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Men's Track & Field Heads to #IvyHeps with Hopes of Retaining Title
February 25, 2016 | Men's Track and Field
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
LIVE STREAM (Sunday Only)
LIVE RESULTS
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton men's track & field team will look to retain the indoor crown as it heads to Cornell for the 2016 Ivy League Heptagonal Championship on Feb. 27-28.
Last year the Tigers dominated the meet finishing with 161 points, a 63-point margin over second-place Cornell. It helped Princeton win its seventh triple crown in progam history with a sweep of cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field. The Tigers were runners-up in 2014 and 2013 after a three-year run as champion. Impressively, Princeton has either placed first or second at indoor Heps for 22 consecutive years.
Live stats will be available courtesy of Lancer Timing. A live webstream will also be available on Sunday, Feb. 28 beginning at 11:45 a.m., through the awards ceremony.
SPRINTS & HURDLES
Freshman Charlie Volker has a tremendous addition to the sprints corps. The two-sport athlete has the Princeton record in the 60, and has the top time in the league with a 6.79 run at two different meets. Behind him is sophomore Carrington Akosa. Akosa has the fourth-best time in the league at 6.85 from the Princeton Invitational last weekend. He was second in this event last year and before going on to win the 200. Akosa has a 21.63 to sit sixth in the league in the event headed into Heps. Senior Daniel McCord has the fastest time of the Tigers, a 21.61. Freshman Josh Billington bolsters the sprints with top-10 times in the league in both the 60 and 200.
Senior captain Greg Caldwell has the second-fastest time in the league in the 60-meter hurdles with a 8.03 run just last weekend. He has been third in the event the last two years and has a PR of 7.97.
Three of the top-10 times the 400 belong to Tigers, led by junior Ray Mennin. Mennin has a 48.51 from the HYP meet and is closely followed by sophomore Joshua Freeman's 48.53. Freshman Christian Fryer-Davis also has a sub-49-second 400.
MID-DISTANCE & DISTANCE
Sophomore Joshua Ingalls ran a PR of 1:03.02 in the 500, which gives him the second-fastest time in the league. He was third in the 500 a year ago. Ingalls also has one of the best times in the 800,, a 1:50.29 from the Fasttrack National Invite. Sophomore Noah Kauppila owns the best time for the Tigers in the 800, a 1:49.67, which is the second best in the league. He is also second in the 1000, an event he was fourth at Heps last year. He has a faster time this year, as he clocked a PR of 2:25.67 at the Navy dual meet. Other top competitors in the middle-distance are senior Luke Brahm in the 800 and sophomore Garrett O'Toole in the 1000. Brahm is seventh in the league in the 800 at 1:50.91 while O'Toole has a 2:27.66 from the HYP meet. Kauppila and O'Toole have the best chances to score points in a heavily-competitive mile. Three Ivy Leaguers have run sub-4-minute-miles with Kauppila on the border at 4:02.60, and O'Toole a 4:03.61.
Junior William Bertrand and freshman Jeremy Spiezio have top-20 times in the 3,000 this season. Bertrand ran a 8:11.95 and Spiezio an 8:13.60 - both at Ocean Breeze.
JUMPS
Princeton boasts three of the top-10 marks in the high jump and should face solid competition from Cornell who has five. Two Tigers cleared PRs this season led by junior Xavier Bledsoe with a 2.09. Senior Jake Scinto PR'ed with a 2.05.
A multi-eventer Scinto has has the third-best mark in the league in the long jump and the second-best heptathlon score. A six-time Heps scorer, Scinto was third in the long jump a year ago and had his best jump of the season come just last week, a 7.33.
Sophomore August Kiles and junior Ben Gaylord were scorers in the pole vault last year, taking second and fourth, respectively. Kiles was also the runner-up outdoors. They have two of the top five heights in the league, as Kiles has launched himself to 5.25, while Gaylord has catapulted to 5.00.
Freshman Stefan Amokwandoh looks to make waves in his first Heps triple jump. He has the third-best mark in the league at 15.16, a PR he set at the HYP meet. Sophomore Lane Russell, who was fourth last year, is a contender as well. He has a season best jump of 14.85 from last weekend's Princeton Invitational.
THROWSThe Tigers should get major points in the shot put with league leader Christopher Cook's 18.33. He is only thrower to reach 18 meters this year, and has a PR of 18.85. Cook was the runner-up last year - both indoors and outdoors. Sophomore Mitchel Charles has thrown 17.40, the third-best throw in the league. Junior Jared Bell has the eight-best mark in the league at 16.20.
Looking to earn additiional points is freshman Adam Kelly in the weight throw. He has consistently thrown over 20 meters this season with a PR of 20.89 ranking him second in the league. Junior Vic Youn threw a PR of 18.28 at the New Years Invitational, which puts him scoring position.
MULTIS
A three-time scorer in the heptathlon, senior Bryan Oslin looks to make it four straight. He has the fourth-best score in the league with 5,016 points. The only Tiger with a better score is Jake Scinto. Scinto recorded a 5,262 at the New Year's Invitational - the second-best score in the league this year.
RELAYS
Princeton owns the top 4x800 time in the Ivy League this season after clocking in at 7:34.97 at the HYP Meet. In the 4x400, Princeton has a season-best 3:15.05, fourth in the league. The Tigers have not run a distance medley yet this season.