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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. Support the Excellence Chairman’s Statement The generosity of the Friends of Princeton Track and Cross Country has made a significant ur teams and individuals continue to make headlines on a national level. Of equal difference for our men’s and women’s programs. O importance, the Friends of Princeton Track and Cross Country continues to push to It has helped to assure that Princeton is new levels of participation, absolute contributions and the establishment of new represented this year by teams that have won programs. The mentoring program spearheaded by Cos Santullo ’78 is getting great championships and runners who have won All- interest from both our student-athletes and alumni. Of no small consequence this America honors under the guidance of the best program is already making a difference in recruiting. coaching possible this year. Your gift has helped Our entire program is performing at a pace we have never seen before. It’s a tribute to make possible unique international trips to all the folks that came before me in this role, the student-athletes, the coaches and such as the recent one to Greece. The Friends to all of you. We are opening up a meaningful lead on other programs. Let’s expand continue to try to enhance the opportunities for that lead and continue to take the Tigers to even greater heights. our athletes and coaches. For your continued generosity in terms of both financial support and time If you have already sent in your contribution, commitment, the student-athletes and coaches are deeply grateful. We are on track we thank you wholeheartedly. If not, please send to make the 2013-14 year the greatest in our history. LET’S FINISH!!! your donations payable to Princeton University (memo - Friends of Princeton Track) using GO TIGERS!!!! the enclosed card and envelope addressed to: Princeton University, Friends of Track, Alan Andreini ’68 P.O. Box 5357, Princeton NJ 08543-5357. Chairman, Friends of Princeton Track Your continued support makes a tremendous impact. Thank you. TigerNet E-Mail List Allows Alumni to Stay Connected 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 2013 Women’s Cross Country Season 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.