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Princeton Primed for Outdoor #IvyHeps Championship
May 04, 2017 | Men's Track and Field
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The Princeton men's track & field team look to bring the Ivy League Outdoor Heps title back to Old Nassau as the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships get underway this weekend, May 6-7 at Yale.
The Tigers look to make it two-in-a-row, after winning the indoor Heps they have their sights set out the outdoor title. Princeton has won outdoors 16 times and four times in the last six years, including 2015 when it claimed its seventh triple crown in program history.
The meet begins on Saturday at 11 a.m., with the first event of the decathlon. The men's hammer at 1:30 p.m., will be the first event that is scored, while the first track qualifying race will be at 3:05 p.m., the 1500. Both days action will be broadcast on the Ivy League Digital Network.
SPRINTS & HURDLES
Princeton has two talented champions returning in the sprints and two strong freshmen sprinters in the mix, the Tigers have a mix of potential scorers in the sprint events. Junior Carrington Akosa, who was been a 10-time scorer at Heps, was the runner-up in the 100 last spring and placed third in the 200. This past indoor season he won the 60 before an injury kept him from the 200 final – an event in which he was the two-time reigning champion. Akosa has the fourth-best time in the league in the 200 at 21.57 and owns a PR of 21.09. He hasn't run a 100 this spring but does have a PR of 10.49 in the event. Sophomore Charlie Volker has scored five times at Heps and was third in the 100 last spring. He has the fourth best time heading into the weekend in the league with a 10.75 and has a PR of 10.56. He ran the 200 just once this spring and hit 21.85. Freshman JC Colangelo and Joe McGrath can challenge as well, as each has top-20 times in the league.
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Freshman Joey Daniels is the league leader in the 110-meter hurdles. He ran a 14.04 at the Texas Invitational and was fourth indoors in the 60 hurdles.
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Last year, the Tigers dominated the 400-meter hurdles and return nearly the entire corps, led by senior captain Greg Leeper. Leeper and junior Spencer Long have the best times in the league in the event, with Long posted a league-best 52.61 and Leeper a 52.61. Leeper won the event last year, with Long third. Sophomore Christian Fryer-Davis was fifth a year ago and has a season-best of 55.26 to rank in the top 15 in the league. Freshmen Gab Montefalcone has the sixth best time at 53.16 – making the 400 hurdles an event to watch.
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Five of the top 20 times in the league in the 400 belong to the Orange & Black. Senior Ray Mennin has the second-best time with a 48.00 and has been a scorer in five times, including a win in the indoor 400 in 2016. Junior Josh Freeman ran a PR of 48.02 this season to rank fourth in the league. Sophomore Cole Bransford, freshman Connor Matthews and senior Jabari Johnson will challenge for scorer spots as well.
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MIDDLE DISTANCE
Two former scorers in the 800 boats top 15 times in the league in the event. Junior Noah Kauppila who scored last spring, has run this event once this season and put up a 1:51.91. Sophomore Franklin Aririguzoh has been solid in this event all season with his best time a 1:51.94 from Larry Ellis. He was fourth in the 800 indoors.
The 1500 is another event Princeton can have multiple scorers. Junior William Paulson has a league best time of 3:42.23 and is coming off of a stellar cross country season. Add to that Kauppila who has the sixth-best time of 3:45.06 and junior Garrett O'Toole who was a scorer a year ago.Â
DISTANCE
Conor Lundy has been impressive in his freshmen year thus far, having made the NCAA cross country championships as an individual and then took second in the 5k at Indoor Heps. He has won the best times in the outdoor 5k with a 14:09.45 from the Raleigh Relays. Junior Rob Stone and freshman Viraj Deokar are also on the top-25 descending order list.
Senior William Bertrand has the third-best time in the league in the 10k. He ran 29:48.87 at the Larry Ellis Invitational, one of four in the league to post a sub-30 time.
RELAYS
Princeton's winning 4x100 relay returns three of its four legs, in Akosa, Volker and sophomore Josh Billington. The relay has progressively improved on its time this season and currently ranks third with a 41.41 from Larry Ellis. The 4x800 also has the third-best time entering the weekend with a 7:26.18, as the relays all faced each other last week at the Penn Relays. The Tigers were the runners-up in the event last year and return three of its four legs in Aririguzoh, O'Toole and Kauppila. The 4x400 relay has the fourth-best time this season with a 3:16.16 from Larry Ellis.
