Men's Cross Country Wins 22nd Ivy League Title

Saturday, October 30

Princeton, N.J.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

Ivy League Heptagonal Championships

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

October 30, 2021 | Men's Cross Country

Results

PRINCETON, N.J. – For the 22^ndtime in program history, the Princeton University men's cross country team are Ivy League Champions after finishing five in the top-nine at West Windsor Fields Saturday afternoon.

Along with earning a 22^ndIvy League Championship, Princeton won Heps for the 21^sttime. The Tigers have now won a Heps title at West Windsor on five occasions, with their other victories coming in 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2018.

Team Scores

Princeton – 28
Harvard – 43
Pennsylvania – 90
Columbia – 128
Dartmouth – 132
Cornell – 134
Yale – 156
Brown – 234

Tokyo Olympian senior Ed Trippas led from the front for the Tigers, finishing second with a personal-best time 8K time of 23:26.3, besting his previous PR of 23:41.7 from the FSU Invite/Pre-Nats on Friday, October 15.

Senior Kevin Berry took third and earned a PR in 23:32.0, besting his previous PR from the 2019 Lehigh Paul Short Run of 24:52.3. Sophomore Anthony Monte impressed at his first Heps, clocking in at 23:55.8 to finish sixth, and sophomore Matthew Farrell finished eighth in 23:57.8. Senior Jakob Kintzele rounded out the Tigers' finishers in the top-nine, with a time of 24:08.7.

Princeton Finishers
2. Ed Trippas – 23:26.3
3. Kevin Berry – 23.32.0
6. Anthony Monte – 23.55.8
8. Matthew Farrell – 23.57.8
9. Jakob Kintzele – 24:08.7
12. Nicholas Bendsten – 24:11.8
13. Matt Grossman – 24:17.7
14. Josh Zelek – 24:20.5
15. Jarrett Kirk – 24:22.7
20. Connor Nisbet – 24:38.3
38. Connor Livingston – 25:09.9
50. Harrison Witt – 25:33.2

Up Next
Princeton will compete at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships on Friday, November 12, at 1 p.m. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.