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Men's Track & Field Defeats Navy in Dual Meet, 94-86
January 05, 2015 | Men's Track and Field
Results
PRINCETON, N.J. (1/5/15) - The Princeton men's track & field team defeated Navy, 94-86 in a dual meet on Monday, Jan. 5 at Jadwin Gym as the indoor track & field season resumed.
The meet was tied 33-33 after six events, but Princeton's seven points to Navy's three in the 500 gave the Tigers a 40-36 edge and they continued to expand upon that lead to the win.
The teams split the throws with Princeton taking eight points in the shot put and Navy getting eight in the weight throw.
Sophomore Christopher Cook won the shot put with a throw of 17.51 (57-5.50) on his final attempt. His throw of 16.99 and 16.96 on his third and fifth attempts would have won him the event. Senior Scott Rushton threw a 16.17 (53-00.75) on one of his two countable throws for second place.
Sophomore Greg Leeper won the long jump at 7.14 (23-5.25) on his first jump and was third in the triple. Sophomore Victor Du was second in the long jump at 6.85 (22-5.75) but his mark did not count towards the team total.
Freshman Lane Russell won the triple jump at 15.18 (49-.75) most than three inches further than Navy's best jumper.
Princeton outscored Navy 7-4 in the high jump with sophomore Xavier Bledsoe winning the event with a height of 2.01 (6-7).
Junior Greg Caldwell and senior Rob Mohr combined for seven points in the 60 hurdles as Caldwell posted a time of 8.29 for the win.
Eight more points came on a 1-2 finish in the 60 with junior John Hill clocking a 6.85 and freshman Carrington Akosa with a 6.90. Akosa would later claim a win in the 200 at 22.11
In the event that regained the lead for the Tigers, the 500, freshman Eric Schulz won in 1:06.50 and sophomore Ray Mennin was third at 1:06.99.
Continuing the success in the middle distance was a pair of wins in the 800 and 1000. Senior Bradley Paternostro won the 800 at 1:53.57 and freshman Garrett O'Toole earned a win in the 1000 at 2:26.71.
The relays split the final two events, with Princeton winning the distance medley relay by nearly 10 seconds.
The dual meet record is now 22-22 as the teams have met 44 times in the last 57 years.
Princeton will next compete at the Penn State Relays on Saturday, Jan. 10.