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Men's Track Beats Navy in Ninth Straight Dual
January 07, 2012 | Men's Track and Field
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (1/7/11) - The Princeton men's track and field team defeated Navy 107-71 on Saturday, Jan. 7, winning 13 of 17 events. It marked the ninth straight win for the Tigers at the Navy Dual, as Princeton takes a 21-20 edge in the dual meet series which spans 54 years.
Sophomore Tom Hopkins was a double winner, with victories in the 400 and long jump. He ran 48.58 in the 400 and reached 6.95 meters (22-9.75) in the long jump. Freshman Stephen Soerens was third in three events, setting up to be a great multi-event athlete for the Tigers. He was third in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.59, tied for third in the high jump reaching 1.84 meters (6-0.50) and was third in the long jump at 6.49 (21-3.50).
Senior Ivan Charbonneau won the 60-meter dash at 6.99 and freshman Tumi Akinlawon was the runner up at 7.01. In the 60-meter hurdles, the title went to freshman Rob Mohr at 8.37.
In their first time running the 200 this season, junior Sebastian Steffen won the event with a time of 22.41 and rookie Daniel McCord was second at 22.63.
In the 400, senior Kashif Smith finished in third place at 50.24.
Sophomore Tom Scott ran a PR in the 500 of 1:06.41 to take second and senior Jordan Sawadogo finished right behind in third place at 1:06.60.
Princeton went 1-2-3 in the 800 with junior Peter Callahan taking top honors at 1:51.91. Freshman Bradley Paternostro was second at 1:52.96 and junior Russell Dinkins is third at 1:53.44.
The Tigers did it again the mile with two runners posting personal bests. Senior Joe Stilin crossed the line at 4:07.37 for first place and a PR, sophomore Chris Bendtsen was second with a PR of 4:09.58 and sophomore Alejandro Arroyo Yamin was third at 4:10.24.
A pair of Michaels took the top two spots in the 1,000. Junior Michael Palmisano had a winning time of 2:26.92, while sophomore Michael Williams ran a 2:27.83.
In the distance race, sophomore Tyler Udland and senior Thomas Dialynas both ran PR's in the 3k. Udland won the race at 8:27.10 and Dialynas was third at 8:28.94.
Princeton won the distance medley relay. The relay of Trevor Van Ackeren, Daniel McCord, Connor Martin, Jonathan Vitez crossed the line at 10:02.40, beating Navy by more than 18 seconds.
In the middle of the track, senior Dave Slovenski won his second straight pole vault of the indoor season. He cleared 4.95 (16-2.75) to take top honors.
Senior Patrick Park won the shot put at 15.91 (52-2.50) and freshman Scott Rushton was second at 14.97 (49-1.50).Princeton's two triple jumpers went 1-2. senior Garner McCloud jumped to 14.47 (47-5.75) for first and freshman Nana Owusu-Nyantekyi reached 13.94 (45-9.00) for second. Also placing in the jumps was sophomore Shane Molidor in the long jump with a second-place mark of 6.68 (22-11), and junior Richard Sheldon was third in the high jump clearing 1.84 (6-00.50).
Princeton will compete at the Armory Invitational next Saturday, Jan. 14.