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A Tiger Sweep
Created: 10/27/2006 12:23:02 PM
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Photos by Bill Allen of NJ Sport/Action
Results | Photos by Dan Grossman
As the Princeton Tigers claimed their first Ivy League Heptagonal Women's Cross Country Championship at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx since 1980, Coach Peter Farrell couldn't be more relieved.
"Well, you can say the monkey is off the back," he said, referring to Princeton's eight second-place finishes since that last victory. "It was a little scary out there with the pace. The race went completely opposite of what I projected. I thought it would be slow for the first mile. Totally wrong! The pace went way out of control for the first mile. At Heps, you just don't know these things are going to happen."
His Tigers ended Columbia's four-year reign with a remarkable display of depth, as eight of his runners finished among the top 18. "Basically [depth] is what won it for us," Farrell said afterward.
Princeton finished with 42 points followed by Columbia (64), Cornell (68), Yale (95), Penn (129), Dartmouth (153), Brown (162) and Harvard (237).
Individually, Yale junior Lindsay Donaldson won the race in a speedy 17:05.4. The Big Red of Cornell had the next two runners behind her -- seniors Toni-Lynn Salucci (17:14.9) and Nyam Kagwima (17:31.5). Junior Carmen Ballard of Columbia was fourth in 17:33.0 while the Tigers' top finisher -- freshman Christy Johnson -- finished fifth with a time of 17:34.0.
For Princeton, another freshman was second as Liz Costello completed her run in 17:48.0. She was followed closely by two other Tigers -- sophomore Jolee Van Leuven (17:50.1) and senior Catha Mullen (17:50.5). Mullen's sister, Caroline, rounded out the Princeton scorers at 13th (17:57.6).
As the pace and results weren't necessarily as he expected, Farrell was very pleased with his team's composure and depth. "When someone isn't having a good day, someone else steps up," he said. "And that's the mark of good team."
While the pace was quick, Donaldson had actually run faster a year ago (17:04.3) when she finished a few strides behind Columbia All-American Caroline Bierbaum. Donaldson now has two of the top three times in Heps' history while Salucci's time of 17:14.9 was the fastest ever recorded by a Big Red runner, more than five seconds faster than Kate Boyles in 2004.
The sweep of the cross country titles for Princeton continues a sensational fall for the Tigers. The field hockey team has already captured the outright Ivy title while the football team is undefeated and shares the League lead with Yale at 3-0. The Princeton volleyball team is 5-2 in Ivy play, just 1 1/2 games behind the League lead with seven games to play.
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Related Schools: Princeton
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Related Sports: Cross Country
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