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Editor: Kristy McNeil DECEMBER 2013

Men & Women Make NCAAs; Curham Makes History

Meghan Curham ’17 became the first Tiger to earn All-America honors in The Princeton men’s cross country team made its fourth straight NCAA women’s cross country as a freshman. Championship appearance.

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In This Issue The Friends of Princeton Track created an e-mail list on TigerNet as a means to distribute Women’s Season In Review...... 2 and discuss meet results, achievements, events and various other opportunities to friends Men’s Season In Review...... 3 and former members of the Princeton women’s and men’s track and field teams. The list Women’s Results...... 4 is an open forum and is a wonderful opportunity to stay in contact with teammates and Men’s Results...... 5 friends. Q&A with Curham & Fluehr...... 6 The Friends hope that more alumni will take advantage of this opportunity in the coming Q&A with Udland & Pons...... 7 year. Everyone who has signed up for the unofficial e-mail list will need to sign up on TigerNet Track Schedules...... 8 for the official track e-mail list. To sign up, please go to: www.tigernet.princeton.edu. First, click on Discussion Groups, then click on Other Interests. Our list name is track-field-alums. photos courtesy of Beverly Schaefer and Kristy McNeil. Thus, our official e-mail address is: [email protected]. It’s another opportunity to stay connected with our terrific teams. December 2013 Tiger Tracks

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at 20:25. Curham and de La Bruyere both earned all-region honors for finishing in the top 25. Eysenbach and Fluehr finished one second apart at 21:12 and 21:13 and Little was the final scorer coming in 43rd at 21:24. The next day the NCAA selection committee granted Princeton an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship. It marked the Tigers’ first trip the NCAAs as a team since 2010 and 10th team appearance in program history. Curham made history at the NCAA Championship on Nov. 23 after finishing 34th overall to earn All-America honors. She is the seventh Tiger in Princeton history to earn All-America honors and the first to do so as a freshman. Curham was the third Ivy League runner across the line in her first time competing in the NCAAs. In a cold and windy race, she covered the sloppy course, in 20:42.3. As a team Princeton finished 30th overall. Fluehr was the No. 2 Tiger across the line as she posted a 21:56 for 187th. de La Bruyere ran 22:09.8 for 208th and Bird was five places back at 22:13.6 for 213th place. Little was the final scorer finishing in 22:18.3. Meanwhile at the ECAC Championship at Van Cortlandt Park, the Tigers wrapped up the 2013 season with a fifth-place finish. Marissa Cummings ’14 led the Tigers with a 13th-place finish in her final collegiate cross country race. She covered the Van Cortlandt Park 5k course in 18:43.5. Nicholas was five spots back at 18th with a time of 18:52.7 and Amanda Chang ’16 ran 19:13.4 to place 26th. Mary Hui ’17 and Sarah Princeton opened the cross country season just three days after classes began at Porter’16 ran in together, in places 34 and 35, with times of 19:28.2 and 19:29.8 as the Old Nassau. In the only meet of September, the Tigers finished in first place at the final two scorers. Delaware Blue Hen Invitational at White Clay Creek State Park. Megan Curham ’17 was the only runner in the field to finish in under 22 minutes, crossing the line at 21:39.39. Clare Gallagher ’14 and Molly Higgins ’14 followed in third and fourth places NATIONAL at 22:11.10 and 22:11.88, respectively. A Princeton pack followed taking places 6-9 with RANKINGS Kathryn Fluehr ’16 and Lizzie Bird ’17 capturing the final two scoring slots. After a three-week hiatus, the Tigers returned to action on Oct. 4 & 5. Princeton split up, sending its top group to the Notre Dame Invitational and another group to Preseason 28 Lehigh’s Paul Short Invitational. Week 1 29 The 5k race at Notre Dame gave the Tigers their first true test of the season as Week 2 28 they faced seven other teams ranked in the national poll. Princeton was up for the Week 3 30 challenge, finishing in fifth place ahead of No. 4 Duke and No. 19 Notre Dame. Curham Week 4 23 proved that her first race was no fluke as she paced the Tigers with a 12th-place finish Week 5 23 in a time of 17:21.2. Captain Emily de La Bruyere ’15 ran a 17:33.2 to finish 20th. Week 6 22 Higgins and Bird came in 45th and 46th at 17:54.5 and 17:55.0. Kathryn Little ’16 was Week 7 27 the final scorer claiming 78th place at 18:19.5. At Paul Short, the Indian summer weather posed a threat to the runners and the meet was halted shortly after the conclusion of the women’s open 6k race. Nicole Captain Emily de La Bruyere ’15 Marvin ’17 posted the fastest time for the Tigers, clocking a 22:18 to finish 30th out of 484 total runners. Jackie Nicholas ’15 and Zoe Sims ’17 finished in the top 50 with times of 22:31 and 22:40, respectively. With the NCAA Championship returning to Terre Haute, Ind., Princeton familiarized itself with the course at Pre-Nationals on Oct. 19. It was the first time Princeton raced as a team on the course since the NCAA Championship in 2010. A PETER FARRELL total of 50 teams competed in the blue race including 13 ranked teams. Princeton Women’s Head Coach finished 10th. Curham clocked a 20:32.44 to finish 15th out of 340 runners. de La Goals, goals, goals. We live by them. From multi- Bruyere finished in the top 50 at 21:00.91. Higgins and Fluehr posted times within two national corporations to little league teams. The seconds of each other at 21:31.52 and 21:33.64. Rounding out the scorers was Bird at team set some lofty goals this year and now has the 21:42.83. unenviable task of reconciling results with original Back home the rest of the Tigers hosted the Princeton Invitational. The team hopes. All things considered, we had a terrific year. competed in both the championship and open races, finishing seventh and second, We made it to nationals for only the 10th time in team respectively. In the championship race, Rachael Chacko ’17 and Lindsay Eysenbach history. Our No. 30 ranking comes at the expense of all ’15 led the way with top-15 finishes. Chacko was 13th at 22:10, while Eysenbach was the other 330 Division 1 cross country teams. Sure, there two seconds and two places back. Ally Markovich ’17 also ran under 23 minutes as was no Orleans’ Family Trophy (Heps hardware) to hoist the Tigers No. 3 runner. Nicholas and Jessica Ackerman ’17 covered the course at but there were so many ways in which the 2013 Tigers 23 and 23:04 as the final two scorers. A second group of Tigers tackled the open race achieved stated and unspoken goals. Team competitive and finished second as a team. Katie Hanss ’17 was the individual runner-up covering culture continued to evolve into a formidable atmosphere of confidence. A coach could the course in 22:58. Kristin Smoot ’14 was seventh at 23:20 and Sims was 10th at not ask for more. Practice sessions were incredibly spirited and successful. It’s a mark 23:28. Michelle Tracy ’16 clocked a 24:57 and Kim Mackay’15 a 25:03 as the final two of an incredibly close team when the few injured athletes would make their way to scorers. every workout on the cross country course just to be part of it. At seasons inception, Two weeks later Heps arrived at West Windsor Fields for the third straight year. I had mentioned that though we were not necessarily a young team; we were really Curham finished in fourth place and Princeton finished in fourth as well. Curham an inexperienced team. There is a difference. Transference of great workouts to covered the course in 20:26.1 to earn first-team All-Ivy League honors. de La Bruyere corresponding results will have to wait for another season. This actually bodes well for was 10th at 20:55.3 and earned second-team All-Ivy honors. She was followed by the future as returning members feel they understand the process a whole lot better. Fluehr in 18th at 21:27.2, Eysenbach 26th at 21:39.1 and Little at 21:52.7. Dartmouth The top five finishers at NCAAs return next year. won the race with 38 points, with Cornell second with 66 points and Harvard third with Our Rosengarten winner was freshman phenom Megan Curham. In fact, Megan 73. Princeton had 95 points, while Columbia was fifth with 101 points. Penn was sixth is only the second team member to win both Freshman and Varsity Rosengarten (166), followed by Brown (174) and Yale (182). Awards. Emily Kroshus ’04 is the only other double award winner. Megan finished up One week later Princeton battled at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional at Lehigh her remarkable first season in college as All-Ivy, All-Region and All-America. Pretty with three other nationally ranked squads. The Tigers succeeded in finishing in the top impressive. Only Lynn Jennings ’83 achieved that triple. five for the 11th straight season, placing fifth. Curham finished fifth overall, covering The team has finished up their post cross country break and seem anxious to the course in 20:13. de La Bruyere was the second Tiger across the line, finishing 13th apply themselves to track races. Look for great workouts to turn into outstanding performances on the oval. 2 Friends of Princeton Track

