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New superheavyweight program to take its place, dining halls prepare for onslaught

New superheavyweight program to take its place, dining halls prepare for onslaught

Weary of the persistent public nudity and general annoyance associated with the men's lightweight crew team, the athletic department today announced its replacement with a men's superheavyweight crew program.The new sport features tremendous athletes who must weight in at no less than 285 pounds the Friday before the event.In order to rid the campus of the pesky lightweights, who might rise in protest against the change, the University plans to feed them to the new superheavyweight rowers."I really think it's the least wasteful alternative," assistant director of athletics Kurt K]ehl said.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Ivy League votes to contract two teams

HOAGIE HAVEN ? The Council of Ivy Group Presidents gathered for a press conference here Thursday at the premier Princeton fast food institution to announce that they had voted overwhelmingly to authorize Executive Director Jeff Orleans to begin the process of contracting two Ivy athletic programs prior to the start of next season.The franchises proposed for contraction have not be identified, but speculation is running wild."It makes no sense for Ivy League sports to be in markets that generate insufficient local revenues to justify the investment," Orleans stated.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Justin Borntraeger

Before the men's track team's workout last Thursday, head coach Fred Samara told his team that this weekend's Dinski Memorial Evening Track Meet was only a warm-up.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

W. hoops awakens, remembers lack of skill

Senior forward Lauren Rigney lay in bed, dreaming of jump shots that swished, drives to the hoop, thunderous dunks and an 8-7 record.She jerked awake with a cry of pain.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

News and Notes

FootballThe athletic department announced today that it will drop the football program in order to allow Princeton stadium's grass to grow."We thought that might help attendance," director of athletics Gary Walters said.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Dillon ballers shock varsity in intramural final

Onlookers were flabbergasted Friday night at Dillon Gym when the trio of senior guard Ahmed El Nokali, sophomore center Konrad Wysocki and junior forward Ray Robins fell 62-41 in the finals of the Princeton intramural basketball three-on-three tournament.The other team, led by a tall guy named Chris, a sharpshooting blond guard who looked vaguely familiar to El Nokali and a chem graduate student whose name no one could pronounce, played an effective inside-outside game as Chris repeatedly was able to use his size to smack around the smaller German."I didn't really like playing those guys because they were tall," Wysocki said.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Tigers mount and ride those Bulldogs, scoring 17 times; progeny are an ugly mix

The men's lacrosse team dominated Yale late last night in a random scrimmage at 1952 Stadium. Pummeling the Elis without release for 60 minutes, the Tigers finally came out on top, 17-0.With the win, Princeton has now manhandled every Ivy League team that has dared to approach it.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Men's indoor track takes home second in William Gillis Open

After a long break, the men's indoor track season resumed last weekend, and the Tigers kicked off the new year with a great performance.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

News & Notes

Ivy League Announces Television PackageHDNet, a high-definition television provider came to an agreement with Ivy League officials Jan.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

Women's fencing cruises to shutout victory against shorthanded CCNY

After having pitted themselves early in the season against Penn State, one of the top fencing teams in the country, the women's fencing team has already met some of its toughest competitors.The Tigers went into their meet against City College of New York with high hopes and came out with much more, shutting out CCNY 27-0 Saturday in Jadwin Gym.The Beavers were lacking a complete squad, so they had to forfeit a good number of the matches.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

Men's fencing deals Ducks demoralizing defeat, 18-9

The Princeton men's fencing team improved to a mark of 3-1 after defeating Stevens Institute of Technology.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

Men's basketball loses Logan for year to torn ACL

The men's basketball team took a big loss this week, even though Princeton did not play any games.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

Women's track second in tri-meet, Simmons sets school mark

Strictly speaking, the women's indoor track team lost this weekend. When all of the races were over and all of the points were counted, Rutgers had 53, Princeton had 66, and Connecticut had 70.And if this were an entry in a sports almanac or an Ivy League yearbook or merely a box score, where the only kind of speaking done is strict speaking, that would be pretty much all there is to say about what happened on Saturday at Jadwin.And that would be a shame.Because despite the somewhat disappointing end result of the meet, there were quite a few bright spots for the Tigers, quite a few individual performances suggestive of the many good things that appear to be coming in a season that has barely begun.Perhaps the brightest of the bright spots was senior captain Lauren Simmons' school record-setting race in the 500 meter event (1:13.93), but senior captain Catherine Casey's dominating victory in the 3000 meter event was not far behind.After Casey crossed the finish line, the next non-Princeton runner had a full 32 seconds to think about how badly she had been beaten.Other Tiger winners were sophomore Laura Shackelton in the 5000 meters (18:15.96), senior Natalie Deffenbaugh in the 800 meters (2:19.20), sophomore Susan Coltman in the long jump (5.45 m), and freshman Brooke Minor in the high jump (1.70 m).The Princeton relay teams also dominated, picking up wins in the 4X400m (3:55.20) and 4X800m (9:29.37) events.And of course the whole story is not told in the first-place finishes.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

In opening Ivy weekend, m. hoops wins two as Harvard knocks off Penn

Men's basketball's weekend was almost completely positive. Not only did the Tigers defeat Harvard and Dartmouth to open the Ivy League season, but Princeton (6-7 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) also notched its first win on the road this season by defeating Harvard, and then repeated the accomplishment at Dartmouth.Princeton opened up at Harvard (10-6, 3-1) Friday by beating the Crimson, 50-48, and then followed the win up Saturday by handling Dartmouth, 57-46.In the league, Princeton, Yale and Brown are all 2-0.

SPORTS | 01/13/2002

Women's hoops shocks league favorite Harvard, falls to Dartmouth

Women's basketball played the preseason first and worst in the Ivy League this weekend. With a win over preseason favorite Harvard (9-5 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) and a loss to bottom-feeder Dart-mouth (5-8, 1-2), Princeton had an all around unexpected weekend."We were really energized and enthusiastic [for the Harvard game]," sophomore forward Kelly Schaeffer said.

SPORTS | 01/13/2002

Women's hockey beats Harvard in overtime before falling to Brown to end three-game winning streak

Nine days. Four games. Three nationally ranked opponents. The last week and a half has been a tough and tiring stretch for the women's ice hockey team.After beating No.

SPORTS | 01/13/2002

Men's hockey beats league-leader Harvard, drops one to Brown

Reading period is kind of an awkward, in-between time at Princeton. While the theory is sound ? a time after winter break to prepare for Dean's Date and exams ? the practice usually involves a lot of wasted time.

SPORTS | 01/13/2002

Men's basketball wins two and loses one in final non-conference tune-up

The Princeton offense is back. Well, sort of.After a season of 15-foot jumpers and missed lay-ups, the men's basketball team got back to what it does best Saturday night in Jadwin Gym against Holy Cross (6-9) in a 52-50 victory.

SPORTS | 01/10/2002

Men's basketball wins two and loses one in final non-conference tune-up

The Princeton offense is back. Well, sort of.After a season of 15-foot jumpers and missed lay-ups, the men's basketball team got back to what it does best Saturday night in Jadwin Gym against Holy Cross (6-9) in a 52-50 victory.

SPORTS | 01/08/2002

Losses of Schneider, Nomeland hinder m. hockey in three losses

It was a holiday to forget about for the men's ice hockey team. After losing senior captain David Schneider to a broken foot and junior goalie Nate Nomeland to a fractured left hand, the team lost three of its four games during Winter Break.The Tigers dropped their last two games of 2001 and then lost one of two to begin 2002.

SPORTS | 01/08/2002

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