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(02/11/21 11:46pm)
Some student-athletes from Ivy League institutions in the class of 2021 whose seasons have been cancelled due to COVID-19 have been given a rare lifeline to continue their collegiate careers.
(02/10/21 2:20am)
For the first time in almost a year, Princeton athletes are allowed to practice on campus — at least, in small groups. We checked in with athletes both on campus and afar to hear how this development is affecting them.
(02/08/21 3:38am)
It’s not where you start; it’s where you finish.
(01/29/21 1:24am)
When James Chu ’00 was accepted to Princeton, he immediately went on a run. He probably would’ve gone on a run if he was rejected, too.
(01/25/21 5:25am)
It is a wet and windy evening in Atlanta, Ga., on April 8, 1974, a few minutes after 8 p.m. At Atlanta’s Fulton County Stadium, there are no outs in the fourth inning of a 3–1 game, with the Los Angeles Dodgers leading the hometown Braves. Hank Aaron steps up to the plate, nonchalantly swinging his bat like a fly swatter in front of him.
(01/22/21 1:11am)
On Jan. 7, the Princeton Planning Board gave the University the go-ahead to build a new soccer facility, which will include a new Roberts Stadium and a practice field. The new stadium will seat 2,113, a slight downgrade from the capacity of the existing Roberts Stadium, which seats 2,300.
(01/13/21 12:19am)
Sondre Guttormsen, a sophomore pole vaulter on the Princeton men’s track and field team, cleared 5.66m (18’7”) in the pole vault on Saturday in Gothenburg, Sweden, during his first competition of 2021.
(12/07/20 5:32am)
Every Princeton student remembers the moment in mid-March when the world ground to a halt. For some, it was the memo announcing that classes were moving online. For others, it was the cancellation of the NBA season or the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, or perhaps even Tom Hanks announcing he had tested positive for COVID-19.
(12/07/20 5:47am)
On Friday, the Texas Rangers named Chris Young ’02 as the team’s next executive vice president and general manager (GM). Young, 41, who retired from pitching in 2017 after 13 MLB seasons, most recently served in the MLB office as the senior vice president of on-field operations.
(12/03/20 11:02pm)
The Daily Princetonian caught up over Zoom with first-year softball player Cate Bade, phoning in from her home in Texas over the Thanksgiving break. Bade, who is no stranger to bright lights and large crowds, discussed her experience playing high school softball in Texas, getting an apartment in Princeton with her teammates, and the one food that she can’t live without.
(12/06/20 8:55pm)
When we spoke, Liz Agatucci, a first-year on the varsity field hockey team, was living under a nearly month-long national quarantine. If that measure doesn’t sound familiar to U.S. readers, that’s because Agatucci, originally from Chapel Hill, N.C., spent her fall semester in Canterbury, England.
(12/02/20 3:50am)
The Daily Princetonian caught up with Kelton Chastulik ’21, a senior thrower on the men’s track and field team who won first place in the shot put at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
(12/02/20 12:51am)
In 2019, Zoe Howard joined Princeton’s women’s tennis team as a first-year. Like many others, she decided to take a leave of absence after the Ivy League canceled all sports through January 2021.
(11/19/20 10:31pm)
In his first season in 2019, Nadir Lewis ’23 started every game in center field for the Tigers, batting .266 and leading the team in runs, walks, and stolen bases. He started every game again in 2020 — but there were only seven to be played before the season was cancelled.
(11/19/20 10:43pm)
In October, Danielle Dockx ’18 sat in the stands of Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, as her employer — the Tampa Bay Rays — competed for the World Series. It was not always the path she envisioned for herself during her time studying and playing softball at Princeton.
(11/19/20 1:46am)
The Daily Princetonian caught up with women’s pole vaulter SJ Cohen, a first-year hailing from Pennsylvania who cleared 12’ 9.5” during her 2020 indoor season, to discuss pole vault, cooking, magic tricks, and everything in between.
(11/18/20 10:29pm)
Julia Brazeau ’22, a member of the swimming and diving team, has been keeping herself busy this fall semester. Brazeau, who is originally from Minnesota, is currently living near campus with three graduate students from Princeton’s architecture program. When asked why she chose to stay in Princeton for the semester, she explained, “I couldn’t be away from the atmosphere for so long. I fell in love with Princeton the minute I got to campus, and being away for a whole year was just going to be too hard.”
(11/17/20 1:40am)
The Daily Princetonian caught up with Gaby Hamburger, a junior on the women’s lacrosse team, about her decision not to take a gap year, her experience in the weeks leading up to the Ivy League decision to cancel spring sports in March, and her new training schedule.
(11/16/20 11:22pm)
The Daily Princetonian caught up with men’s golfer Connor Belcastro to discuss his decision to play golf, off-season training, and his favorite virtual courses this semester.
(11/12/20 11:39pm)
On Nov. 12, the Ivy League Council of Presidents made the unanimous decision that they will not be conducting athletic competitions for winter sports for the 2020–2021 academic year.