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McDonald was just one second back and Kelly was 50th. Udland, Arroyo Yamin, Pons, Bendtsen, Owens and McDonald earned all-region honors for their finishes in the top 25. Making its 13th appearance at the NCAA Championships, Princeton faced some pressure coming off of its highest finish last year, 11th. Although they didn’t finish as high, the Tigers’ 22nd-place finish was the best finish of the four Ivy League teams competing (Dartmouth, Columbia and Harvard). Udland the Arroyo Yamin both finished in the top 100, for the second straight year. Udland who paced the Tigers all season finished 47th with a time of 30:53.5. Arroyo Yamin ran 31:03.5 to take 73rd. Pons was the No. 3 runner for the second straight meet. He claimed 112th place with a time of 31:24.6. McDonald and Martin rounded out the scorers with times of 31:37.5 and 32:26.1. Bendtsen was the Tigers No. 6, finishing two places back from Martin at 32:27.7 and Owens clocked a 32:36.1. In the final meet of the season, the Tigers claimed third place at the IC4A Championship at Van Cortlandt Park. The Tigers had a team score of 109 led by Williams. An indoor national champion, Williams finished the 5-mile course in Van Cortlandt Park in 25:24.2 to take ninth. Galasso was 18th at 25:41.2. Bertrand and Sublette finished just seconds apart at 25:49 and 25:52. Leahy was the final scorer clocking a 26:01.1 for 34th.

