After a successful Tiger Open where the Men’s and Women’s teams combined for ten first place finishes, both the Women’s and Men’s Track & Field teams had considerable success at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup at Penn State University this past weekend, finishing third and fourth, respectively, although host Penn State Nittany Lions far outpaced any team in the competition, finishing almost 100 points ahead of the Tigers in the Women’s competitions, and 80 points ahead of the Men’s team.
Women’s Track & Field
The Tigers were able to win two events this weekend, and finished as runners-up in four other events as they totaled 72 points for the weekend. Senior Kim Mackay had the most success this weekend for the women’s events, placing first in the 600m run with an impressive 1:31.72, two seconds ahead of junior Meghan McMullin, who completed a 1-2 podium finish for the women’s team. Senior Emily Broyles also finished in 10th in the race, with a time of 1:36.85.
The other winner this weekend was in the 3000m event was senior Emily de La Bruyere, who finished with a time of 9:43.75. Emily de La Bruyere also finished eighth in the mile run with a time of 4:55.26, where four other Tigers finished in the top twelve, including sophomore Katie Hanss who finished second with a time of 4:48.88, sophomores Lizzie Bird and Ally Markovich, who came sixth and ninth, respectively and freshman Melinda Renuart came in 11th.
Also coming back to Princeton with great success was sophomore Zoe Sims, who just missed out on a first place finish in the 800m event, finishing only 0.4 of a second behind winner Gina Alm. Junior Cecilia Barowski also came second in the 400m dash with a time of 55.24. Sophomore Elisa Steele was only a second behind Barowski and came in eighth. The two sprinters also combined as part of the 4x400 relay team along with senior Kim Mackay and junior Meghan McMullin that placed in fourth with a time of 3:48.32.
Men’s Track & Field
The men’s team also had some success at the Challenge Cup this weekend: the team only managed to win one event, but also broke two Ivy League records.
Senior Adam Bragg broke an Ivy League record in the pole vault with a 5.41m mark, besting the runner-up by an impressive 0.1m. Bragg’s impressive record was also the 14th best record in the country, an impressive achievement for the pole vaulter. Sophomore Ben Gaylord came in seventh with a 4.86m mark. Freshman Carrington Akosa also showed off his blistering pace in the 60m and 200m events, finishing the 60m event at an impressive 6.82 time, which easily broke the previous record for the school. The Baltimore native also came fourth in the 200m event, clocking a time of 21.67.
Senior Bradley Paternostro and sophomore Christopher Cook both finished in runners-up positions in their respective events, as Paternostro completed the mile run in 4:02.75 and Cook completed his shot put toss of 18.00m.
With this meet in the rearview mirror, the Tigers now look toward what will prove to be a very heated Valentine’s Day matchup. This upcoming Saturday, they will travel to the lands in the far north. With the season now in full swing, the Tigers will prepare to take on rival teams Harvard and Yale in the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton championship.
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