Foster's Long Jump Record, Title Shines as Tigers Lead After Day One of Indoor Heps

Saturday, February 28

The Armory NYC

Princeton University

Ivy League Championships

Foster's Long Jump Record, Title Shines as Tigers Lead After Day One of Indoor Heps

February 28, 2026 | Men's Track and Field

NEW YORK CITY – With Greg Foster's outstanding long jump highlighting the day, the Princeton men's track and field team began competition at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships on Saturday at the Armory in New York City.

With four of 20 events scored, Princeton leads with 56 points. Penn is in second place with 16.

The long jump started the meet with a bang as Foster broke and set a new Ivy League record in the event for the third time this season. After setting the league record first at the Quaker Invitational in January with a mark of 8.07m, Foster broke his own record with a jump of 8.19m at the Tyson Invite in February.

Still pushing for more with hardware on the line, Foster bested his own mark again with the first event at Heps, clearing 8.24m / 27-0.5". The mark is an Ivy League record and a meet record. It also ranks second in the NCAA currently, and seventh in the world.

For his performance, senior Foster secured his fourth-straight indoor long jump championship title, cementing his legacy as undefeated. It is his sixth title in the long jump between indoor and outdoor seasons.

With Robert Ruffini making a third-place finish with a mark of 7.21m/23-8, and Richard Lawson taking sixth with a mark of 7.11m / 23-4, the Tigers totaled 17 points from the first event of the meet alone.

In the weight throw, Asher Robbins claimed silver and another eight points for the Tigers with a throw of 20.65m / 67-9 on his penultimate throw, bumping him up from fourth into second.

Jacob Emerson also claimed silver in the pole vault, clearing 5.15m / 16-10.75 for a new personal best. Clearing 4.95m / 16-02.75, Nick Molloy joined Emerson on the podium in fourth place for another four team points.

The Tigers had a solid team showing in the 3000m, going 2-3-4-6. Jacob Nenow took silver with a season-best mark of 7:56.95. Brian Boler took bronze with a time of 7:57.15. Sebastian Martinez in fourth and Avery Keith in sixth rounded out the Tigers on the podium, with Martinez tallying a new personal best of 7:59.87 and Keith clocking in at 8:02.41. Together, the squad combined for 19 points.

In the day's preliminary events, the Tigers qualified 17 athletes into eight of tomorrow's finals.

The Tigers went 1-2-3 in the 60m trials, with Jackson Clarke setting a new personal best 6.69 that Jadon Spain matched to automatically qualify for the final. Charlie Sexton, at 6.77, also automatically qualified on heat placement.

Three Tigers qualified for the 60m hurdle final, with Greg Foster taking second overall in the prelim with a time of 7.81. Easton Tan was right behind him in third with 7.90, as both qualified on placement. Yuki Hojo's time of 8.09 also qualifies him for tomorrow's race.

After running 21.61 and 47.61, respectively, to qualify, Joey Gant will compete in both the 200m and the 400m finals tomorrow.

Joining Gant in the 400m will be Xavier Donaldson, who took fourth with a mark of 47.71, and Kavon Miller, who took eighth at 47.86.

Jonathan York set a new personal best in the 500m, securing his spot in the final with a time of 1:02.61. Isa Hitchens will join him after taking fifth at 1:03.43.

Collin Boler took second in the 800m trial, automatically qualifying him for the final with his season-best mark of 1:51.15 as the junior heats up for postseason.

First-year James McLeay will run the 1000m after qualifying with a time of 2:25.08 in the prelims.

Lastly, three Tigers will race for the individual championship in the mile, as Connor McCormick (4:06.82), Myles Hogan (4:06.97) and Cooper Austen (4:07.16) finished out front as a pack in heat two.

With final prelim placements of one, three and seven, respectively, with times less than a second apart, the Tigers will look to claim individual victory and another boost to the team score tomorrow.

Up Next
The Tigers will look to claim more individual titles and chase an 11th-straight team indoor championship title tomorrow as they close out competition at indoor Heps. The action will pick up at 11 a.m. at the Armory.