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Callahan Named GoPrincetonTigers.com Athlete of the Week
February 06, 2012 | Men's Track and Field
PRINCETON, N.J. (2/6/12) - Junior Peter Callahan of the Princeton men's track & field team has been named the GoPrincetonTigers.com Athlete of the Week, presented by CoachUSA, for the week ending Feb. 6.
Callahan ran a 3:58.86 mile at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup at Penn State on Saturday, Feb. 4 as the Princeton men's track & field team finished third.Callahan's time is the eighth best time in the nation in the mile and a Sykes & Sabock meet record. He is the second Tiger in program history to run a sub-4 minute mile, joining Bill Burke '91 who ran a 3:58.70 in 1991 to win the Millrose Games. Callahan is just the third Ivy League runner in history to break the four-minute indoor mile. Callahan's previous PR was 4:01.03, which he ran last year, and ranked fourth all-time at Princeton.
Click here for an interview with Callahan following his race