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Men's 4x400 Sets School & Ivy Record at Tom Jones Invite
April 17, 2011 | Men's Track and Field
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (4/16/11) - The Princeton 4x400 relay set a program record at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational at the University of Florida on Saturday, April 16 at Percy Beard Track.
Senior Mike Eddy, sophomore Russell Dinkins, freshman Tom Hopkins and junior Austin Hollimon ran 3:07.57 as the 4x4. That time topped the 3:08.47 time set by Justin Reed, Brian Shields, Richard Stewart and Michael Kopp in 2005 and was 11 seconds faster than the relays season best. The time is also the fastest time in Ivy League history.
Freshman Damon McLean won the triple jump, leaping to 15.40 meters on his second jump of the afternoon.
Another highlight of the day was senior George Abyad recording a personal best in the discus. He threw to 52.70 meters to finish sixth overall and third collegiately, topping his previous best of 52.45. Abyad placed eighth in the shot put earlier in the day with a throw of 14.83.
Senior Craig Pearce placed second in the hammer throw, throwing to 62.65 meters, on his sixth and final throw of the day.
Junior David Slovenski took third place in the pole vault. He cleared 5.07, while classmate Derek Hynes reached 4.77 for seventh place.
The final event for the Tigers in the center of the track was the long jump. Senior Dion Lehman finished fourth at 7.24 and freshman Tom Hopkins was fifth at 7.19, both getting their best marks on their second jumps.
In the sprints, posting the best times for Princeton are: sophomore Sebastian Steffen 10.85 in the 100, Hollimon 21.34 in the 200, Dinkins 47.38 in the 400 and senior Adam Thayer 15.11 in the 110-meter hurdles.
Princeton hosts the Larry Ellis Invitational next weekend, April 22-23 at Weaver Stadium.