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150 Years ? Women's Track and Field
November 13, 2014 | Women's Track and Field
| Women's Track and Field |
| First Meet: 1977 |
| Nine indoor heps titles, 10 outdoor Heps titles |
| 1977 | Princeton finishes third at the first Ivy League championship meet |
| 1979 | Princeton wins its first of what are now 10 outdoor Ivy League championships |
| 1981 | The indoor Heps title is Princeton's for the first time, the first of nine Princeton has won to date |
| 1983 | Princeton's two oldest outdoor records still on the books are set, with Lynn Jennings '83 running the 3,000 meters in 9:01.70, 17 seconds faster than any Tiger runner since, and Sally Anderson '83 completes the 400 meter hurdles in 58.19 seconds, 1.04 seconds faster than any Tiger runner since |
| 1983 | Princeton completes a five-year streak of Ivy League outdoor team titles |
| 1987 | Princeton's oldest indoor field event record still standing is set, with Debbie St. Phard '87 launching the shot put 53 feet, 5 inches at the 1987 Princeton Relays |
| 1998 | Nicole Harrison '98 completes a career that saw her win eight indoor and seven outdoor Heps titles, all in hurle and sprint events |
| 2005 | Cack Ferrell '06 posts what is still Princeton's best finish at the NCAA indoor championships, taking third in the 3,000 meters in 9:24.20 |
| 2011 | Princeton completes its most recent indoor-outdoor Heps title sweep, the sixth time the program has won both the indoor and outdoor Ivy team titles |
| 2014 | Princeton achieves its first NCAA women's track and field event title when Julia Ratcliffe launches the hammer 66.88 meters |
The 150th anniversary of the first intercollegiate athletic event in Princeton University history will be Nov. 22, 2014, which will be 150 years to the day that Princeton defeated Williams 27-16 in a baseball game. As part of the 150th celebration, Princeton will be commemorating the history of each of its 38 varsity teams, in reverse order of the time they became varsity programs.
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