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Six Princeton Athletes Compete at NCAA East Regional in Track & Field
May 27, 2005 | Men's Track and Field
May 27, 2005
NEW YORK - Six Princeton athletes competed at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field East Regional Friday afternoon at New York City's Icahn Stadium, with one athlete on both the men's and women's sides fashioning strong performances.
Princeton had two runners compete in the 5,000 meters on the men's side, and both Frank Macreery and Austin Smith finished in the top 15 in that event. Macreery's time of 14:04.39 was good for eighth place, scoring a point for the Tigers, while Smith finished in 15th position in a time of 14:23.13.
On the women's side, sophomore Catha Mullen qualified for Saturday's final in the 1,500 meters, finishing in 12th place in the preliminaries on Friday. Her time in that race was 4:29.78.
Josh Probst also finished in the top 10 for Princeton, in the javelin throw, with a toss of 203 feet, three inches (61.96 meters). On the women's side, Meredith Lambert placed 15th in the 5,000 meters in a time of 16:33.83.
Senior Mike Weishuhn competed in the long jump, but did not clear the initial height of six feet, nine inches in three attempts.
Several Princeton athletes will compete on Saturday as the East regional concludes.