Men's Track Takes Down Navy in Dual Meet

By: Princeton Athletic Communications

Release: 01/09/2016

RESULTS ANNAPOLIS, Md. (1/9/16) - The Princeton’s men’s indoor track & field team began the year 2016 out strong as the Tigers defeated Navy 95.5-85.5 in the annual dual meet, this year held at Wesley A. Brown Field House.
Princeton won nine of the 17 events, including four of the six field events: the weight throw, shot put, long jump and triple jump; as well as the 60, 800, 1000, 3000 and 4x800 relay.
Freshman Adam Kelly won the weight throw with a toss of 19.63m (64-5) on his final attempt, four feet further than the rest of the competition. Junior Vic Youn earned a point in the event in well as he was fourth with a throw of 16.95 (55-7.50).
The Tigers went 1-2 in the shot put with the duo of junior Christopher Cook and sophomore Mitchel Charles (Rancho Palos Verdes. Cook launched to 17.03 (55-10.50) while Charles saw 16.59 (54-5.25) on his first attempt, which would be his best of the day.
Another 1-2 effort came in the long jump. Senior Jake Scinto was over 6.5 meters on every jump and reached 6.96 (22-10) on his third that would be his best of the afternoon. Junior Greg Leeper leapt to 6.57 (21-6.75) on his only jump but it was good enough for second place.
The success in the jumps continued with freshman Stefan Amokwandoh and sophomore Lane Russell in the triple. Amokwandoh was the only jumper to clear 46 feet and posted a 14.27 (46-10). Russell’s 13.75 (45-1.50) on his second attempt made him the runner-up in the event.
Sophomore Colin Reilly and junior Xavier Bledsoe earned four points towards the team total in the high jump. Reilly cleared 1.94 (6-4.25) on his first attempt, while Bledsoe cleared the height on his second effort.
Sophomore August Kiles and junior Ben Gaylord picked up three points in pole vault, with Kiles cleared 5.00 (16-4.75) and Gaylord 4.80 (15-9), for third and fourth place, respectively.
On the track, freshman Charles Volker won the 60 at 6.82, while sophomore Carrington Akosa was third at 7.00. Akosa followed up with a second-place finish in the 200 at 22.05, while teammate Brent Albertson was third at 22.31.
Sophomore Josh Ingalls won the 800 at 1:51.82, two seconds in front of the competition.
Princeton went 1-2-3 in the 1000 led by sophomore Noah Kauppila’s 2:25.67. Sophomore Zach Albright followed at 2:29.11 and junior Stephen Rossettie at 2:30.66. The Tigers kept it up in the distance events, as senior Michael Sublette won the 3,000 at 8:28.80 and sophomore Rob Stone was third at 8:35.93
Senior Luke Brahm and freshman Jeremy Spiezio seized five points the mile clocking 4:09.26 and 4:11.31, respectively. And freshman Frank Aririguzoh and freshman Christian Fryer-Davis did the same in a highly-contested 500. In a super tight finish, Aririguzoh clocked 1:06.52, while Fryer-Davis had a 1:06.87.
Two other runner-ups were senior Greg Caldwell in the 60 hurdles at 8.34, and sophomore Josh Freeman in the 400 at 48.53
The teams split the relays with Princeton winning the 4x800 with Kauppila, senior Sam Berger, sophomore Eric Schulz, and Ingalls posting a 7:48.15. It was 18 seconds better than Navy’s time. In the 4x400 Princeton’s Akosa, junior Jabari Johnson, Freeman and junior Ray Mennin were second at 3:25.43.
Princeton will take two weeks off for first semester exams and break and will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 23 when it hosts the Tiger Open at Jadwin Gym. The meet is slated to begin at 10 a.m.