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38 Days, 38 Sports: Men's Cross Country
August 07, 2013 | Men's Cross Country
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 Cross Country: Five Numbers to Know |
| 1906 | First season | 17 |
Heptagonal titles |
13 | NCAA Team Appearances | 9 | All-America honors | 8 | Ivy League Individual Champions |
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Jason Vigilante |
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| Two to Watch |
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Chris Bendtsen '14 |
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Alejandro Arroyo Yamin '14 |
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| Five Princeton Men's Cross Country Facts |
• Princeton has made 10 team appearances in the NCAA Championships. It's first NCAA bid was in 1969. In 2012 the Tigers recorded the best finish in program history, finishing in 11th place.
• Paul Morrison '01 is Princeton's best finisher at the NCAA Championships. He placed eighth in 1999, one year after finishing 51st.
• Princeton has won six Ivy League titles in the last seven years (2006, 07, 08, 10, 11, 12). The Tigers had a hiccup in 2009, losing by a single point. The program boasts 17 total Heps titles.
• Princeton's last All-America in cross country was Donn Cabral '12 in 2011. That same year, Cabral went on to earn All-America honors in the indoor 5k before winning the steeplechase outdoors. Two months later Cabral was 8th in the London Olympics in the steeplechase.
• Princeton has had 17 men's cross country coaches. The first coach was Keene Fitzpatrick in 1913. Fitzpatrick was also the track coach from 1911-32.