Courtesy: Princeton Athletic Communications Ashley Higginson has qualified for the NCAA Regional in three events.

PRINCETON, N.J. (5/18/09) – After the final weekend of the regular season wrapped up with the ECAC/IC4A, more than 20 Princeton men and women’s track and field athletes have qualified for the 2009 NCAA Regionals.

The Tigers will compete in the East Regional, hosted by North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., May 29-30.

Below is a list of those athletes, and their best performance of the season.

MEN’S QUALIFIERS

200M

Austin Hollimon, Fr., 21.21

400M

Austin Hollimon, Fr., 47.01

Mike Eddy, So., 46.49

1500M

Michael Maag, Sr., 3:46.53

Trevor Van Ackeren, Fr., 3:46.21

5000M

Donn Cabral, Fr., 14:08.48

Michael Maag, Sr., 13:41.17

Steeplechase

Trevor Van Ackeren, Fr., 9:02.84

Shot Put

Eric Plummer, Jr., 17.60

Discus

George Abyad, So., 51.93

Hammer

Alex Pessala, Sr., 69.06

Craig Pearce, So., 59.96

Joel Karacozoff, Jr., 57.12

High Jump

Ian Fox, Jr., 2.10

Pole Vault

Chad Faulkner, Jr., 5.10

David Slovenski, Fr., 5.15

WOMEN’S QUALIFIERS

200M

400M

Agatha Offorjebe, Sr., 54.38

1500M

Liz Costello, Jr., 4:23.75

Ashley Higginson, So., 4:26.37

5000M

Alex Banfich, Fr., 16:23.24

Reilly Kiernan, Jr., 16:31.54

Ashley Higginson, So., 16:37.76

Sarah Cummings, So., 16:44.10

10000M

Sarah Cummings, So., 34:06.71

Steeplechase

Reilly Kiernan, Jr., 10:38.75

Ashley Higginson, So., 10:37.43

Liz Deir, So., 10:49.74

Pole Vault

Jessica Kloss, Sr., 3.95

Hammer

Emma Ruggiero, So., 54.63

Shot Put

The final list of those declared will be announced on Sunday, May 24.