Preview by Tyler King. Photos by Dan Grossman.
Princeton has undergone major changes over the course of the past year … After scoring not a single point in the weight throw in 2009, the Tigers find themselves with two of the conference’s top three performers in the event in ’10 … Junior Thanithia Billings (Carrollton, Ga.) posted a school record in the event only to see it broken by classmate Emma Ruggiero (Greenbank, Wash.) in the annual HYP tussle … And despite losing last year’s pole vault champ Jess Kloss to graduation, freshman and new school indoor recordholder Tory Worthen (Holland, Pa.) has stepped up in a big way and sits atop the League with a vault of 13-1 1/2 … Last year’s finalist sophomore Eileen Moran (Homer Glen, Ill.) has been joined in the top list of the 60m by freshmen Abi Adenikinju (Bowie, Md.) and Erin Guty (Dillsburg, Pa.) … Some things, however, remain the same … After racking up a whopping 44 points between the 3k and 5k last year, the Tigers again boast commanding performances from senior Reilly Kiernan (Pelham, N.Y.), whose 16:19 5K leads the League by 39 seconds (and, at the time, was the nation’s fastest), as well as sophomore Alex Banfich (Plymouth, Ind.) and junior Ashley Higginson (Colts Neck, N.J.), who are 1-2 in the 3k … In the 3,000, Kiernan and Tiger senior Alexa Glencer (Ann Arbor, Mich.) are 3-4 … Although Cornell, with seven titles in the last eight years, could be regarded as a favorite, Coach Peter Farrell remains optimistic about the team situation … “In recent years the League has become much more even and there are probably four teams with a realistic shot — Cornell as the defending champs, Harvard, Columbia, and us,” he said … To be victorious, Princeton will need strong showings in the more volatile events, such as the 60m, where last year .03 seconds was the difference between the zero points Moran scored and the four points of Leah Brown of Penn, or the high jump, where nine athletes, including junior K.C. Wade (Stafford, Va.), have jumped either 5-5 or 5-4 1/4 … “In some cases we know exactly where certain points are going. (Columbia’s Monique) Roberts is going to get 10 points in the high jump. But if we can make up ground in the events where the points are much less set in stone … we can give ourselves a fair shot in the team standings,” said Farrell.
Tigers Among The Heps Top 10
Lydia Arias, Soph., PV—5 (11-9 3/4)
Abidemi Adenikinju, Fr., 60m—6 (7.72); 200m—7 (25.37)
Alex Banfich, Soph., Mile—8 (4:55.81); 3k—1 (9:22.92)
Lauren Barber, Jr., 60mH—7 (8.96)
Thanithia Billings, Jr., SP—3 (48-4 3/4); WT—3 (57-1)
Sarah Cummings, Jr., 5k—3 (17:04.92)
Alexa Glencer, Sr., 3k—4 (9:35.10)
Erin Guty, Fr., 60m—5 (7.71); LJ—6 (18-9 1/4)
Ashley Higginson, Jr., Mile—7 (4:55.72); 3k—2 (9:24.91)
Reilly Kiernan, Jr., 3k—3 (9:27.20); 5k—1 (16:19.14)
Tiffany Liu, Jr., TJ—9 (37-9 1/4)
Bianca Mathabane, Jr., 60mH—5 (8.95)
Eileen Moran, Soph., 60m—2 (7.65); 200m—4 (25.04)
Alyssa Pehmoeller, Soph., WT—7 (51-10)
Emma Ruggiero, Jr., WT—2 (57-10 1/4)
Lauren Tauscher, Fr., PV—5 (11-9 3/4)
Kathleen Wade, Jr., HJ—4 (5-5)
Tory Worthen, Fr., PV—1 (13-1 1/2)
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