Tigers Sweep At Heps

Princeton's men and women both won the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country championships this afternoon at Van Cortlandt Park in New York.

On a picture perfect Halloween Day, the men slipped past Columbia 58-61, while the women crushed the field, finishing with a record 17 points after going 1-2-3-5-6, led by Liz Costello's win in Heps record time.

The men ran first on the redesigned course at the park, which has now hosted 60 of 61 Heps races. The start of the men's race followed shortly after the conclusion of the two Big East championship races.

Dartmouth's Ben True won the race, setting a meet record in the process. Michael Maag, who won the race last year, finished second behind True, as the Tigers went 2-4-6 before a Columbia runner crossed the line. By the time the next Princeton runner finished, Columbia had had seven runners cross. This led to a scramble in front of the fence near the official tent to see who had won. When the math was done, Princeton had won for the third straight time.

The women's race was no contest, as the only drama was whether the Tigers could go 1-2-3-4-5. They almost did, but a lone Harvard runner snuck in at fourth.

A complete release and final results will be available on goprincetontigers.com shortly.