Men's and Women's Track
The men's team hosts the IC4A championships and the women's team hosts the ECAC championships at Weaver Stadium this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Only athletes who have qualified may compete at the championships.
With a number of members expected to vie for individual titles, the men's team is a favorite to win IC4As. Leading contenders include senior Scott Denbo in the shot put, junior Tora Harris in the high jump, freshman Josh McCaughey in the hammer throw, junior Ryan Smith in the 800-meter dash and the 4x800 relay team, of which Smith is a part.
The women's team will feature junior and Heptagonal champion Lauren Simmons in the 800 and freshman Susan Coltman in the pentathlon.
Men's and Women's Tennis
Two members of the men's tennis team and one member of the women's team will represent Princeton at the NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga.
On the men's side, senior Kyle Kliegerman qualified for the singles competition after a record-keeping error was corrected to reveal that he, not another competitor, had earned a spot in the singles bracket. Joining Klieger-man in Athens will be senior John Portlock. Kliegerman and Portlock make up the top-ranked doubles team.
Kavitha Krishnamurthy will participate in the women's championships. Though she was kept out of a number of matches this year by injuries, Krishnamurthy played in enough matches to retain her No. 58 national ranking.
Baseball
Having qualified for the NCAA tournament by winning the Ivy League title, the baseball team continues to await the announcement of its seed and location. Last year, the Tigers were shipped off to the University of Houston, where they met the Cougars and Texas Tech and were forced out in the first round without winning a game.
Men's heavyweight crew
The men's heavyweight team will send varsity and second varsity eights, two varsity fours, a freshman four, and a freshman eight to IRAs, which run May 31-June 2.
In addition to the competition the Tigers bested at Eastern Sprints, including powerhouse Brown, the men will face the best of the west, including Washington and the nation's top-ranked boat and two-time defending national champion, California.
Men's lightweight crew
The men's lightweights will take the varsity eight, a straight four (without coxswain), and a few yet-to-be determined boats to IRAs. These boats will be made up of a collection of varsity and novice rowers looking to gain additional championship experience.
Only the varsity boat will race strictly against lighweight competition — all other boats will compete in races open to all weight classes. And they will have their work cut out for them.
The lightweights took sixth at Eastern Sprints last weekend, and will see all the same boats at IRAs in two weeks. But all is not lost.
"Everyone has a shot," senior Troy Hickman said. "With three weeks to train, some schools really gel and gain a ridiculous amount of speed. Other boats peak at Sprints and lose speed at IRAs."
Women's open weight crew
Women's open weight crew will send a varsity and second varsity eight and a varsity four to the NCAA Championships starting May 25 in Gainesville, Ga. The races will take place on the course built for the 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
The competition will get much more fierce for the Tigers, as most of the large scholarship schools from around the country — including Michigan, Washington, Ohio State, and Southern California — will challenge the Tigers and Sprints-champion Brown for the national championship.
"Title IX has really changed the face of women's rowing," senior captain Jocelyn Hain said. "It will tough going up against schools that can give big-time scholarships. But in a six-boat race, anything can happen."
Women's lightweight crew
The lightweight women's varsity eight will accompany the men to Camden, N.J., on May 31. The lightweight novice eight will not compete — its season is finished following a first-place finish at Eastern Sprints last weekend.
In addition to UCSD and Villanova, always a wildcard in lightweight racing, Princeton will face nemesis Wisconsin for the fifth time this year. The teams have split the four previous races this year — Princeton took the Knecht Cup by four seconds, Wisconsin won at the San Diego Crew Classic by one second, Princeton won at the World Cup by two seconds, and Wisconsin defeated the Tigers at Eastern Sprints last weekend by .55 seconds.
"We've really taken the loss as fuel for our fire," senior Brooke Estridge said. "With every stroke we take in practice, we're thinking about those .55 seconds."
The fifth and final matchup will likely determine this year's national champion.
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