The Tigers amassed victories in three field events. Sophomore Chad Faulkner cleared 15 feet, nine inches in the pole vault for the easy win. Sophomore Eric Plummer won the shot put for the Tigers with a toss of 54 feet, .57 inches.
The Tigers also claimed the top two spots in the hammer throw, as junior Alex Pessala dominated the competition with a toss of 184’ 3”, and freshman teammate Craig Pearce finished close behind at 179’ 2”.
Sophomore Tom Zozokos easily won the 400-meter hurdles in 54.17 seconds, outpacing his closest competitor by more than a second.
The Quadrangular meet witnessed some exceptionally strong competition from the participating schools.
“There wasn’t too much competition in my race. I’d say the strongest 400-meter hurdle competition in the Ivy Leagues is probably from Cornell, Harvard and Yale,” Zozokos said. “As for the other events, UPenn and Navy traditionally have a very strong [all-around] roster. ”
The strong competition from the other schools did not stop the Tigers from taking second place in three other events. Freshman Dion Lehman took second in the long jump and was one of only two athletes on the day to break the seven-meter barrier.
Junior Duane Hynes successfully cleared the top height of 6’ 2.25” inches in the high jump but did so in more attempts than Navy’s Billy Stillman and settled for second in the event. Though he usually competes as a heptathlete, Hynes limited his competition on Saturday to just two other events: the javelin and the discus.
In addition to Hynes, freshman George Abyad and sophomore Joel Karacozoff also competed in the discus and claimed two of the top four spots for the Tigers. Abyad managed a throw of 156 feet, while Karacozoff threw 148’ 6”.
The team that participated at Annapolis was far from full strength. With the exception of Zozokos, Princeton did not take any runners to the meet. The Tigers have been plagued by personnel shortages in the running events, with injuries to juniors Shafiq Kashmiri and Ian Thomson and freshman middle-distance runner and indoor Heps 500m champion Mike Eddy.
“This meet was mostly for the field team and some of the sprinters because the events do not really translate well between indoor and outdoor, whereas most running events are pretty much the same,” Abyad said.
Despite the depleted roster, the Tigers still managed to score 123.5 points, good for third place. The host Midshipmen won 11 of the 19 events and finished with 209.5 points.
Part of the men’s team will travel to California next weekend for the Stanford Invitational, while the remainder of the team will host the Sam Howell Invitational at home at Weaver Track.
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