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London 2012: Crew quartet continues U. tradition

London 2012: Crew quartet continues U. tradition

Princeton has displayed its dominance in the world of rowing at the Olympics at the past 12 Games, and London was no exception. Of the 15 current and former Princetonians who competed at the 2012 Olympics, eight were rowers. Even more remarkably, four Tiger rowers walked away with medals at this year’s Games.

SPORTS | 09/12/2012

London 2012: Blatt '81 leads Russian hoopsters to surprise showing

When Dave Blatt '81 was hired in 2006 as the first non-Russian head coach of the Russian national basketball team, he found he had to earn respect as a head coach. As a Jewish American who has lived in Israel for much of his adult life, winning people over was a challenge. But through a self-described desire to bridge cultural divides through sports, Blatt turned around a struggling basketball team and won the respect of a nation while leading Russia to a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

SPORTS | 09/12/2012

Field Hockey: With stars back, Tigers’ outlook is bright

After a dominant start to the season, the field hockey team hopes to win its eighth-straight Ivy League championship and possibly earn some larger postseason honors this fall. Coming off of last season’s 10-8 record and NCAA tournament appearance, Princeton welcomes 10 new faces to the field this season: six freshmen and four veterans returning from a year training with the U.S. national team.

SPORTS | 09/12/2012

London 2012: For one moment, leading in London

Walking into the tunnel to the track in the London Olympic Stadium, Donn Cabral ’12 could feel the thunderous roar of the crowd vibrating in the air. Flashbulbs popped and TV cameras relayed the athletes’ focused faces from country to country — from Cabral’s Glastonbury, Conn., hometown to the screens of eager Princeton fans around the world. Walking out into the night with the rest of the world’s best steeplechasers, Cabral prepared himself for the biggest race of his life so far: the Olympic final.

SPORTS | 09/12/2012

Sports Shorts: Academic scandal puts Harvard basketball in flux

The Harvard men’s basketball team, which won the Ivy League title and was occasionally ranked in the national top 25 in 2011-12, will look very different this season, as key players will reportedly miss the season after being implicated in the university’s academic scandal.

SPORTS | 09/12/2012

Football: As fall camp winds down, QB situation remains unclear

Eight days before the football team opens the 2012 season, Princeton’s coaching staff has not yet determined who its starting quarterback will be in week one. Head coach Bob Surace ’90 said at the team's annual media day that sophomores Quinn Epperly and Connor Michelsen have been “neck-and-neck” since the beginning of the off-season and freshman Kedric Bostic will figure into the signal-calling mix as well.

SPORTS | 09/06/2012

Column: The value of recruiting athletes

While Jack Turnage’s article, “When colleges recruit athletes, everybody loses” (published onForbes.com), circulated around various social media feeds earlier this month, I felt it spoke directly to me. Though I was not one of Princeton’s Olympians, I am a rising sophomore on the men’s water polo team, and I can give you a clear picture of what it means to be a Princeton athlete and say why athletic recruiting is a beneficial part of the admissions process.

SPORTS | 08/17/2012

Football: Dibilio withdraws for season, lowering expectations

The football team received a double-dose of bad news this past week with just over a month until the first game. A 17-person panel of Ivy League media representatives predicted Princeton to finish last in the conference after consecutive 1-9 season. In addition, running back and reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year Chuck Dibilio officially announced that he would not return to school for the fall season after suffering a stroke in January.

SPORTS | 08/13/2012

Men's Cross Country: Head coach Dolan will not return to Tigers

Men’s cross country coach Steve Dolan, who led Princeton’s distance runners to unparalleled success in the last two seasons, will not return to the Tigers in the fall.Update: Penn announced Thursday that Dolan will take over as the Quakers' Director of Cross Country/Track and Field. Princeton announced Aug. 14 that Jason Vigilante, formerly of Virginia, would replace Dolan as the men's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach.

SPORTS | 07/29/2012

Princeton at the Olympics: Daily Updates

The sports staff is taking over The Prox as we chronicle Princetonians competing at the London 2012 Olympics. Follow the pride of the Orange and Black with daily updates as they perform on the world's biggest athletic stage.Final update, Aug. 12: ‘Olympic perspectives around the globe’

SPORTS | 07/29/2012

A Princeton viewer's guide to the Olympics

A school-record 16 current and former Princeton athletes will take part in the 2012 London Olympics, representing three countries in five different sports. Over the coming weeks, these Tigers will compete against their peers on the world’s biggest stage. Don’t miss a single game or event with our handy viewer’s guide!

SPORTS | 07/24/2012

Men's Track: Donn Cabral earns Olympics bid in Steeplechase

On Thursday evening, 14 athletes prepared for the 3,000m steeplechase final at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. In the middle of storied Hayward Field, filled with over 20,000 screaming fans, these competitors toed the starting line, carrying the hopes of their childhoods and the drive to compete on the world’s largest stage. There at the start with his friends and rivals, Donn Cabral ’12 waited for the chance to earn a ticket to the Olympic Games in London.That pre-game wait fueled Cabral to a 2nd-place finish in the competition and secured a spot on the United States Olympic roster, capping one of the best track seasons of any Princetonian. But before he could take the podium, make plans for London, and sign a contract with Nike, Cabral first had to get over some pre-race butterflies.

SPORTS | 06/29/2012

Baseball: Bowman, Mulroy taken in MLB draft

Two Princeton baseball stars, junior pitcher Matt Bowman and senior catcher Sam Mulroy, were taken in the MLB draft last week and are set to become professional baseball players. The New York Mets drafted Bowman in the 13th round and 410th overall, while the Los Angeles Angels drafted Mulroy in the 33rd round and 1,017th overall.

SPORTS | 06/14/2012

Track & Field: Cabral wins national championship

Senior Donn Cabral won the NCAA steeplechase championship on Saturday, beating the rest of the field by over five seconds. In one of Princeton’s greatest NCAA showings ever, five more Tigers competed on the nation’s highest stage.

SPORTS | 06/12/2012

Future Plans: Class of 2012 athletes

The Class of 2012 combined to win 49 Ivy League titles in 23 different sports in four years at Princeton. As they prepared to graduate, the 'Prince' asked some of the top athletes what they will be doing next.

SPORTS | 06/04/2012

Catching up with Kareem Maddox '11

In 2010-11, Kareem Maddox ’11 led the men’s basketball team to an Ivy League championship and its first NCAA Tournament appearance in seven years, earning Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy honors. This year, Maddox continued his basketball career in the professional ranks, playing for Landstede Basketbal in the Netherlands. We caught up with the 2011 Daily Princetonian Male Athlete of the Year at his first reunion to talk about European life, Princeton memories and more.

SPORTS | 05/31/2012

Men's Track: After setting collegiate record, Cabral prepares for NCAAs, Trials

With a collegiate record and the fastest time of any American runner so far this season, senior Donn Cabral sent a message out to the rest of the nation just as the NCAA championship season begins. A two-time runner-up in the steeplechase, Cabral hopes to finally capture an NCAA title before his time at Princeton ends.

SPORTS | 05/30/2012

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