JUMPS
Princeton has been the pole vault champion, both indoor and outdoor the last two years and look to retain the title with junior August Kiles. He has the best mark in the league with a 5.21 (17-1) from the Texas Invitational, and has won the indoor Heps title the last two years. Senior Ben Gaylord is having his best season with a PR of 5.10 (16-8.75), to sit in a three-way tie for third.
Winning the high jump twice indoors, senior Xavier Bledsoe looks for his first win outdoors in the event after placing second a year ago. He has the second-best clearance in the league at 2.13 (6-11.75), and has a PR of 2.14. Sophomore Andrew Diehl, who was fifth in the indoor high jump looks for more points with a 2.05 (6-8.75), a mark that ties him for fifth place in the league.
Sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh was the runner-up in the triple jump this past indoor season and will battle for that top spot once again. His best jump this season was a PR of 15.23 (49-11.75) at the Colonial Relays.
Hurdler Leeper has the Tigers' best mark in the long jump. He hit 7.06 (23-2) at Larry Ellis and has scored in this event three times indoors, winning it in 2015.
THROWS
Four throwers look to earn major points for their team: senior Christopher Cook, junior Mitchel Charles, senior Jared Bell and sophomore Adam Kelly.
Kelly was the runner-up in the hammer throw a year ago and earned second-team All-America honors. He should take second again, behind Olympian Rudy Winkler.
Charles and Cook led the league's shot putters, as both have put it out over 17 meters. Charles is first in the league with a 17.80 (58-4.75), while Cook is second with a 17.68 (58-0.25). Both can throw even further with PRs of 17.94 and 18.85, respectively. Cook won the event last year, while Charles was the runner-up. Senior Jared Bell also has a top-10 mark in this event, though his specialty is the discus. He is fourth in the league in the discus with a 52.89 (173-6) and was a scorer in the event last year. Cook and Charles are right behind him on the descending order list at 52.45 and 50.57. Cook has been a scorer in the discus every season.
MULTIS
Princeton could get decathlon points from one or both freshmen that rank in the top five in the league. Harry Lord has the best score for the Tigers at 6504, while Justice Dixon is right behind with a 6414 and was fifth in the heptathlon indoors.
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The Princeton men's track & field team look to bring the Ivy League Outdoor Heps title back to Old Nassau as the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships get underway this weekend, May 6-7 at Yale.
The Tigers look to make it two-in-a-row, after winning the indoor Heps they have their sights set out the outdoor title. Princeton has won outdoors 16 times and four times in the last six years, including 2015 when it claimed its seventh triple crown in program history.
The meet begins on Saturday at 11 a.m., with the first event of the decathlon. The men's hammer at 1:30 p.m., will be the first event that is scored, while the first track qualifying race will be at 3:05 p.m., the 1500. Both days action will be broadcast on the Ivy League Digital Network.
SPRINTS & HURDLES
Princeton has two talented champions returning in the sprints and two strong freshmen sprinters in the mix, the Tigers have a mix of potential scorers in the sprint events. Junior Carrington Akosa, who was been a 10-time scorer at Heps, was the runner-up in the 100 last spring and placed third in the 200. This past indoor season he won the 60 before an injury kept him from the 200 final – an event in which he was the two-time reigning champion. Akosa has the fourth-best time in the league in the 200 at 21.57 and owns a PR of 21.09. He hasn't run a 100 this spring but does have a PR of 10.49 in the event. Sophomore Charlie Volker has scored five times at Heps and was third in the 100 last spring. He has the fourth best time heading into the weekend in the league with a 10.75 and has a PR of 10.56. He ran the 200 just once this spring and hit 21.85. Freshman JC Colangelo and Joe McGrath can challenge as well, as each has top-20 times in the league.
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Freshman Joey Daniels is the league leader in the 110-meter hurdles. He ran a 14.04 at the Texas Invitational and was fourth indoors in the 60 hurdles.
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Last year, the Tigers dominated the 400-meter hurdles and return nearly the entire corps, led by senior captain Greg Leeper. Leeper and junior Spencer Long have the best times in the league in the event, with Long posted a league-best 52.61 and Leeper a 52.61. Leeper won the event last year, with Long third. Sophomore Christian Fryer-Davis was fifth a year ago and has a season-best of 55.26 to rank in the top 15 in the league. Freshmen Gab Montefalcone has the sixth best time at 53.16 – making the 400 hurdles an event to watch.
