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Women's Track & Field Looks to Defend HYP Title on Saturday
February 10, 2011 | Women's Track and Field
PRINCETON, N.J. (2/8/11) - The Princeton women's track & field team will compete at the annual HYP Meet on Saturday, Feb. 12 at Yale.
A schedule of events can be found below.
The Tigers won the HYP last year with 90.5 points to Harvard's 47.5 and Yale's 21. Princeton has won HYP three times in the last five years, also winning in 2008 – the last time the meet was at Yale – and in 2007.
Princeton won 10 of the 15 events last year including: 60, 200, 400, 3000, 4x4, 4x8, pole vault, long jump, shot put and weight throw.
Eileen Moran set an HYP record last year in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.65, the only record set last year on either side. She also won the 200 with a time of 25.13. Emma Ruggiero set a Princeton record in the weight throw, when she threw to 17.63 meters. She has since bettered that mark throwing to 18.30 meters in the first meet this season. Thanithia Billings took top honors in the shot put throwing to 14.75 meters, beating the second place thrower from Harvard by 1.35 meters. On the track, Danielle Glaeser won the 500 at 57.04 and both relays won their events.
HYP SCHEDULE
FIELD EVENTS
10:30 AM Men's Weight, followed by
Women's Weight, followed by Me
Men's Shot Put (West Circle)
10:30 AM Women's Shot Put (East Circle)
10:30 AM Women's High Jump, followed by
Men's High Jump
12:00 PM Women's Long Jump, followed by
Men's Long Jump, followed by
Women's Triple Jump
Men's Triple Jump
1:00 PM Women's Pole Vault, followed by
Men's Pole Vault
TRACK EVENTS
1:30 PM Men's 60m Hurdles (trials)
1:40 PM Women's 60m Hurdles (trials)
1:50 PM Men's 60m (trials)
1:55 PM Women's 60m (trials)
2:00 PM Men's Mile (sections)
2:10 PM Women's Mile (sections)
2:20 PM Men's 60m Hurdles (finals)
2:25 PM Women's 60m Hurdles (finals)
2:30 PM Men's 400 (sections)
2:40 PM Women's 400 (sections)
2:50 PM Men's 500 (sections)
3:00 PM Men's 60m (final)
3:05 PM Women's 60m (final)
3:10 PM Men's 800 (sections)
3:20 PM Women's 800 (sections)
3:30 PM Men's 1000 (sections)
3:40 PM Men's 200 (sections) non-scoring
3:50 PM Women's 200 (sections)
4:00 PM Men's 3000
4:20 PM Women's 3000
4:30 PM Men's 4x400
4:40 PM Women's 4x400
4:50 PM Men's 4x800
5:00 PM Women's 4x800
PRINCETON, N.J. (2/1/11) - The Princeton women's track & field team remains second in the region for the third week. Penn State remains first. Behind Princeton in third place is Georgetown, followed by Villanvoa and West Virginia.
Princeton has two marks that are top-40 in the NCAA. Senior Ashley Higginson ranks 10th in the 3000 with a time of 9:17.47, while senior Thanithia Billings mark of 19.21 meters in the weight throw is 35th in the NCAA.
Tigers who have the top 5 marks in the region are held by:
| Eileen Moran |
10th |
60 |
| Kristin Smoot | 10th | 800 |
| Alexis Mikaelian | 9th | Mile |
| Ashley Higginson |
2nd | 3000 |
| Alex Banfich |
5th | 3000 |
| Sarah Cummings | 9th | 3000 |
| Higgins, Blocker, O'Neil, Devine |
4th | DMR |
| Tory Worthen |
2nd | PV |
| Samantha Anderson |
4th | PV |
| Lauren Tauscher |
6th | PV |
| Thanithia Billings |
2nd | SP |
| Thanithia Billings | 1st | WT |
| Emma Ruggiero | 3rd | WT |