Princeton University Athletics
150 Years ? Men's Track & Field
November 21, 2014 | Men's Track and Field
| Men's Track & Field |
| First Meet: 1876 at IC4A |
| 17 Indoor Heps & 15 Outdoor Heps Team Titles |
| 1876 | Princeton wins the first ever IC4A Championship - a meet that continues today |
| 1896 | Four athletes compete in the Athens Olympics, includng Rob Garrett who won 2 gold & 2 silver medals |
| 1909 | The first coach of the program, AP Copeland, is hired |
| 1934 | Princeton competes at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with Bill Bontron winning the mile |
| 1938 | Princeton wins its first Outdoor Heps title and go on to win 14 more |
| 1943 | Kelsey Harvey becomes Princeton's first All-America in the 220-yard run |
| 1975 | The 2-Mile Relay (Norelli, Aneser, Hedrick and Masback) give Princeton its first indoor NCAA title |
| 1980 | Princeton wins the Indoor Heps title and begins a 34-year streak of not finishing lower than 4th |
| 1982 | The program claims its 1st Triple Crown (sweeping XC, indoor & outdoor), and go on to win 6 more |
| 2007 | David Nightingale is the first Tiger to earn All-America honors in all three seasons: XC, Indoor & Outdoor |
| 2012 | Donn Cabral win the NCAA Steeplechase and makes the US Olympic Team finishing 8th |
| 2013 | The DMR (Williams, Hollimon, Dinkins and Callahan) win the latest NCAA title |
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.
Tuesday, June 04
Tuesday, June 04
Tuesday, May 09
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