Princeton began the 2013 season receiving its highest ranking in the preseason poll in history, 10th. The Tigers kick started the season at the Delaware Blue Hen Invitational at White Clay Creek State Park on Sept. 14, with a perfect score, going 1-7. Sam Pons ’15 was NATIONAL the individual winner, running a 25-flat. A trio of seniors followed: Chris Bendtsen RANKINGS 2nd at 25:28.48, Tyler Udland 3rd at 25:28.88 and George Galasso 4th at 25:52.33. The final scorer was Sam Berger ’16 at 25:52.73, while William Bertrand ’17 and Michael Sublette ’16 finished off the 1-7 succession. Preseason 10 After three weeks of training, Princeton returned to action on Oct. 4 & 5 at two Week 1 9 meets, sending its top group to the Notre Dame Invitational. In South Bend, the Tigers Week 2 10 faced seven other nationally ranked teams and finished third out of 27. Udland led the Week 3 9 Tigers with a ninth-place finish and a time of 24:39.2. Bendtsen was 11th at 24:40.7. Week 4 10 Matt McDonald ’15 and Pons finished 22nd and 27th respectively at 24:51.3 and 24:55.3. Week 5 15 Rounding out the scorers was Alejandro Arroyo Yamin ’14 at 25:34.3 in 78th place. Week 6 15 The next afternoon a second pack of Tigers competed at the Paul Short Invitational Week 7 18 in the Brown Race. It was the final race of the day before the meet was cancelled by the county due to high temperatures. Connor Martin ’15 toppled over the finish line to edge Co-captain Chris Bendten ’14 out Albany’s Christopher Buchanan. Michael Williams ’14 took ninth place at 25:40 and Eddie Owens ’15 was six seconds back at 25:46 for 13th. Jack Leahy ’17 was the top freshman running 26:03 for 29th and Bradley Paternostro ’15 was 41st at 26:19. One week later Princeton returned to the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind., for the first time since 2011. Refamiliarizing themselves with the course that would serve as the national championship course, the Tigers faced 50 teams, including 12-ranked competitors. Princeton finished sixth at JASON VIGILANTE Pre-Nationals with an average time of 24:15.07 and 276 points. Pons guided the Tigers Men’s Head Coach across the line finishing 35th in 24:03.94. Udland was three places back with a time The 2013 cross country season was one of high of 24:05.89. Arroyo Yamin and Bendtsen followed at 24:08.65 and 24:16.17. The final expectations. Coming off a successful campaign in 2012 scorer was McDonald at 24:40.67. where our Tigers won the Heptagonal title and finished Back home at West Windsor Fields the rest of the team earned a third-place a program-high 11th place at NCAAs, the tone was set finish at the Princeton Invitational. Owens led the charge as he finished in 11th place for a fantastic 2013. Despite a tremendous summer at 24:09. Bertrand ran 24:24 to finish 19th, while Berger was 29th at 24:36. Brett Kelly of training by all of the guys and the good fortune of ’16 and Sublette both finished in the top 50 at 24:42 and 24:50. remaining healthy throughout the season, we fell short Princeton served as the site of the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships two of the lofty goals we had established for ourselves. Most weeks later. The Class of 2014 was aiming to four-peat. Only four classes in Heps importantly for our team we clearly have a high standard history have accomplished the feat: the Princeton Classes of 1979 and 1984, Harvard of excellence and I am proud of that. Class of 1970 and Dartmouth, who won eight straight between 1984-91. Our second-place finish to a fine Columbia team at It wouldn’t be the fate for the Tigers this year, as Princeton had its three-year the Heps as well as advancing automatically at the NCAA Regional in Lehigh and finally streak of Heps titles come to an end. Columbia edged the Tigers for the Ivy League 22nd place in Terre Haute all were very solid efforts. Tyler Udland, our Rosengarten title, 48-56. The No. 15 ranked Tigers had their top five across the line first but the winner led the team at Heps, the Regional and fell just shy of earning an All-American No. 10 ranked Lions’ 2-4-5 pushed Columbia into the win. Udland and Bendtsen raced certificate by seven places at the NCAAs. One a bright note, finishing as the top in together, finishign sixth and seventh, respectively. Udland clocked a 23:48.6 while program of four Ivy League teams that qualified to the NCAA felt good and allows our Bendtsen, the 2012 Heps champion, ran a 23:49.7. Arroyo Yamin was 12th at 23:59.8, men have the drive and desire to be back on top in 2014. followed by Pons at 24:02.4 for 15th and McDonald at 24:05.3 for 16th. Udland and We will use the lessons learned during this time in between cross country Bendtsen both earned first-team All-Ivy League honors, while Arroyo Yamin was and track to reinvigorate ourselves and build on the momentum established in late named second-team All-Ivy.Dartmouth was third in the team scoring with 64 points, November. This year’s junior class has some seasoned veterans and we very excited followed by Harvard (103), Yale (116), Penn (150), Cornell (181) and Brown (253). to have Connor Martin and Matt McDonald as our captains for the 2014 season. Our The Tigers didn’t let the results of Heps affect their performance at the NCAA Tigers are focused, hungry and motivated to be the best and I look forward to watching Mid-Atlantic Regional. Princeton earned one of two automatic bids the NCAA a new crop of young men develop into outstanding leaders of our program. Go Tigers! Championship. Princeton edged Georgetown by three points, 60-63 to finish second. Udland and Arroyo Yamin went 6-7 as the top Tigers across the line, finishing two seconds apart at 29:49 and 29:51. Pons pushed for 11th place at 30:11. Bendtsen clocked a 30:20 to take 17th and the final scorer was Owens in 19th place at 30:25. 3 December 2013 Tiger Tracks

