Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Athletics
April 04, 2001 | General
Cross country co-captain Tensai Asfaw ran the Tigers second-fastest time ever at the Princeton Battlefield (29:34.8).
Matt Behncke was named to the men's soccer all-region first team, and Jason White earned second-team honors.
Former basketball coach Pete Carril has returned to the Sacramento Kings' bench after heart bypass surgery in late November.
Marty Cheatham and Mike Higgins were named first-team District II Verizon Academic All-Americas in football, while Ross Tucker was named second-team.
Sprint football's Robin Clarke rushed for 93 yards against Army, the most yardage yielded by the Black Knight defense to an opposing running back in four seasons.
Kate Conroy, Chrissy Holland, Molly Seto and Sangeeta Puri established a Princeton and DeNunzio Pool record in the 200 medley relay (1:43.13).
Kellie Cramm was named the Ivy League volleyball Rookie of the Year.
Heather Deerin and Julie Shaner were named first-team all-region for women's soccer. Jordan Rettig and Jenny Lankford received second-team recognition.
Sophomore Kevin Foster earned the highest honor of any Princeton men's water polo player in the programs' history by being selected a third-team All-America.
Hilary Matson was a first-team field hockey All-America as well as the ECAC and Ivy League player of the year. Matson finished her career third all-time in points (122) and goals (42) and second all-time in assists (38). Three other players earned All-America recognition, Melanie Meerschwam (first team), Kelly Baril (first team) and Emily Townsend (second team). Ilvy Friebe, Kellie Maul, Claire Miller, Cory Picketts and Anastasia Nowacki were selected to the regional All-America second team, while Miller also was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
Annamarie Holmes is training with the U.S. national women's hockey team in Lake Placid.
Dennis Norman became the fourth Princeton football player ever to be named first-team All-Ivy League three times. He joins Derek Graham '85, Damani Leech '98 and Matt Evans '99.
Marc Ross '95 was named director of college scouting for the Philadelphia Eagles. Ross, 27, who holds six Princeton football records as a receiver and punt returner, is the youngest person in the NFL to hold that title. The Philadelphia Daily News listed Ross as one of its 21 people to watch in 2001.
Track and field coach Fred Samara and cross country coach Mike Brady had the fifth best recruiting class in the country last year, according to the January 2001 edition of Track & Field News. The women's program was listed in the honorable mention section, meaning coach Peter Farrell's recruiting class was at least in the Top 10 nationally.
Michael Wurmfeld '61 *63, the architect for various University projects, including the Class of 1952 Stadium, the Caldwell Field House locker room project and the Stephens Fitness Center, passed away last August.
Princeton, as well as the remainder of the Ivy League schools, rank in the top 20 of Division I in the number of NCAA sports that it offers. Harvard topped the rankings with 35 sports, followed by Princeton and Brown with 33 each. Cornell and Yale were tied for seventh (30 sports), followed by Dartmouth (29 sports/ninth), Penn (28 sports/10th) and Columbia (25 sports/20th). This ranking does not take into account five of Princeton's varsity sports (men's heavyweight and lightweight rowing, men's and women's squash and sprint football), which are non-NCAA sports.