Track & Field: Dropping the hammer
Senior alex pessala wanted to throw the hammer farther than he actually did last weekend at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. But he still separated himself from the pack by a prodigious 5.5-meter margin.
Senior alex pessala wanted to throw the hammer farther than he actually did last weekend at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. But he still separated himself from the pack by a prodigious 5.5-meter margin.
Q: What was your ?welcome to college? moment?A: I had a guy that lived on my hall freshman year that was pretty ridiculous but will remain unnamed.
Racing against Lance Armstrong would usually be the highlight of any college cyclist’s career. For senior Nick Frey, however, it was only one of several high points in the past two weeks, during which the mechanical engineering major also won the Division II road race at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships and helped Princeton to a second-place finish in the Division II men’s team time trial.
Last saturday afternoon, I was participating in my favorite procrastination activity: flipping through sports channels in search of a game to watch.
The men?s and women?s track and field teams competed in the 2009 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships this past weekend.
The women?s tennis team saw its season come to a heartbreaking conclusion Friday as the Tigers fell 4-3 to Florida International University in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Correction appendedAll season, no one could catch the men?s lightweight crew team, which posted an unblemished 7-0 regular-season record.
In a weekend filled with championships, the NCAA East Regional Qualifier for women?s golf took place at the Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla.
What started as a game with 20 players was essentially reduced to a game of four. It was Princeton?s midfielders? game, and it was freshman goalie Tyler Fiorito?s game.
Though the women?s lacrosse team ultimately crushed Georgetown 15-9, the Hoyas? dominating performance at the end of the first half had many fans wondering whether the Tigers would make it past the first round of the NCAA championship tournament.
Coming off a hard loss against Maryland, the women’s lacrosse team is ready to take on rival No. 8 Georgetown in its first-round game of the NCAA tournament this Sunday at Class of 1952 Stadium.
Just before my alarm goes off, I get Dave’s cancellation text message: Apparently, pub night has claimed another spring-semester senior.
The women’s tennis team looks to capture its first NCAA tournament victory in a matchup against No. 29 Florida International in Miami on Friday morning. The No. 42 Tigers have had mixed success against ranked teams all season, posting a record of 4-7 against them while still not earning a victory over any top 30 teams.
After a year of postseason slumber, the men’s lacrosse team is back in the NCAA tournament, as the No. 5 Tigers (12-2 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) earned an at-large bid after finishing the regular season as co-champions of the Ivy League.
The Tigers are preparing for the Ivy League Heptagonals, which will take place this weekend in Philadelphia.
Senior Susannah Aboff will compete at the NCAA East Regional Tournament after winning her second consecutive Ivy League individual championship.
Sophomore infielder Greg Van Horn talks about the baseball team and his favorite music.
Senior defenseman and co-captain Chris Peyser has been a mainstay on the defense for the past four seasons.
Though the Bears outscored Princeton 7-4 in the second half, they never came within less than four, and Princeton walked away with an 11-7 victory.
The Tigers (13-3, 6-1 Ivy League) had fought hard to close the gap on a five-point deficit and bring the game to 7-5 in less than three minutes before ultimately falling to the Terps 20-12.