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Sept. 14 Delaware Blue Hen Oct. 5 Paul Short Run Nov. 2 Ivy League Heptagonals Invitational Bethlehem, Pa. - 6k West Windsor Fields - 6k Newark, Del. - 6k NTS 4th of 8 1st of 4 Princeton Finishers Princeton Finishers Princeton Finishers 30. Nicole Marvin ’17 22:18 4. Megan Curham ’17 20:26.1 1. Megan Curham ’17 21:39.39 41. Jackie Nicholas ’15 22:31 10. E. de La Bruyere ’15 20:55.3 3. Clare Gallagher ’14 22:11.10 49. Zoe Sims ’17 22:40 18. Kathryn Fluehr ’15 21:27.2 4. Molly Higgins ’14 22:11.88 95. Sarah Porter ’16 23:24 26. Lindsay Eysenbach ’15 21:39.1 6. Kathryn Fluehr ’15 22:20.39 113. Amanda Chang ’16 23:36 37. Kathryn Little ’16 21:52.7 7. Lizzie Bird ’17 22:28.89 126. Henrietta Miers ’14 23:45 38. Lizzie Bird ’17 21:55.8 8. Jessica Ackerman ’17 22:29.36 127. Mary Hui ’17 23:47 43. Clare Gallagher ’14 22:03.2 9. Rachael Chacko ’17 22:31.44 44. Katie Hanss ’17 22:03.2. 12. Kathryn Little ’16 22:49.25 Oct. 19 Pre-Nationals 48. Ally Markovich ’17 22:06.6 18. Ally Markovich ’17 23:20.97 Terre Haute, Ind. - 6k 56. Molly Higgins ’14 22:21.3 20. Henrietta Miers ’14 23:22.23 10th of 49 79. Rachael Chacko ’17 22:50.2 22. Birdie Hutton ’16 23:26.63 82. Marisa Cummings ’14 22:52.8 23. Amanda Chang ’16 23:30.30 Princeton Finishers Team Totals 25. Nicole Marvin ’17 23:31.41 15. Megan Curham ’17 20:32.44 1. Dartmouth 38 Molly Higgins ’14 26. Jackie Nicholas ’15 23:32.29 49. E. de La Bruyere ’15 21:00.91 2. Cornell 66 27. Maria Seykora ’16 23:32.83 108. Molly Higgins ’14 21:31.52 3. Harvard 73 Nov. 23 NCAA Championship 28. Mary Hui ’17 23:33.87 113. Kathryn Fluehr ’15 21:33.64 4. Princeton 95 Terre Haute, Ind. - 6k 36. Sarah Porter ’16 24:18.13 135. Lizzie Bird ’17 21:42.83 5. Columbia 101 30th of 31 37. Zoe Sims ’17 24:18.59 150. Clare Gallagher ’14 21:48.44 6. Penn 166 Team Totals 197. Kathryn Little ’16 22:03.06 7. Brown 174 Princeton Finishers 1. Princeton 21 Team Totals 8. Yale 182 34. Megan Curham ’17 20:42.3 2. Delaware 51 1. Georgetown 117 187. Kathryn Fluehr ’15 21:56.0 3. Towson 76 2. Florida State 162 208. E. de La Bruyere ’15 22:09.8 4. Seton Hall 110 3. Butler 176 Nov. 15 NCAA 213. Lizzie Bird ’17 22:13.6 4. Virginia 191 Mid-Atlantic Regional 221. Kathryn Little ’16 22:18.3 5. Oregon 214 Bethlehem, Pa. - 6k 236. Clare Gallagher ’14 22:33.4 Oct. 4 Notre Dame Invite 10. Princeton 421 5th of 29 253. Lindsay Eysenbach ’15 23:31.2 South Bend, Ind. - 5k Team Totals 5th of 24 Oct. 19 Princeton Invitational Princeton Finishers 1. Providence 141 West Windsor Fields - 6k 5. Megan Curham ’17 20:13 2. Arizona 197 Princeton Finishers 7th of 25 and 2nd of 10 13. Emily de La Bruyere ’15 20:25 3. Butler 200 12. Megan Curham ’17 17:21.2 36. Lindsay Eysenbach ’15 21:12 4. Michigan 215 20. E. de La Bruyere ’15 17:33.2 Princeton Finishers 38. Kathryn Fluehr ’15 21:13 5. Georgetown 226 45. Molly Higgins ’14 17:54.5 (Championship Race) 43. Kathryn Little ’16 21:24 30. Princeton 704 46. Lizzie Bird ’17 17:55.0 13. Rachael Chacko ’17 22:10 49. Lizzie Bird ’17 21:28 78. Kathryn Little ’16 18:19.5 15. Lindsay Eysenbach ’15 22:12 70. Molly Higgins ’14 21:43 91. Kathryn Fluehr ’15 18:23.7 59. Ally Markovich ’17 22:53 Team Totals 105. Rachael Chacko ’17 18:31.1 67. Jackie Nicholas ’15 23:00 1. Villanova 31 115. Clare Gallagher ’14 18:38.1 73. Jessica Ackerman ’17 23:04 2. Georgetown 35 140. Jessica Ackerman ’17 18:55.1 85. Nicole Marvin ’17 23:17 3. Penn State 92 Team Totals 101. Amanda Chang ’16 23:32 4. West Virginia 124 1. Florida State 77 102. Mary Hui ’17 23:32 5. Princeton 135 2. New Mexico 82 136. Henrietta Miers ’14 23:55 3. San Francisco 96 152. Sarah Porter ’16 24:21 4. BYU 187 Team Totals Nov. 23 ECAC Championships 5. Princeton 201 1. Duquesne 47 Bronx, N.Y. - 5k 2. Columbia 90 5th of 9 3. La Salle 144 4. Buffalo 160 Princeton Finishers 5. Cornell 161 13. Marisa Cummings ’14 18:43.5 HONORS 7. Princeton 216 18. Jackie Nicholas ’15 18:52.7 Princeton Finishers 26. Amanda Chang ’16 19:13.4 First-Team All-Ivy League (Open Race) 34. Mary Hui ’17 19:28.3 Megan Curham 2. Katie Hanss ’17 22:58 35. Sarah Porter ’16 19:29.8 7. Kristin Smoot ’14 23:20 37. Nicole Marvin ’17 19:33.8 Second-Team All-Ivy League 10. Zoe Sims ’17 23:28 39. Rachael Chacko ’17 19:36.4 33. Michelle Tracy ’16 24:57 45. Zoe Sims ’17 19:45.6 Emily de La Bruyere 38. Kim Mackay ’15 25:03 Team Totals 41. Summer Hanson ’16 25:11 1. Georgetown 29 All-Region 55. Meghan McMullin ’16 26:17 2. James Madison 78 Megan Curham Team Totals 3. St. Joseph’s 96 Emily de La Bruyere 1. Cornell 26 4. Delaware 112 2. Princeton 66 5. Princeton 126 All-America 3. La Salle 74 Megan Curham 4. Monmouth 118 Lizzy Bird ’17 5. Sacred Heart 124 4 Friends of Princeton Track

