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February 22, 2017 | Men's Track and Field
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton men's track & field team seeks its 20th Ivy League Heptagonal Championship this weekend, Feb. 25-26 at The Armory in New York City.
The Tigers are the two-time reigning champions, having defeated Cornell by a surprising 23 points on its home turf last year. Princeton was in third place after Day 1, seven points back from Cornell before a big Day 1 that included three 1-2 finishes and four additional victories.
Princeton has either placed first or second at indoor Heps for the last 23 years.
SPRINTS & HURDLES
Last year in Ithaca, the Tigers went 1-2 in the 60 with a win by sophomore Charlie Volker and second-place finish by junior Carrington Akosa. The pair again have the fastest times in the league in the event, with Akosa holding a 6.73 and Volker with a 6.84. They both have the two fastest times in program history in the event.
Akosa has won the 200 at both indoor Heps and is the favorite to win again this year as he boasts the fastest time in the league at 21.39 – the fastest time in program history. Volker and junior Josh Freeman also ranked in the top-10 in the league in the event. Freeman has the third-best time at 21.74, while Volker ran a 21.84 in his only time runner the event this season, just last weekend at BU.
Not only does Akosa have those two times in those two events, he has the second-fastest time in the league in the 400! He clocked a 48.09at the Navy Dual, while Freeman's 48.16 from HYP ranks as the third best in the league. Freeman was a scorer in the event last year, taking fifth place – while senior Ray Mennin won the event.
Freshman phenom Joey Daniels looks to impress in his first Ivy Heps. He leads the league in the 60 hurdles with a 7.96 from the HYP meet. Daniels is just the sixth hurdler in Princeton history to run under eight seconds. He looks to make up some points that will be missed from the graduation of Greg Caldwell '16, who scored every year in the event.
MID-DISTANCE & DISTANCE
Mennin has focused more on the 500 this season, than the event he won last year, the 400. He has the fourth-fastest time in the league with a 1:03.64 from the HYP meet.  Sophomore Cole Bransford and junior Eric Schulz also rank in the top-10 in the league in the event – in which Princeton got four points in last year with a fourth-place finish from sophomore Christian Fryer-Davis.
Schulz has the best time of any Tiger in the 800 with a 1:51.80 from the Villanova Invitational. He was fourth in the event last year, while Josh Ingalls claimed the victory as a sophomore. Junior Noah Kauppila has the eighth-best time in the event with a 1:51.85 from HYP but does have the fastest time in the league in the 1,000 at 2:21.52. With the events taking place back-to-back it is unlikely he will run in both. Kauppila won the 1,000 last year and was fourth in 2015.
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Junior Zachary Albright had a winning run in the mile this season. He constantly improved on his PRs and ran his fastest of 4:05.91 just two weeks ago at BU.
If healthy freshman Conor Lundy and junior William Paulson have the ability to make an impact on the 3,000 and/or 5,000. Lundy who qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships as an individual, while Paulson owns the third-best time in the 3k at 8:07.58 from BU's Valentine Meet two weeks ago. Senior William Bertrand has a 13-second advantage over the rest of the field when it comes to the 5,000. He clocked a 14:10.68 at BU – the fifth best in program history in the event. Juniors Rob Stone and sophomore Wolfgang Beck also have top-10 times in the league in the event.
JUMPS
Senior Xavier Bledsoe looks to retain his title as the indoor high jump champion. He is the only high jumper in the league that has cleared more than seven feet this season with a PR of 2.14 (7-0.25) at the Navy Dual. That mark ties for the fifth best in the league. Sophomore Andrew Diehl ranks sixth in the event in the league, with a season-best 2.05 – both PRs.
The reigning pole vault champion senior August Kiles looks to keep rolling. He cleared a program record 5.42 (17-9-25) at Fastrack, which is nearly six inches higher than his Cornell competitor Grant Sisserson at 5.25 (17-2.75). Senior Ben Gaylord, who has been a scorer in this event before enters the meet with a season-best 5.05 (16-6.75) that ties him sixth in the league.
Captain Greg Leeper is looking for his second indoor title in the long jump as he caps off his final indoor season. He launched himself to 7.21 (23-8) this season to rank fourth in the league. Freshman Jesse Thibodeau has a best of 7.06 (23-2), the ninth-best mark in the league.
Sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh will go head-to-head with Cornell's Bobby Plummer in the triple jump. Amokwandoh leapt to 15.54 (51-0) this year, while Plummer leads the league with a 15.62 (51-3). They are the only two jumpers in the league who have cleared 51 feet this season.
THROWS
The Tigers are a triple-threat in the shot put with senior Christopher Cook, junior Mitchel Charles and senior Jared Bell. Cook has a league best 18.30 (60-0.5) – the only thrower to hit 60 meters. He won the event last year, was second in 2015 and fourth in 2014. Charles who was the runner-up in the event a year ago owns the third-best mark in the league at 17.44 (57-2.75). Senior Bell ranks ninth in the league with a 16.15 (53-0).
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Senior Rudy Winkler and sophomore Adam Kelly will battle it out in the weight throw. Kelly was the runner-up in the event last year and has the second-best throw in Princeton history at 21.87 (71-9) from the HYP meet. Senior Vic Youn has scoring potential as well with a seventh-best mark of 18.00 (59-0.75).
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MULTIS
Three freshmen highlight the heptathlon corps this season. They look to make up the points left on the table by the graduation of Bryan Oslin and Jake Scinto. Justice Dixon has the second-best heptathlon score this season, earning 5,003 points. Harry Lord ranks fifth with 4,669 while multi-sport athlete Philip Frost has 4,636. Princeton also has junior James Burns and sophomore Ryan Ozminkowski rank in the top 10 in the league in the multis.
RELAYS
Princeton owns the top 4x800 time in the Ivy League this season after clocking in at 7:43.30 at the HYP Meet. In the 4x400, Princeton has the second-best time in the league, a 3:14.61 and the DMR ranks third.
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