Four Tigers Punch Tickets To Eugene As Women's Track & Field Begins NCAA East

Thursday, May 28

Lexington, Ky.

Princeton University

NCAA Regionals

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Four Tigers Punch Tickets To Eugene As Women's Track & Field Begins NCAA East

May 28, 2026 | Women's Track and Field

LEXINGTON, KY – Four Tigers punched tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. as the Princeton women's track and field team began competition at the NCAA East First Round on Thursday.

Beginning the day with the hammer, Angela McAuslan-Kelly came up with a clutch final throw of 64.64m/212-1 after fouling her first two attempts, launching her into fourth and punching her first ticket to Eugene.

Fellow thrower and senior captain Shea Greene clinched her third trip to NCAAs in the javelin, placing fourth today to qualify with a mark of 56.15m/184-2.

In the long jump, Alex Kelly and Georgina Scoot punched their tickets to Eugene as the pair look to cap off their dominant jumping careers at Hayward Field. Kelly took seventh with a jump of 6.36m/20-10½, while Scoot placed 12th at 6.22m/20-5 to take the final qualifying spot. Both will look to double in Eugene after competing in the triple jump on Saturday.

Fellow senior Tessa Mudd will also return to Eugene for the second time after qualifying in the pole vault, taking fifth overall while tying for first in her flight with a clearance of 4.27m/14-0.

In today's first round events, a pair of middle-distance Tigers set new PRs as they advanced into Saturday's quarterfinals.

Hannah Riggins qualified for the 1500m quarters after running a new PB of 4:11.44. She now ranks second all-time in the Princeton record book.

Likewise, Olivia Martin set a new best, leaning at the line to take the final qualifying spot with a time of 2:04.57. She improved her sixth-best mark in the program leaderboard.

Up Next
The Tigers will continue competition at the NCAA East Regional on Saturday in Lexington.