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Sept. 14 Delaware Blue Hen Oct. 5 Paul Short Run Nov. 2 Ivy League Heptagonals Invitational Bethlehem, Pa. - 8k West Windsor Fields - 8k Newark, Del. - 8k 1st of 46 2nd of 8 1st of 2 Princeton Finishers Princeton Finishers Princeton Finishers 2. Connor Martin ’15 25:15 6. Tyler Udland ’14 23:48.6 1. Sam Pons ‘15 25:00.00 9. Michael Williams ’14 25:40 7. Chris Bendtsen ’14 23:49.7 2. Chris Bendtsen ’14 25:28.48 13. Eddie Owens ’15 25:46 12. A. Arroyo Yamin ’14 23:59.8 3. Tyler Udland ’14 25:28.88 29. Jack Leahy ’17 26:03 15. Sam Pons ’15 24:02.4 4. George Galasso ’14 25:52.33 41. Bradley Paternostro ’15 26:19 16. Matt McDonald ’15 24:05.3 5. Sam Berger ’16 25:52.73 74. Brett Kelly ’16 26:45 19. Eddie Owens ’15 24:11.4 6. William Bertrand ’17 25:53.15 140. Garrett Rowe ’14 27:25 25. Brett Kelly ’16 24:27.8 7. Michael Sublette ’16 25:59.57 Team Totals 36. George Galasso ’14 24:38.4 9. Brett Kelly ’16 26:23.85 1. Princeton 94 42. Connor Martin ’15 24:43.8 10. Bradley Paternostro ’15 26:31.80 2. Albany 133 54. Sam Berger ’16 24:52.8 12. Eddie Owens ’15 26:38.90 3. Monmouth 158 56. William Bertrand ’17 25:00.4 18. Garrett Rowe ’14 27:19.72 4. Canisius 170 65. Michael Williams ’14 25:11.8 19. Brian Poirier ’16 27:21.40 5. St. Lawrence 215 Team Totals 20. Mike Mazzaccaro ’15 27:23.87 1. Columbia 48 Alejandro Arroyo Yamin ’14 26. Jamie Fehrnstrom ’16 27:44.91 2. Princeton 56 Team Totals Oct. 19 Pre-Nationals 3. Dartmouth 64 Nov. 23 NCAA Championships 1. Princeton 15 Terre Haute, Ind. - 8k 4. Harvard 103 Terre Haute, Ind. - 10k 2. Seton Hall 50 6th of 52 5. Yale 116 22nd of 31 6. Penn 150 Princeton Finishers 7. Cornell 181 Princeton Finishers Oct. 4 Notre Dame Invite 35. Sam Pons ’15 24:03.94 8. Brown 253 47. Tyler Udland ’14 30:53.5 South Bend, Ind. - 8k 38. Tyler Udland ’14 24:05.89 73. A. Arroyo Yamin ’14 31:03.5 3rd of 27 42. A. Arroyo Yamin ’14 24:08.65 Nov. 2 NCAA 112. Sam Pons ’15 31:24.6 55. Chris Bendtsen ’14 24:16.17 Mid-Atlantic Regional 134. Matt McDonald ’15 31:37.5 Princeton Finishers 106. Matt McDonald ’15 24:40.67 Bethlehem, Pa. - 10k 207. Connor Martin ’15 32:26.1 9. Tyler Udland ’14 24:39.2 126. Michael Williams ’14 24:48.37 2nd of 26 209. Chris Bendtsen ’14 32:27.7 11. Chris Bendtsen ’14 24:40.7 154. Connor Martin ’15 24:58.20 226. Eddie Owens ’15 32:36.1 22. Matt McDonald ’15 24:51.3 Team Totals Princeton Finishers Team Totals 27. Sam Pons ’15 24:55.3 1. Colorado 90 6. Tyler Udland ’14 29:49 1. Colorado 149 78. A. Arroyo Yamin ’14 25:34.3 2. Oregon 113 7. A. Arroyo Yamin ’14 29:51 2. Northern Arizona 169 118. Sam Berger ’16 26:00.9 3. Iona 126 11. Sam Pons ’15 30:11 3. Oklahoma State 230 119. George Galasso ’14 26:01.5 4. Stanford 148 17. Chris Bendtsen ’14 30:20 4. BYU 267 135. William Bertrand ’17 26:10.9 5. Tulsa 159 19. Eddie Owens ’15 30:25 5. Oregon 274 146. Michael Sublette ’16 26:19.1 6. Princeton 276 20. Matt McDonald ’15 30:26 22. Princeton 469 Team Totals 50. Brett Kelly ’16 31:22 1. Columbia 113 Team Totals 2. Tulsa 124 Oct. 13 Princeton Invitational 1. Villanova 34 3. Princeton 147 West Windsor Fields - 8k 2. Princeton 60 4. Minnesota 155 3rd of 30 3. Georgetown 63 5. Colorado State 189 4. Penn 152 Princeton Finishers 5. Penn State 175 11. Eddie Owens ’15 24:09 19. William Bertrand ’17 24:24 29. Sam Berger ’16 24:36 Nov. 23 IC4A Championships 40. Brett Kelly ’16 24:42 Bronx, N.Y. - 5 mi. 50. Michael Sublette ’16 24:50 3rd of 11 107. William Paulson ’17 25:18 114. Jack Leahy ’17 25:21 Princeton Finishers 121. Bradley Paternostro ’15 25:26 9. Michael Williams ’14 25:24.2 HONORS Team Totals 18. George Galasso ’14 25:41.2 1. Villanova 23 23. William Bertrand ’17 25:49.0 First-Team All-Ivy League 2. La Salle 94 26. Michael Sublette ’16 25:52.7 Tyler Udland 3. Princeton 135 34. Jack Leahey ’17 26:01.1 Chris Bendtsen 4. St. Joseph’s 158 56. Sam Berger ’16 26:39.4 5. Lehigh 184 Team Totals Second-Team All-Ivy League 1. Georgetown 43 Alejandro Arroyo Yamin 2. St. Joseph’s 69 3. Princeton 109 4. George Mason 112 All-Region 5. La Salle 131 Tyler Udland Alejandro Arroyo Yamin Sam Pons Chris Bendtsen Eddie Owens Matt McDonald ’15 Matt McDonald 5 December 2013 Tiger Tracks

