedy O'Dell took 2nd.
Senior captain Allison Harris dominated the pole vault with a mark of 13' 7.25," good enough to best the previous meet record which she already held.
The women’s team also claimed the 4x400m relay.
This past weekend, some of the team travelled to Staten Island for the Villanova Wildcat Invitational held at the Ocean Breeze facility on February 4th.
On the men’s team, freshman Conor Lundy took third in the 3000m with a PR of 8:15.44.
Senior captain Greg Leeper took third in the long jump.
The women’s team saw another stellar performance by senior captain Elisa Steele who captured the 400m in a PR of 55.45.
Senior captain Allison Harris was back at it again, and won the pole vault in dominating fashion, matching her 13' 7.25" from Yale.
In between the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet and the Villanova Invitational, Princeton hosted a small multi-event meet for athletes competing in the heptathlon and pentathlon. Freshman Justice Dixon won the heptathlon, while sophomore Frances Lodge took the pentathlon victory.
