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Dave HunterDave Hunter is a track & field journalist, announcer, and broadcaster.  Dave reports on the premier track & field gatherings around the globe, frequently serves as an arena or stadium announcer for championship events, and has undertaken foreign and domestic broadcast assignments in the sport.

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Cross Country: Future Looks Bright After Strong NCAA Finishes

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Written by Dave Hunter
Category: Cross Country
Published: 20 November 2018
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Allie Klimkiewicz ’19

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Verona, Wis. — In the midst of a fall when Princeton athletics has performed at an exceptionally high level across the board, it would be easy to overlook the lonely and often isolated sport of cross country. But a more careful examination of the Tiger harriers – both the men’s and women’s teams – reveals that Princeton continues to improve, often dominating its Ivy competition, and is beginning to establish itself as a perennial competitor in the season-ending national championships.

Both programs took another step forward Nov. 17 at the 2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships when 31 teams and more than 250 athletes in each race competed on the snow-covered Zimmer Championship Course in Verona, Wis.

In the women’s race, Princeton scored 488 points (74-88-92-114-120) to finish 21st among the 31 competing teams. Senior Allie Klimkiewicz (21:02) led the Tigers’ tight pack, followed closely by the youthful quartet of freshman Page Lester (21:09), sophomore Sophie Cantine (21:12), sophomore Melia Chittenden (21:25), and freshman Gillian Wagner (21:28).

Afterward, women’s head coach Brad Hunt offered an optimistic outlook. “Our team’s performance today says a lot about our depth and talent right now,” he said. “We’re a veteran crew with youthful talent, even without Gabby [injured senior and last year’s All-American performer Gabrielle Forrest] paving the way.” Each year since his 2016 arrival at Princeton, Hunt’s teams have improved their final placings, climbing from 6th to 4th to 3rd at the Ivy Heps and from 8th to 4th to 2nd at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional.

In the men’s competition, Mid-Atlantic-champion Princeton was looking for redemption after last year’s disappointing performance on the national stage when the Tigers finished 28th out of 30 teams. They earned 22nd in a field of 31 finalists this time around, with underclassmen providing all of the scoring. The Princeton men, who had decisively won the Heps title and the Mid-Atlantic Regional crown earlier in the fall, hit the finish line with 557 points (81-82-83-138-173). Junior Gannon Willcutts crossed first for Princeton, just inches ahead of junior Conor Lundy and sophomore Matt Grossman — all timed in 30:37. Sophomores David Krahn (31:15) and Ed Trippas (31:51) completed the scoring for the Tigers.

Pleased with his squad’s continued improvement, men’s head coach Jason Vigilante provided candid yet optimistic observations. “We have very high standards and cross country is a tough sport. There are 300 [Division I] universities that sponsor cross country. So for us to be inside the top 10 percent is really good,” he said. “Sometimes it is hard to look at it that way, but those are the facts. We have made a lot of progress. The tie that binds us is that we want to be up top. While we understand that it is not going to happen overnight, we keep moving forward. The takeaway for today is we were able to run as hard as we possibly could today. And there is value in that.”   / Dave Hunter P’72 / 

 

 

 

Dave Hunter is a U.S. Correspondent for Track & Field News, writes a weekly column and serves as senior writer for www.RunBlogRun.com, and covers championship track and field competition domestically and abroad.

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