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How did you feel about your performance at What have the Tigers that have come before you taught you? Starting with the current NCAAs and how you finished your season? team, I could not have asked for a better welcome into college life. Everyone has been I was very happy with my performance at so great and helped make the transition so much easier. Then looking back, there have NCAAs. One of my major season goals was been so many great runners from Princeton! They have set such a great example with to finish in the top 40 at that race, and I their dedication and hard work. I can only hope that, one day, I can be as successful accomplished that goal so I was extremely as some of the great runners that have come out of this program. From Alex Banfich happy. to Ashley Higginson all the way back to Lynn Jennings, these are legends I look up to. I also want to return us as a team to a top-10 team in the country, like we were just a You came into Princeton and stepped up few years ago. right away as the No. 1 runner all season. How did that feel as a freshman? I still What schools did you consider and what brought you to Princeton’s program? My can’t believe how great this season was. school search process was strange. When I began looking at colleges my running I definitely did not expect that, though. I times were not very fast, so I was looking at schools with good academics, but less definitely could not have done it on my own competitive running programs, and even Division III. It wasn’t until fall in my senior year either. My teammates were always there that my running times improved. When I started achieving more competitive times, I to push me and make me work very hard contacted Peter Farrell late in the process and everything fell into place. I could not in practice and at meets. They were also a be happier. Growing up in New Jersey, Princeton has always been my absolute dream great source of confidence for me in races. school. Running is so important to me, but the academics are equally important, and Seeing my fellow Tigers out there on the I do not think any school can match the combination we have at Princeton, along with Megan Curham ’17 course made me much more relaxed. some of the best scenic running trails in the state. I couldn’t ask for a better place to spend my four years of college. What was your training like this summer, before you came to Princeton, knowing cross country season was right off the bat? This summer I took a week off after spring What are your goals from the upcoming indoor and outdoor track season? In the track nationals and then began base training runs. For most of the summer I was indoor and outdoor seasons, I hope to run the 3k, 5k and 10k. I have not set specific doing easy, one-hour runs. In August I began the real season schedule with harder time goals yet, and will work with the coaches on that. Whenever I set preseason goals and faster workouts. I knew I would have to work hard to keep up with Emily, Molly and over the past couple years, I always seem to be very off (in a positive way), so I have the rest of the team. I love cross country, though, so starting the workouts signified the decided that it is better for me to begin the season, work with the coaches and then beginning of the season and I couldn’t wait! set my season goals.

What was it like competing at the NCAAs and how did you feel about your finish? What’s the best thing about being a Going to NCAAs was a great experience and I think everyone on the team learned a lot student-athlete at Princeton? Hands down that can hopefully translate to some better results next year. The team had not made the team. As I write this, I am sitting in a it to NCAAs as a team since 2010, so we were definitely excited to end the drought and library with eight other women on the team, hopefully reignite the tradition of going each year. Coach Farrell has led some amazing and it makes all the difference having a teams during his 36 years here and it was truly inspiring to hear stories about their group of friends, to not only train with, but past trips to nationals. also to study, eat, and hang out with. I look Ultimately, as a team, we were disappointed with our finish, and individually I did not forward to practice at 3:45 each day, as a get the result I was hoping for, but we all grew from the experience. Seeing freshman much-needed break from studying and to Megan Curham finish as an All-America was inspiring and definitely a highlight of the see all of my teammates and Coach Farrell. weekend. Still, we left a lot of unfinished business out there that will keep us hungry I really couldn’t imagine surviving here through next summer and fall. without the support system that comes with cross country and track, and, even more You steadily improved all season long, what’s it like knowing you’re a contributor to broadly, from the Princeton Varsity Club. the team? First off, I just want to note that everyone on this team contributes in some way or another, whether you’re on crutches watching mile repeats, in the training What’s it like going to school with your room, in the pool, or the 12th runner at Heps. At a post season banquet one of the sister, Erika ’15? I actually love going to seniors elaborated on this idea that we are all vital, irreplaceable parts of the team, school with my sister. We are extremely and its true. It’s what makes the program the way it is. close, but there are still days when I don’t This year, fortunately, I was able to contribute by scoring in races and I am so see her until practice, or sometimes even Kathryn Fluehr ’16 grateful for that. One of the great things about cross country is that it is a team sport, an entire day, depending on our schedules. so you aren’t only running for yourself, but for your teammates. Being able to be a part There are some disadvantages of going to school together- like when we accidentally of that is really exciting. The entire team works really well together and overall we had show up wearing identical clothes- that’s always horribly embarrassing. a special season. Since this was my first college season competing, I learned the value For the most part though, I like having her here. I can always go to her and it is of pack running and the importance of working together in workouts and races. The really comforting having her with me at school. It is kind of strange now, because she results on paper did not show what we had hoped as a team in the end, but I cannot is technically a year older (she did not take last year off like I did), but in a lot of ways wait for track to continue building off the work we put in this fall. it’s really good. We won’t get to graduate together, but I feel like I can learn from her experiences on the team and in the classroom. She wasn’t able to compete this cross What did you do to prepare to come back to Princeton after taking a year off last country season due to a frustrating hip issue, but I know she will be ready soon and I year? Well, I took last year off after preseason because I found out I was injured when can’t wait to run with her again! classes started. It was probably the hardest decision I have ever had to make. I ended up deciding that I would regret it if I didn’t take the year off, so I left in the beginning of What are your goals for the upcoming indoor and outdoor track seasons? We want September. Since I was injured, the first part of my year off consisted of a lot of rest. I to win Heps as a team and I would say that is always the number one goal. We have a wanted to make sure that I gave myself a true break before getting back into things. I lot of great freshmen and experienced returners across all events, and it will be really did not start running until January 1st. exciting to see how we can pull together to make something happen this year. I don’t think I really got into preparing specifically for cross country until later in the spring. Still, it was always on the back of my mind, even when I was resting or cross training. I was in a way preparing to be ready for the cross country season. When my continued on page 8 sister came home for the summer, we got to go on a lot of beautiful runs together so that really helped me prepare for the upcoming season. 6 Friends of Princeton Track

