During reading period, most students are locked away in some corner of Firestone or Frist, banging away at their computers or cramming for exams.
But the women's track team found time Saturday to face Route 1 rival Rutgers in an indoor track meet at Jadwin Gym.
The Tigers won eight of 17 events against the Scarlet Knights, but got enough points to win the dual meet, 87-55.
Junior Emily Kroshus led a sweep for the Tigers in the one mile run, clocking in at four minutes, 57.71 seconds, more than ten seconds ahead of fellow junior Pilar Marin. Junior Laura Petrillo rounded out the event about a second behind Marin.
In the 800-meter run, senior Christine Iseman took home first place with a time of 2:20.58, followed by frehsman Jordan Wagenseller, who timed 2:21.90 to finish as runner-up.
The Tigers continued their dominance of the middle-distance events in the 1000 m, where sophomore Randy Buzzell triumphed at 2:57.55 and fellow sophomore Carrie Strickland finished behind her at 2:58.32.
Princeton did nearly as well in long distance, winning both the 3000 and 5000 meters. A pair of freshmen — Cack Ferrell and Meredith Lambert — finished 1-2 in the 3000, with times of 9:55.01 and 10:05.17, respectively.
And in the longest event of the day, seniors Elizabeth Grau and Becca Hylander took home first and third place, with times of 18:43.77 and 19:43.09.
The Tigers were also strong in the 55-meter hurdles, as junior Hasina Outtz took the event with a time of 8.64 seconds and junior Dalia Bach was second, nearly three seconds behind.
Relay split
The Scarlet Knights and Tigers split first place in the relays, with Rutgers winning the 4x400 at 3:58.90, while the Tigers clocked in at 4:00.60.
In the 4x800, Princeton came out on top, posting a time of 9:27.75. The Scarlet Knights finished about three seconds back.
In the field events, the Tigers did reasonably well. Freshman Allison Brawner and sophomore Brooke Minor both jumped 1.60 meters in the high jump, but Brawner was first because Minor took more jumps.
Junior Chelo Canino easily won the pole vault at 3.71 m, while Bach earned another runner-up mark to go along with second place in the 55-m hurdles.
Junior Lauren Washychyn took second in the jump at 5.21 m, while freshman Molly Jones finished third at 10.64 m in the triple jump.
The Tigers did not earn any points in the shot put, although sophomore Betsy Kennedy threw 11.44 m. She finished second in the weight throw with a mark of 14.54 m.
Back in the running events, freshman Becca Ivey and sophomore Carolyn Cross finished within 0.3 seconds of each other in the 500 m. Ivey's 1:21.31 time was good for second, while Cross took third at 1:21.61.
In the 300 meter dash, sophomore Chanel Lattimer was second at 42.14, and freshman Juliette Poussot finished third.
Finally, in the 55-m dash, Poussot finsihed second, followed by sophomore Shannon Smith.
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