This Sunday the mens and women's track and field team will be competing at home in Jadwin Gymnasium hosting the New Year Invitational, beginning at 11 a.m. As the teams begin to head into the indoor season, this weekend will be a chance for them to carry the momentum through before they break for the winter.
Both teams competed last weekend at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, the women's team saw their indoor campaign kick off with a great start. The team won six team events and five of the Tigers recorded their personal bests during the weekend. There were a myriad of achievements across the women's team last weekend, notable junior Maia Craver, a multi-sport athlete, set a personal record in the 60 meters hurdles. Craver ran an 8.75 second race and also finished first in the qualifying heats for the 200 meter race with a 24.83 second performance, being the only runner to make a time under 25 seconds. This was Craver’s fastest lifetime PR. Sophomore Ellie Randolph won the 60 meter hurdles final, finishing in 8.80 seconds which was also a PR.
Sophomore Maddie Offstein, who ran in the mile distance, clocked a 5:06 minute mile placing her third in the race. Offstein led the race for the majority but was picked for first and second in the final stretch. The Tigers took first and second place in the 4x100 meter relay with the winning team finishing in 3:48 minutes.
Junior Captain Kennedy O’Dell said after last week’s results “The energy and excitement the team had at the first meet was exactly what we were hoping for, everyone came out ready to compete and as a result we had some exciting times and distances.” She added, “It’s a sign of great things to come that there were PRs at the opener.”
This season the women's track and field team has also seen a change in their coaching staff, welcoming Michelle Eisenreich from Stanford as their new head coach. New leadership is not an easy transition for any team but the Tigers looked to have dealt with it well. Eisenreich helped Stanford achieve four top 10 NCAA finishes during her four years there, and she is only the second coach in the 39 year history of the Track and Field program at Princeton.
The men’s indoor team also saw a successful start to their indoor season. Junior Carrington Akosa picked up first place for the 60 meter and 200 meter sprint, while also being part of the winning 4x100 meter relay. Akosa finished the 60 meter sprint in 6.84 seconds, the only athlete to clock in a time less than 7 seconds.
Freshman Joey Daniels, tied for first place in the 60 meter hurdles, with a matching time of 8.14 seconds as the Wagner’s runner. But junior distance runner, William Paulson, took the group by storm, finishing 19 seconds ahead of second place in the 3 km race. Paulson recorded a time of 8.22 seconds and this currently places him first in the Ivy League, and sixth in the National Indoor qualifying rankings.
This weekend will be of great importance for Princeton, as they look to maintain the momentum from last weekend and make their first indoor home opener a successful one.
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