Women's Track & Field to Take on Harvard & Yale

Saturday, February 8

New Haven, Conn.

Princeton University

HYP

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

February 07, 2020 | Women's Track and Field

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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University women's track & field team will look to continue its run of HYP dominance Saturday in New Haven, Connecticut, when it takes on Harvard University and Yale University.

The meet, held at Coxe Cage on the campus of Yale, will see Princeton search for its sixth-straight HYP Crown. Field events will begin at 12 p.m. followed by track events at 2:30 p.m.

Tiger Notes
Princeton currently has an Ivy-League best time in the 4x800 relay as the team of Sophie Cantine, Maggie Hock, Abby Loveys and Madeleine Sumner clocked in at 8:57.51 seconds against Navy on Saturday, January 11. Hanne Bortslap's mark of 4.01 meters at the Princeton New Year's Invite also leads the Ivy League.

Princeton also recently set a new school record in the 4x400 relay as the team of Milana Malec, Heide Baron, Arianna Smith and Ashley Willingham finished in a time of 3:42.05 seconds at the Scarlet & White Meet.

Also taking place at the Scarlet & White Meet, which occurred on Saturday, February 1, was a pair of superb performances by Katie DiFrancesco and Grace Lanouette the 200 meters. DiFranceso PR'd, solidified her second-place ranking in the Ivy League and moved up to second all-time in Princeton history with a time of 24.28, just 0.6 seconds off the school record as she finished seventh. Lanouette was just over a tenth off her all-time PR, clocking in at 24.68 and finishing 10^th.

Last Year at the HYP Meet
Princeton came out on top at last year's HYP Meet as the Tigers (91) outscored Harvard (60) and Yale (30) combined inside Jadwin Gymnasium. Princeton has won 13 of the last 20 HYP crowns.

Notes on the Opposition
Like the Tigers, Harvard most recently competed at the Crimson Elite and Scarlet & White Meets. At Helps in 2018-19, the Crimson finished second with 102 points.

Yale most recently competed at the Harvard Elite Meet and earlier in the season on Saturday, January 18, met Dartmouth College and Columbia University. The Bulldogs would finish second with 63 points. At Heps last year, Yale finished eighth with 21 points.

Up Next
The Tigers will compete at the Valentine Invitational on Friday, February 14, in Boston, Massachusetts.