No. 8 Men’s Track and Field Sets Two School Records at Sykes and Sabock Challenge

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Penn. – The Princeton University men's track and field team had another record-breaking day at the Sykes and Sabock Challenge, Saturday afternoon at the Horace Ashenfelter Indoor Track

The Tigers set two school records, and tied another. In the 200 meters, Daniel Duncan ran a 21.26, surpassing Michael Phillipy's mark of 21.31 set earlier this year. In the 800 meters, Sam Rodman went 1:48.10, eclipsing Russell Dinkins' time of 1:48.21 set at 2011 HEPs. Finally, Ibrahim Ayorinde tied Daniel Duncan's record of 6.71 in the 60 meters.

Princeton didn't stop there, delivering seven top 10 school performances. In the 60-meter hurdles, Jovan Aigbekaen (8.02) moved into eight all-time, one hundredth of a second faster than Adam Thayer's time of 8.03 set in 2009.

Michael Phillippy continued his impressive senior campaign, passing Steve Morgan's mark of 46.81 in the 400 meters, and landing Phillippy second all-time in school history with a time of 46.73.

Competing alongside Rodman in the 800 meters, Sam Ellis went 1:48.32, moving ahead of Peter Callahan's mark of 1:48.66 set at 2011 HEPs and sliding Ellis into third all-time.

In the 3000 meters, three Tigers ran themselves into the top-10 in school history. Kevin Berry (7:56.84) now ranks third all time, with Matthew Farrell (7:59.15) in seventh and Camren Fischer (7:59.76) landing in the eighth spot.

In the 4x400 meter relay, the team of Michael Phillippy, Ladislav Töpfer, Andersen Dimon and William Doyle ran a 3:12.96, placing that squad fifth all time in school history and jumping ahead of the quartet featuring Totten '97, Phelps '99, Mack '00, Reed '99, who went 3:13.02 at the 1997 HEPs.

Other competitors in the aforementioned events include Daniel Duncan (6.74) in the 60 meters, Gregory Sholars (21.83) in the 200 and William Doyle (47.86) in the 400. All three placed third in their respective events.

The track events were, not surprisingly, also dominated by Princeton. C.J. Licata (19.00 m) placed first in the shot put, while Dayo Abeeb (15.03 m) placed second in the triple jump and Sebastian Clatworthy (2.08) took second in the high jump. Finally, Will Drury (4.90) earned third place in the pole vault.

Next up: The Tigers will compete in the Dr. Sanders Invitational at the Armory in New York, beginning February 4th at 12:00 p.m.

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