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38 Days, 38 Sports: Men's Outdoor Track & Field
July 18, 2013 | Men's Track and Field
As a countdown to the start of the 2013-14 athletic schedule, GoPrincetonTigers.com will take a look at each of Princeton's 38 sports. A new post will be added each day Monday through Friday until the first Princeton athletic event on Aug. 31.
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| Princeton Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Five Numbers to Know |
| 1876 | First season | 15 |
Heptagonal titles |
3 | NCAA Champions | 42 | All-America honors | 17 | Olympians |
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Fred Samara |
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| Two to Watch |
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Tom Hopkins '14 |
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Greg Caldwell '16 |
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| Five Princeton Men's Outdoor Track & Field Facts |
• Princeton is just the 10th team in the NCAA to sweep all six titles (men and women) in a single academic year (2010-11). The Princeton men have won the triple crown six times, including twice in the last three years.
• The 2012 NCAA champion in the steeplechase is Princeton's Donn Cabral '12. A month after winning, The Bowerman candidate made the US Olympic Team and finished 8th overall at the London Olympics.
• Princeton has had a competitor in the NCAA championships every year for the last eight years, and has had a qualifier in all but four years in the last 33 years.
• Princeton owns five Ivy League records: steeplechase, 4x400 relay, high jump, shot put and hammer throw.
• Of Princeton's 42 All-America honors, 12 are distance, 10 are jumps, 8 are relays, 7 are middle distance, 3 are throws and 2 are sprints.