Men’s Track & Field Completes 10th Triple Crown, Four-Peats at Outdoor Heps

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 22 Princeton University men's track & field team completed the Triple Crown for the 10th time in program history Sunday at Dwyer Track, after finishing in first place for the fourth-straight season at the Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Track & Field Championships.

The Tigers ended the meet with 231 points, a Heps record for most points at a meet. The previous record belonged to Cornell, who scored 211 in 2016. Princeton scored 95 more points than second-place finishing Harvard University who had 136. The University of Pennsylvania came in third, with 85 points.

Princeton has now won 21 outdoor Ivy League Championships and 49 total under the guidance of William M. Weaver Jr. '34 Head Coach of Men's Track & Field Fred Samara. Additionally, the Tigers' Class of 2022 will go down as never losing an indoor or outdoor Heps Championship. Additionally, the last non-Princeton team to win a Triple Crown was Dartmouth College in 1988.

Along with winning 12 total event championships, Princeton set four meet records, four school records, and one Ivy League record. Daniel Duncan was honored as the Most Outstanding Track Performer after winning two individual events, along with being part of one relay championship.

Duncan won the 100 meters, and set new Ivy League, Princeton, and Heps meet records in the process with a time of 10.17. The previous Ivy League and school record was 10.22, and set by Ibrahim Ayorinde at the 2022 Virginia Challenge. The Heps meet record was 10.29, set in 1983 by Doug Harris of the University of Pennsylvania. Duncan's previous PR of 10.27, also set at the 2022 Virginia Challenge was ranked No. 2 all-time at Princeton. Simang'aliso Ndhlovu finished second in 10.29, and moved up to No. 3 on the Tigers' all-time list, beating the previous No. 3 time of 10.36 set by Steve Morgan '87 at the 1987 IC4A Championships, and his previous PR of 10.48 that ranked No. 5 all-time at Princeton, and was set at the 2021 TCNJ Last Chance Meet. Ayorinde finished fourth in 10.32, Kaden Reynolds sixth in 10.39, the fourth-fastest time in school history. He tops the previous No. 4 time of 10.45 set by Carrington Akosa '18 at the 2018 Larry Ellis Invitational, and his previous PR of 10.51 from the 2022 Penn Challenge, that was tied for No. 7 all-time in school history. Greg Sholars also finished seventh in 10.45, and is now tied with Akosa '18 for No. 5 all-time at Princeton, and beats his old PR of 10.50, which was ranked sixth all-time in school history and was set at the 2022 Penn Challenge.

In the 4x100 meters the quartet of Ndhlovu, Reynolds, Duncan, and Sholars earned a first-place finish and set a new Outdoor Heps meet record of 40.11, beating the previous record of 40.19 set in 2013 by Cornell.

Princeton also set a new Outdoor Heps meet record in the 4x400 meter relay; the team of William Doyle, Ladislav Töpfer, Andersen Dimon, and Michael Phillippy finished 3:07.61, beating the previous record of 3:09.52 set in 2018 by Harvard. The time was also the third-fastest all-time in school history at Princeton, as the quartet bested its previous PR of 3:08.47 set at the 2022 Texas Relays.

With a time of 45.93, Phillippy won the 400 meters and set a new school record along with a new Heps meet record. He topped his previous school record of 46.06, set at the 2022 Larry Ellis Invitational, and the previous meet record of 46.11 set by Michael Greene of Navy in 1986. Dimon finished third in 46.84, and moves up to No. 8 on Princeton's all-time list. His time beats the previous all-time No. 8 time of 46.95 set by Russell Dinkins '13 at USF in 2011. Töpfer also finished seventh in 48.41.

C.J. Licata, who won the shot put at Indoor Heps 2022, 2020, and 2019, started the day with a victory in the shot put with a best mark of 19.19.

In the 200 meters, Duncan added his second individual championship and third total. He finished in 20.95, and Sholars finished in 21.48 to finish fourth.

Ed Trippas claimed first-place in the steeplechase for the second-straight season, finishing in 8:46.87.

After clearing 2.15 meters, Jeffrey Hollis won the high jump. He has now won three Ivy League high jump titles, claiming first-place at Indoor Heps in 2020 and 2018, along with Outdoor Heps in 2020. Sebastian Clatworthy came in third, clearing 2.06 meters.

Sam Rodman won the 800 meters, finishing in 1:50.82, and Ethan Reese finished fourth in 1:53.03.

In the 400 hurdles, Chris Paige earned a first-place finish after clocking in at 52.58. William Doyle finished fifth in 54.02.

The Tigers finished second in the 4x800 relay, with the team of Duncan Miller, Witt, Rodman, and Sam Ellis clocking in at 7:32.63.

In the 110-meter hurdles Jovan Aigbekaen finished third in 14.07. Due to the wind exceeding 2.0 m/s, his time was ineligible for the Tigers' record book.

After a leap of 15.10 meters, Dayo Abeeb finished third in the triple jump.

The Tigers had four finishers inside the top-10 of the 5,000 meters; Anthony Monte (third, 14:02.88), Kevin Berry (fourth, 14:03.24), Joshua Zelek (eighth, 14:14.13), and Matt Grossman (tenth, 14:178.49).

Princeton also had four finishers inside the top-10 of the discus; Robbie Otal (second, 62.77 meters), Licata (third, 56.70 meters), Avery Shunneson (fifth, 52.93 meters), and Paul Brennan (tenth, 49.00 meters). Otal delivered a new school record, eclipsing his own mark of 61.71 set at the 2022 Penn Challenge. Meanwhile, Licata improved upon his previous PR of 56.60, also at the 2022 Penn Challenge, and stays at No. 5 on Princeton's all-time list.

In the 1,500 meters, Harrison Witt finished fourth in 4:00.79, and Ellis sixth in 4:01.48.

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The Tigers will compete at the Princeton Elite Invitational on Saturday, May 14, at Weaver Stadium.

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