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You had a breakout year in cross What are your personal athletic goals, and goals for the team, as your final year as a country. How did that develop? I think Tiger? As my final two seasons at Princeton approach, there are definitely goals that I that a successful cross country season is want to achieve both personally and as a team. Over the past year we lost the first two something that takes a long time to develop. Heps championships in my time here and they were the two worst experiences I have I have been very fortunate that I have been had, so the most important thing to me over the rest of the year is making sure we healthy since the end of my freshman year don’t lose again. Personally, I want to do everything I can to contribute to making sure and have been able to consistently train we win the last two championships that I am here for. for more than two years now. I think that this consistency in my training over this What are your career ambitions outside of track? Ultimately, I would like to go into period allowed me to build up over time. the financial industry doing research, but before I get to that point I am planning on Fortunately, I was able to take advantage going to graduate school to use the one season of cross country eligibility I still have. of it in my last cross country season at Princeton. What schools did you consider and what brought you to Princeton’s program? The two schools other than Princeton that I seriously considered were Syracuse and What would you consider your defining Wisconsin. Princeton was the last of these three schools that I visited and immediately moment of your collegiate career? I after coming home from my visit I knew that going to Princeton was a really special would say that the defining moment of my opportunity. When the coaches recruited me and they told me that Princeton wasn’t a collegiate career was Heps my sophomore four-year decision, it was a 40-year decision, and really a lifelong decision and as soon year when I finished seventh and we beat as I visited I could see that was true. The closeness of the team here was unlike any of Tyler Udland ’14 Columbia in a close race. That was the year the other places I visited and I knew that Princeton was a place I wanted to be. of the snowstorm and it was a really tough day to run. I think that was the day I learned what it meant to really compete at the What memory is most precious from your Princeton athletic career? My most collegiate level and the toughness it takes. It was also the day that I realized I could be precious memory from my athletic career at Princeton was winning Heps my junior a contributing scorer to the team after a freshman year that didn’t go very well. year in cross country. The Class of 2012 was a very special class who were extremely talented and made the team culture what it is today and this was the first Heps without What have the Tigers that have come before you taught you? The Tigers who came them. This race was my class’s first Heps to step up and fill in for the class of 2012 who before me, both the ones I was on the team with and the ones before my time, are had led the team for the past few years and we managed to win the meet and score only the reason why the program is the way it is. The previous members of this team have 26 points. This was my favorite memory from my Princeton career. cultivated a very strong culture of dedication to the sport and to all of your teammates. This level of commitment and sense of supporting and looking out for your teammates, If you could compete in another sport at Princeton, besides track and cross country, both on and off the track, is the most valuable thing I have learned from the guys who what would it be and why? If I could compete in any other sport at Princeton I think it came before me. would have to be hockey. I have always really enjoyed going to the hockey games here and I have always said that hockey would be the one sport I would play if I could play another sport. I just think it looks like a lot of fun to play.

How did you feel about your performance at NCAAs and how you finished the season? You’re steadily on the rise as a scorer in Overall it wasn’t what I was looking for. I was proud that I was aggressive and competitive cross country. How have you developed as and made a solid push for All-American (top 40). At 5k I was in 52nd place and knew a competitor at Princeton? My freshman the toughest 5k was to come. I made a good effort, but seemingly both literally and year during cross country was honestly the figuratively, I couldn’t gain any traction to solidify my position. I ended 113th, which most developed I’ve been as a competitor was disappointing. However, looking back on the season as a whole, although it was a here at Princeton. After dealing with battle bit up and down, I made consistent progress and I didn’t have any train wreck races. My after battle with injury, running only one training has been getting better and my injuries less troublesome. I’m looking forward race all of indoor and outdoor my freshman to next season. year, I went backwards. Watching my ambition and potential crash and burn How do you prepare for NCAAs, is it a different preparation than most races? and then smolder for a greater part of a I prepared for NCAAs exactly like I prepared for any other race during the season. year was galling. Returning to competition Psychologically there is nothing more your mind wants to do than excite you and fill with my first race of Heps of 2012 in cross your with anxiety before this race. This is the biggest race of the season and there is my sophomore year, I lacked confidence much to gain and so much to lose. It justifies proper peaking and training if successful, in my training and current ability and my or gives cause to look back for any all mistakes if not. NCAAs is the biggest point of competitive psyche suffered. It was difficult focus for six months of the year and that is precisely why preparation should be no to dissociate effects of sub-optimal training different from that of other races. and the thought that my competitive spirit Changing one’s preparation before a big race is a sign of doubt in one’s ability. It had somehow waned. I knew it would take a represents a betrayal of confidence in one’s training and a distrust of the steps taken few races and more solid training to resume Sam Pons ’15 to reach that point. Essentially a change in routine is a risk. It’s a statement that “My my earlier form, but I had few successes normal plan/strategy is not good enough for this competition. Maybe I should change throughout my sophomore year even as the seasons progressed. The 2013 outdoor something because I might be doing it wrong or need to measure up.” It’s as little Heps 5k was a notable exception and big breakthrough for me, restoring faith in my as changing what’s eaten at breakfast or modifying the drill set on the warm up. I’ve ability. My competitive fire had sparked and mentally I knew nothing had changed. succumbed to it many times and it’s all about managing one’s emotion and psyche prior Returning to the 2013 cross country season with a full summer of training under to the race. Like many things, confidence is the name of the game, and letting nerves my belt was huge. Even though I didn’t have quite the races I wanted, I had some good and anxieties infiltrate routine only illuminates insecurities about training, ability, success and most importantly my races had been consistent. Developing consistency and resolve. If a change is needed the day of the race with half a year’s preparation, in running is incredibly important and with it I’ve developed more as a competitor, something is wrong. contributing to the team on average as the second or the third scorer. I look to continue scoring highly throughout track and into next year. What specific goals do you have for yourself as you move forward in the upcoming track seasons? My primary goal has been my goal since graduating high school; break What are your career ambitions outside of track? My current career ambitions lie 14:00 in the 5k. I’m hoping to be capable of more than that come outdoor this year, inside of track as I look to run professionally. I would like to go to graduate school and but it will be my first step into a decisively improved runner since freshman year. My use my remaining eligibility in indoor and outdoor. Otherwise I might like to pursue first year and a half at Princeton have been marred with injury and so my goals have teaching, although I could see myself in a variety of places. I know I can’t be picky remained largely the same. With marked improvements the last two seasons, those searching for my first few jobs but my foremost priority is enjoying my work. goals are far closer to being realized. As for specifics, in indoor I’d like to run sub 8:00 in the 3k and make a bid for an individual Heps championships in the either the 3 or continued on page 8 the 5. In outdoor I’d like to break 14:00 and have some success in my first 10k running mid 29s. I’d also like to contend for a 5 or 10 Heps title. 7 December 2013 Tiger Tracks

