Princeton University

On day one, two Tigers claimed individual titles while six other Tigers scored. 

After the day’s preliminary events, Princeton has athletes competing in 16 of tomorrow’s 17 events.

With five of 22 events scored, Princeton leads in the team standings with a score of 60. Harvard is in second with 50 points. 

Day One – Finals

The first individual title won by the Tigers belonged to senior captain Shea Greene, who set a new meet record on just her second throw with a mark of 52.81m. With four attempts left, though, Greene wasn’t done. On her last attempt, with three of her teammates cheering her on, Greene threw a remarkable 53.44m/175-4″, setting a new Heps meet record. And with the throw, Greene clinched her third consecutive Ivy League Outdoor Javelin Championship title. 

But over in the corner of Yale’s track where the javelin throwers were at work, Greene was not the only Tiger to see success. Princeton went on to finish first, second and fourth as Niki Woods took silver with a throw of 48.21m/158-2″. With a season best, first-year Kameil Crane put up a mark of 43.36/142-3″ to take fourth. Together, the trio racked up a whopping 22 points for Princeton. 

Continuing to shine in the field events, Princeton’s other exciting triumph on day one happened at the sand pit, as a pair of Tigers finished first and second in the long jump. 

On her second attempt, Georgina Scoot launched an impressive 6.51m/21-4.25″ in the long jump to set a new Outdoor Heps meet record and set a new program record. Her mark cleared her own Princeton record of 6.49m/21-3.5″, set last year, and put her in first place in the event.

With four attempts left, she and teammate Alex Kelly continued to jump as Scoot looked to protect her lead and Kelly looked to place higher. With Harvard’s Marta Amani holding second with a jump of 6.29m, Kelly took her last jump. She cleared 6.32m/20-9″, quite literally jumping into second place on the podium. Medals on their necks, Scoot and Kelly stood together on the award stand, beaming with pride at their own performances that was only added to with pride for each other. Together, the pair added a critical 18 points to Princeton’s team score. 

In the hammer throw, Angela McAuslan-Kelly threw 62.53m/205-2″ to clinch silver. She also had time, as she shared at team dinner, to finally make it to the merch table and get an Ivy Heps sweatshirt to match her brand new medal. 

Tessa Mudd also shined for Princeton, earning bronze in the pole vault with a mark of 4.02/13-2.25″

In the 10000m, sophomore Anna McNatt ran a resilient, tactical race to finish third and earn another six points for Princeton with her time of 34:41.72. 

Prelims

In the 1500, Mena Scatchard automatically qualified for tomorrow’s final with a first place time of 4:26.40. Hannah Riggins will join her in the race after automatically qualifying with a time of 4:33.99 for second in her heat.

Senior Adelaide Asante took care of business, qualifying for both tomorrow’s 100 hurdles and the 400 hurdles in today’s prelims with times of 13.73 and 1:00.01, respectively. 

Maisha Atkinson will represent Princeton in the 200 and the 400 tomorrow, after winning her 200 prelim heat today with a time of 23.85. 

Lastly, a Princeton dynamic duo of “Liv & Maddie” will compete in tomorrow’s 800 final as Olivia Martin and Maddie Cramer qualified in today’s prelims. Cramer advances with her time of 2:09.12, while Martin automatically qualified after pushing in the final kick to win her heat today with a time of 2:08.41. 

Now looking to day two to finish the job, of not just winning the meet but completing the year-long goal of a Triple Crown, the Tigers are laser focused with one mantra in mind: compete. 

As Assistant Coach Brad Hunt said, “day one is about setting the table so that you can feast on day two,” and that’s just what the Tigers will pursue tomorrow. 

After setting the table today with great successes, Princeton will hope to reap the rewards of a year of hard work and full team effort as they close out Outdoor Heps on Sunday.