Samara Named Coach of the Year, Men’s Track & Field Tallies 16 All-Ivy Selections

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Samara Named Coach of the Year, Men’s Track & Field Tallies 16 All-Ivy Selections

February 28, 2023 | Men's Track and Field

Official All Ivy Awards Release

PRINCETON, N.J. – After leading the Princeton University men's track and field team to their eighth straight Ivy League Indoor championship, Head Coach, Fred Samara, has been named Ivy League coach of the year.

This is Samara's tenth time winning the award.

Following this year's exciting championship victory, Samara, commented, "I told the team at our meeting after the first day, 'If we are in it going into the relays, we are going to win it'. I told them to remember what Yogi Berra said, 'It ain't over till it's over.' This year's Indoor Championship may be the most satisfying win of my career considering all of the very talented guys we had out with various injuries. All of the credit positively goes to the team for their belief and never give up attitude."

In addition to Samara's honor, 16 members of the Princeton University men's track & field team also garnered Ivy recognition. The first-place finishers in each event at the Ivy championships are named First Team All Ivy and the second-place finishers in each event are named Second Team All Ivy.

In addition to his first team All-Ivy recognition, senior Sondre Guttormsen was also named Princeton's Academic All-Ivy Recipient following his performance at last weekends' Indoor Heps.

The Tigers ended the championship weekend with a first-place team finish to total 164 points.

Coach of the Year
Fred Samara

First Team All Ivy
- Greg Foster, Long Jump (7.86 m, Meet Record)

- Sondre Guttormsen, Pole Vault (5.70m Meet Record)

- Philip Kastner, Men's Heptathlon (5492 points)

- Duncan Miller, Mile (4:02.88)

- Daniel Duncan, Men's 60m (6.73)

- Sam Rodman, Men's 1000m (2:25.22)

- Jordan Kaplan, Ethan Reese, Connor Chen, Sam Rodman, 4x800 Meter Relay (7:30.04)

Second Team All Ivy

- Andersen Dimon, 500m (1:02.70)

- Ethan Reese, 800m (1:52.62)

- Ibrahim Ayorinde, 200m (21.50)

- Nicholas Bendtsen, Ladislav Töpfer, Jack Stanley, Duncan Miller, Distance Medley Relay Team (9:53.57)

- Joey Gant, William Doyle, Ibrahim Ayorinde, Andersen Dimon, 4x400 team (3:12.39)

- Greg Foster, Triple Jump (15.43m)

Academic All Ivy

Sondre Guttormsen