Princeton University Athletics
Former Tiger Races in National Championship This Weekend
February 24, 2009 | Men's Cross Country, Men's Track and Field
PRINCETON, N.J. (2/24/09) ? David Nightingale ('08) a former member of the Princeton cross country and track and field teams will compete in the USA Track & Field National Championship this weekend.
A member of ZAP Fitness, Nightingale began his quest for the national championship by finishing 10th at the USA Track & Field Cross Country Championship in Maryland on Saturday, Feb. 1. He covered the 12k course in a time of 37:00. He was just 1:06 off pace from the leader, Meb Keflezighi, who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Two weeks later, Nightingale and the rest of the American team traveled to Ireland to compete in two races, the Armagh Road Race in Northern Ireland and the Ras na Heireann Cross Country Race in Drogheda, Ireland.
Nightingale set a course record in the 5k Armagh course with a time of 13:54. He ran the final half mile in 2:08, which helped him move from fourth to first place. Two days later at the Ras na Heireann, Nightingdale led Team Zap and the USA with a second-place finish of 18:00.
At Princeton, Nightingale competed in five different NCAA championships and helped the Tigers win four Ivy League championships. He earned All-America honors in cross country, the indoor mile and the outdoor 5,000-meter run. A CoSIDA Academic All-America, Nightingale was awarded the Roper Award in 2008, the highest male student-athlete award given at Princeton.
The USA Track & Field Indoor Track and Field Championship will be held Feb. 28 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Nightingale will be tackling the 3,000-meter run in his first trip to the national championship.
A member of ZAP Fitness, Nightingale began his quest for the national championship by finishing 10th at the USA Track & Field Cross Country Championship in Maryland on Saturday, Feb. 1. He covered the 12k course in a time of 37:00. He was just 1:06 off pace from the leader, Meb Keflezighi, who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Two weeks later, Nightingale and the rest of the American team traveled to Ireland to compete in two races, the Armagh Road Race in Northern Ireland and the Ras na Heireann Cross Country Race in Drogheda, Ireland.
Nightingale set a course record in the 5k Armagh course with a time of 13:54. He ran the final half mile in 2:08, which helped him move from fourth to first place. Two days later at the Ras na Heireann, Nightingdale led Team Zap and the USA with a second-place finish of 18:00.
At Princeton, Nightingale competed in five different NCAA championships and helped the Tigers win four Ivy League championships. He earned All-America honors in cross country, the indoor mile and the outdoor 5,000-meter run. A CoSIDA Academic All-America, Nightingale was awarded the Roper Award in 2008, the highest male student-athlete award given at Princeton.
The USA Track & Field Indoor Track and Field Championship will be held Feb. 28 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Nightingale will be tackling the 3,000-meter run in his first trip to the national championship.
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