Fluehr continued 2013-14 PRINCETON TRACK SCHEDULE Building off the team energy, as an individual, I want to make steady, but significant progress. For me that means staying healthy. I feel like I took some small steps this INDOOR past fall, and I am very thankful for that, but I still feel as though I haven’t been able to Dec. 7 New Year’s Invitational Jadwin Gym turn that corner in races. Jan. 5 Navy Dual (M) Annapolis, Md. What are your career ambitions post-Princeton? Before I start thinking about a Jan. 10 NYC Cup (M) New York, N.Y. career, I need to decide what I am majoring in. I have not officially chosen a major Jan. 10 Tri Meet (W) Jadwin Gym yet, but I have narrowed it down to History or the Woodrow Wilson School (Public and Jan. 25 Tiger Open Jadwin Gym International Affairs). Right now, I see myself going to graduate school after Princeton Feb. 1 Lions Invitational New York, N.Y. to continue running. That graduate school may be for law, business, or something else Feb. 8 Valentine Invitational (M) Boston, Mass. -- I will see where I am in two years! In the meantime, I want to take full advantage Feb. 8 Sykes-Sabock Cup University Park, Pa. of the resources here and learn as much as I can so that I am prepared when I Feb. 15 HYP New Haven, Conn. leave. Hopefully after another year of school- and possibly an interesting summer Feb. 22 Alex Wilson Invitational (M) South Bend, Ind. experience- I can give a better answer! Feb. 23 Princeton Invitational Jadwin Gym Mar. 1-2 Ivy League Heptagonals Hanover, N.H. Mar. 8-9 Armory Invitational New York, N.Y. Mar. 8-9 IC4A/ECAC Championships Boston, Mass. Mar. 14-15 NCAA Championships Albuqurque, N.M.

OUTDOOR Mar. 21-22 Central Florida Invitational Orlando, Fla. Pons continued Mar. 29 Monmouth Invitational (W) W. Long Branch, N.J. How did you get into running and what are your earliest memories of it? I got into Apr. 4-5 Sam Howell Invitational Weaver Stadium running mostly because my brother ran before me in high school. He graduated as Apr. 12 Quad Meet Weaver Stadium I got to school and I naturally wanted to do what he had done. My earliest memories Apr. 18-19 Larry Ellis Invitational Weaver Stadium involve playing lots of Tag and Hide and Seek and at young age. Most kids run around Apr. 18-19 Mt. Sac Relays (M) Walnut, Calif. a lot and have plenty of energy but I like to think these games conditioned me to run. Apr. 24-26 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. I had a yearly 3k I would do at my middle school but besides that I never ran anything Apr. 26 TCNJ Lions Invitational Ewing, N.J. seriously until my freshman year of high school. May 3 Elite Meet Weaver Stadium Coming back from my first invitational freshman year and seeing how good I was relative to the competition was enthralling. I thought I might have a knack for it but May 10-11 Ivy League Heptagonals New Haven, Conn. it really set in driving back home with the medal around my neck. I knew this was May 16-18 IC4A/ECAC Championships Weaver Stadium something special. May 29-31 NCAA East Regional Jacksonville, Fla. June 11-14 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. What schools did you consider and what brought you to Princeton’s program? Late my junior year I unofficially visited lots of schools to get an idea of what I was looking (M) Men’s Team Only; (W) Women’s Team Only for. I went to Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia, Penn, Georgetown, Duke, Princeton, and even Division III school Haverford. By senior year I only seriously considered Stanford, Georgetown, Duke and Princeton. I was offered four with possible five year scholarships from Georgetown and Duke. Withstanding these offers, my top choice was still Stanford and I applied early via the coach’s recommendation. It was a bitter process as I don’t think the coach really was interested in me, but delayed my answer to mess with other coach’s offers. Eventually I found through the schools admissions office that I had been rejected. With scholarship offers nearly withdrawn, I was forced to make my decision within the next day. I sat in my room and contemplated the pros and cons of both Georgetown and Princeton for hours. I would settle on one and then doubts would creep in and I would slowly switch back. I repeated this a number of times. It was one of the most uncomfortable and pressured experiences I’d been through, as hundreds of thousands of dollars were on the line. My parents told me not to worry about the money, but there was no way I could lift it from my mind. Eventually I decided on Princeton. I felt proud, relieved, and most of all incredibly excited. I hadn’t realized so much that it was an amazing opportunity both ways until I saw that I was about to embark on one of them. Among many other things, ultimately I decided that if I could go to a school as academically prestigious as Princeton without sacrificing any potential with running, I had to take it. Little did I know, as recruiting visits reveal so little of the big picture, I would chose to stay here for the people. I could see myself at other places. Heck, I’m sure I would’ve had awesome experiences at Georgetown, Duke, and even Stanford. These are undeniable opportunities. While this might be true, the team here is something I could never give up. With everyone in dorms, living a maximum 10 minutes walking distance away, there isn’t a time of the day we can’t see each other. Don’t get me wrong, the entire Princeton experience is phenomenal, but the people are the reason I’m here.

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