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Navy Dual
Princeton Women's Track and Field Dominates Navy in Dual Meet, Sets Several Top-10 Records
January 14, 2023 | Women's Track and Field
Annapolis, MD - The Princeton women's track and field team had a dominant performance at the Navy Dual meet on Saturday, securing a victory against Navy with a score of 112-67. Throughout the meet, the Tiger women set several program top-ten performances, as well as two top all-time performances for the Wesley A. Brown Field House.
In the sprints, Brianna Mponzi took first place in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.60 seconds, tying for the No. 5 spot on the top-10 all-time Princeton performances list. Olivia Hee placed a close second at 7.72 seconds. Adelaide Asante earned a second-place finish in the 200 meter dash with a time of 25.19 seconds, with Maisha Atkinson following closely behind in fourth at 25.45 seconds.
Arianna Smith dominated the 400 meter dash, crossing the finish line first with a time of 55.01 seconds putting her at No. 3 on the Princeton, Top-10 list, while India Ingemi placed third at 58.37 seconds. Margaret Hock also had a strong showing in the 500 meter dash, taking first place with a time of 1:14.75, which puts her at No. 9 on the top-10 all-time Princeton performances list. Maddie Cramer came in second at 1:16.53.
In the distance events, Paola Rodriguez won the 800 meter run at 2:13.78, and Mena Scatchard placed second at 2:14.33. Margaret Liebich took first place in the 1000 meter run with a time of 2:50.15, and Peyton Leigh came in fifth at 3:02.01. Morgan Monesmith won the 1 mile run at 4:51.24, and India Weir came in second at 4:54.02. Abby Loveys also had a strong performance in the 3000 meter run, taking first place with a time of 9:22.17, which lands her at No. 8 on the all-time best performances list.
Arianna Smith also dominated in the 60 meter hurdles, winning with a time of 8.55 seconds, and ties for No. 3 on all-time best performances list. The triple jump featured an exciting, record-breaking result from freshman Alexandra Kelly. Kelly jumped a distance of 13.04 m to set a new school record and secure the victory for Princeton.
India Ingemi, Adelaide Asante, Maisha Atkinson, and Lauren Harris had a fantastic performance in the 4x400 meter relay, scoring for Princeton with a time of 3:54.08. Additionally, the Princeton team placed 2nd in the 4x800 relay, completing the race in a time of 9:16.66.
Notably, the Tiger women set two all-time best performances for the Wesley A. Brown Field House, with Abby Loveys' finish for the 3000 meter run, and Alexandra Kelly's setting performance in the triple jump.
Head Coach, Michelle Eisenreich, commented on the team's success, saying "The goal for today's meet was to win as a team and today we certainly did. Today's win shows how the team has continued to build momentum that was started in the fall through cross country. I am very pleased we were able to win all but 2 events and our competitiveness really showed. Most importantly, we strive to be the standard of excellence within the league and we certainly did a good job of doing that in a number of events today. It was a very exciting start to the season."
Up Next:
The Tigers will return to Annapolis next weekend to compete at the Wesley Brown Invitational
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