Results HANOVER, N.H. (1/6/17) - The Princeton men's track & field team opened th 2017 season defeating Navy 105-75 in a dual meet at Jadwin Gym. It marked the 60th year anniversary of the first time the two squads met.
The Tigers won 15 of 18 events on the afternoon.
Sophomore
Charlie Volker, fresh off an Ivy League title in football, won the 60-meter dash at 6.93. In the 60-meter hurdles, sophomore Sebastian Silviera posted a PR of 8.46 to finish third overall. In the 200, junior
Josh Freeman captured the win at 22.13
Junior
Carrington Akosa won the 400 with a new PR of 48.85 and was followed by freshman
Michael Zupko at 50.18. Another 1-2 finish came Iin the 500 with a win by Senior
Ray Mennin at 1:04.97, also a PR, with sophomore
Cole Bransford clocking 1:05.51 for second.
Sophomore
Franklin Aririguzoh won a tight 800 race by eight hundredths of a second, 1:57.30 to 1:57.38. Junior
Jared Lee was third at 1:57.88. Two more Tigers won their middle distances races, junior
Noah Kauppila clocked 2:29.66 for the 1,000 and junior Zachary Albright ran 4:14.35 in the mile.
In the only distance the Tigers elected to run in today, the 3k, junior
Rob Stone took second at 8:35.08
Princeton won both the 4x400 and 4x800 relays. Zupko, senior
Jabari Johnson, freshman
Connor Matthews and Mennin made up the 4x400 that won 3:21.65 5o 3:21.96. It was a six-second differential in the 4x800 with Aririguzoh, Lee, Kauppila and
Josh Ingalls.
All three Princeton high jumpers had personal bests this afternoon. Senior
Xavier Bledsoe cleared 2.14 (7-00.25) on his second attempt to win the high jump. Junior
Colin Reilly and sophomore
Andrew Diehl both tied for second with clearances of 2.04 (6-8.25).
Junior
August Kiles won the pole vault making it over 5.11 (16-9.25) on his first attempt at the height. Senior
Ben Gaylord was the runner up at 4.80 (15-9).
In the long jump, senior
Greg Leeper claimed the win with a jump of 6.88 (22-7) coming on his second attempt. His fifth jump of 6.84 would have gotten him the win as well. In the triple jump, sophomore
Stefan Amokwandoh leapt to 15.02 (49-3.50) on his first jump and it would hold up for the win. He also reached 14.87.
The Tigers won both throwing events, as senior Chris Cook claimed the shot put and sophomore
Adam Kelly won the weight. All five of Cook's countable throws reached over 17 meters, his best of 17.97 (58-11.50) coming on his final throw. Senior
Jared Bell took third at 16.15 (53). Kelly launched the weight to 21.26 (69-9) on his second attempt. All six of his throws were over 20 meters, a mark none of the other five throws reached.
Princeton will compete at the Towson Tiger Invitational at The Armory in New York City next Saturday, Jan. 14.
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