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Five of the top 20 times in the league in the 400 belong to the Orange & Black. Senior Ray Mennin has the second-best time with a 48.00 and has been a scorer in five times, including a win in the indoor 400 in 2016. Junior Josh Freeman ran a PR of 48.02 this season to rank fourth in the league. Sophomore Cole Bransford, freshman Connor Matthews and senior Jabari Johnson will challenge for scorer spots as well.
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MIDDLE DISTANCE
Two former scorers in the 800 boats top 15 times in the league in the event. Junior Noah Kauppila who scored last spring, has run this event once this season and put up a 1:51.91. Sophomore Franklin Aririguzoh has been solid in this event all season with his best time a 1:51.94 from Larry Ellis. He was fourth in the 800 indoors.
The 1500 is another event Princeton can have multiple scorers. Junior William Paulson has a league best time of 3:42.23 and is coming off of a stellar cross country season. Add to that Kauppila who has the sixth-best time of 3:45.06 and junior Garrett O'Toole who was a scorer a year ago.Â
DISTANCE
Conor Lundy has been impressive in his freshmen year thus far, having made the NCAA cross country championships as an individual and then took second in the 5k at Indoor Heps. He has won the best times in the outdoor 5k with a 14:09.45 from the Raleigh Relays. Junior Rob Stone and freshman Viraj Deokar are also on the top-25 descending order list.
Senior William Bertrand has the third-best time in the league in the 10k. He ran 29:48.87 at the Larry Ellis Invitational, one of four in the league to post a sub-30 time.
RELAYS
Princeton's winning 4x100 relay returns three of its four legs, in Akosa, Volker and sophomore Josh Billington. The relay has progressively improved on its time this season and currently ranks third with a 41.41 from Larry Ellis. The 4x800 also has the third-best time entering the weekend with a 7:26.18, as the relays all faced each other last week at the Penn Relays. The Tigers were the runners-up in the event last year and return three of its four legs in Aririguzoh, O'Toole and Kauppila. The 4x400 relay has the fourth-best time this season with a 3:16.16 from Larry Ellis.
JUMPS
Princeton has been the pole vault champion, both indoor and outdoor the last two years and look to retain the title with junior August Kiles. He has the best mark in the league with a 5.21 (17-1) from the Texas Invitational, and has won the indoor Heps title the last two years. Senior Ben Gaylord is having his best season with a PR of 5.10 (16-8.75), to sit in a three-way tie for third.
Winning the high jump twice indoors, senior Xavier Bledsoe looks for his first win outdoors in the event after placing second a year ago. He has the second-best clearance in the league at 2.13 (6-11.75), and has a PR of 2.14. Sophomore Andrew Diehl, who was fifth in the indoor high jump looks for more points with a 2.05 (6-8.75), a mark that ties him for fifth place in the league.
Sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh was the runner-up in the triple jump this past indoor season and will battle for that top spot once again. His best jump this season was a PR of 15.23 (49-11.75) at the Colonial Relays.
Hurdler Leeper has the Tigers' best mark in the long jump. He hit 7.06 (23-2) at Larry Ellis and has scored in this event three times indoors, winning it in 2015.
THROWS
Four throwers look to earn major points for their team: senior Christopher Cook, junior Mitchel Charles, senior Jared Bell and sophomore Adam Kelly.
Kelly was the runner-up in the hammer throw a year ago and earned second-team All-America honors. He should take second again, behind Olympian Rudy Winkler.
Charles and Cook led the league's shot putters, as both have put it out over 17 meters. Charles is first in the league with a 17.80 (58-4.75), while Cook is second with a 17.68 (58-0.25). Both can throw even further with PRs of 17.94 and 18.85, respectively. Cook won the event last year, while Charles was the runner-up. Senior Jared Bell also has a top-10 mark in this event, though his specialty is the discus. He is fourth in the league in the discus with a 52.89 (173-6) and was a scorer in the event last year. Cook and Charles are right behind him on the descending order list at 52.45 and 50.57. Cook has been a scorer in the discus every season.
MULTIS
Princeton could get decathlon points from one or both freshmen that rank in the top five in the league. Harry Lord has the best score for the Tigers at 6504, while Justice Dixon is right behind with a 6414 and was fifth in the heptathlon indoors.
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