Women's Track and Field Completes Historic Second-Consecutive Ivy League Triple Crown at Outdoor Heps

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Women's Track and Field Completes Historic Second-Consecutive Ivy League Triple Crown at Outdoor Heps

May 17, 2026 | Women's Track and Field

PRINCETON, N.J. – Winning a second-straight Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championship, the Princeton women's track and field team made history as it became the first women's program to complete back-to-back Ivy League Triple Crowns on Saturday in Weaver Stadium.

With a league-record 203 points, the Tigers bested second-place Penn by 46 points, scoring in 19 of 22 events. The Tigers claimed nine individual champions en route to the team crown, also setting five school records and an Ivy League record on the way.

The outdoor title marks the program's 11th all-time, and completes its fourth Triple Crown.

Fighting for each point, the Tigers showcased remarkable team depth and competitiveness for oneself and each other as they raced to victory this weekend.

On day two, Meg Madison kicked off the wins with a tactical victory in the 5000m. Closing a five-second gap over her last four laps, Madison took off in her final kick to win by eight seconds, clocking in at 16:23.16. The title marks the sophomore's first individual Ivy Championship.

Emma De Jong and Peyton Leigh also scored, taking third (16:41.26) and sixth (16:58.16), combining with Madison for a total of 17 points in the 5000m alone.

After Madison, Pia Beaulieu was up in the 3000m steeplechase. A two-time Ivy Champion with Princeton women's soccer, Beaulieu shined as she kept to the front of the pack before breaking off to cross the finish first by two seconds as she claimed her first individual Ivy title.

Running the event just four times, Beaulieu has set a new personal best each time, today clocking in at 10:01.99. She sits at third in the record book, behind the only two women to ever run a sub-10 steeple in Princeton history: world-championship competitor Ashley Higginson '11 and Olympian Lizzie Bird '17.

Speaking of record-books, the Princeton and Ivy League books will need revision after this weekend as the Tigers broke five program records and two Ivy League ones.

Alexandra Kelly and Georgina Scoot, Princeton's dynamic jumping duo, shined again today after Scoot set an Ivy record yesterday with an enormous, title-winning jump of 6.61m.

Today, Kelly would achieve the same feat in the triple jump, clearing a whopping 13.73m/45-0.5 while jumping into the wind. The mark, which broke Scoot's previous Ivy League record of 13.39m, cemented her seventh Ivy title overall and now ranks fourth in the nation.

Scoot, jumping over the previous record too, took second with a clearance of 13.51m/44-4.

For their extraordinary weekend, with each senior Tiger claiming a title in either the long or the triple jump, and second in the other, while setting an Ivy record each, the duo were named Co-Most Outstanding Field Performers of the Meet.

With the Tigers continuing to excel in the field events, high-jumper Alysa Carrigan also claimed the Ivy title with a new program record of 1.83m/6-0. Clearing the six-foot threshold after setting the school record at 1.82m just two weeks ago, Carrigan continued to raise the bar today as she completed her indoor-outdoor sweep of the event.

Audrey Kirkutis jumped into scoring position also, placing fifth with a new personal best clearance of 1.73m/5-8, which ties her for seventh all-time in the Princeton recordbook.

Senior captain Shea Greene capped off her undefeated, dominant Heps career in the javelin, claiming her fourth Ivy Championship today as she threw 54.42m/178-6.

Fellow senior Niki Woods also took second place as she threw 47.09m/154-6. With Kameil Crane taking fifth and adding another two points with her throw of 43.77/143-7, the Tigers totaled 20 points in the javelin - their highest scoring event.

Also in the throws, the duo of Layla Giordano and Jana Ter Wee added six points to the Tiger tally with fourth- and fifth-place finishes in the shot put. Giordano took fourth with 15.17m/49-9.25, while Ter Wee threw her second PR of the weekend with 15.08m/49-5.75 for fifth.

On the track, Maisha Atkinson set a new program record in the 400m, winning the Ivy title with a time of 52.39. She also took fourth in the 200m, running 23.86 after setting a new program record in the event yesterday. Initially unsure if she could compete this weekend due to injury, Atkinson persevered and excelled, closing off her Heps career with a gold medal and two more Princeton records to her name.

Hannah Riggins claimed victory in the 1500m, also running a tactical race at the front with Harvard's Dylan McElhinney before breaking away to win the championship by three seconds (4:20.74).

Maddie Cramer kicked out two runners in her final sprint to take third in the 1500m, clocking in at 4:25.66, and Emma De Jong did the same to get into scoring position at sixth (4:28.37).

Together, the trio tallied 17 points to the team score.

First-year Laila Payne had a day, placing third in both the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles at her first outdoor Heps. With new personal bests in both, 13.47 and 58.03, Payne sits less than half a second off from both program records.

Olivia Martin fought hard in her final sprint as she took second place in the 800m, clocking in with a new collegiate best of 2:04.76. Riggins, already having won the 1500m, also took fourth place with a season-best 2:05.11.

Excelling across all disciplines, Julia Jongejeugd was the Ivy League runner-up in the Heptathlon, scoring a program-record-breaking 5457 points. Her performance on the weekend was led by wins in the javelin (36.88), 200m (25.21) and shot put (11.76m).

The women's 4x100 relay squad of Brooke Jackson, Soraya Patterson, Laila Payne and Franziska Burchett also scrapped for a team point with a 45.69 sixth-place finish.

Battling an unseasonally-hot day in Weaver, the Tigers triumphed up and down the roster.

Completing Princeton's, and the Ivy League's, first back-to-back Triple Crowns was a culmination of years of effort and dedication to the pursuit of excellence. Doing it together, on their home track, marks a moment that will be cherished by current Tigers and revered in the program's history for years to come.

Now, the Tigers will turn their attention towards the NCAA East Regional on May 27-30, and after that, Eugene. The full list of regional qualifiers will be released Thursday, May 21.