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Men's Track Looks for Ninth Straight Win at Navy Dual
January 06, 2012 | Men's Track and Field
PRINCETON, N.J. (1/6/11) - The Princeton men's track & field team resumes action this Saturday, Jan. 7 at Navy in a dual meet at the Wesley A. Brown Field House. The meet kicks off with the weight throw at 11 a.m.
Last year, the Tigers earned a 102.5-74.5 win over Navy, taking 13 of the 17 events.
Senior Kashif Smith posted double victories in the 60 and 200. Junior Russell Dinkins ran a blistering 47.95 in the 400 and Mike Eddy '11 ran 1:03.79 in the 500 to take first. Sophomore Peter Callahan won the 800 with a time of 1:51.43. In the distance events, Kyle Soloff '11 had a first-place showing in the 1000 and senior Trevor Van Ackeren won the mile. Both the 4x400 and the distance medley relays won.
Princeton's domination continued in the center of the track. Senior Derek Hynes won the pole vault reaching 4.80 meters, Dion Lehman '11 posted a victory in the long jump with a jump of 7.14 meters, the only jumper to make the 7-meter mark. Sophomore Damon McLean won the triple at 15.49 and senior Patrick Park won the shot put with a throw of 15.23 meters on his first attempt.
This will be the 41st dual meet between Princeton and Navy in the last 54 years. The record during that span sits even at 20-20. The last time Navy won the dual was in 1999-00, with a 53-51 score. Princeton has won the last eight duals.
Field Events 11:00 am Weight Throw (Shot Put follows) 12:00 pm Long Jump (Triple Jump follows) 12:00 pm Pole Vault High Jump follows 60m Dash - finalsEntry limits: Three (3) Individual entries per team/event, One (1) Relay entry per team/event, Dual Scored Meet, Individual Events: 5-3-2-1, Relay Events: 5-3, Field event competitors will advance to the finals, provided they have a valid mark in the preliminary rounds.Running Events 12:00 pm 5000m Run (non-scored) 12:20 pm Mile Run 12:30 pm 60m Hurdles 12:40 pm 400m Dash 12:50 pm 500m Run 1:00 pm 60m Dash 1:10 pm 800m Run 1:20 pm 1000m Run 1:30 pm 200m Dash 1:40 pm 3000m Run 1:55 pm 4x400m Relay 2:05 pm 4x800m Relay