Personal Fowl

Did you hear about the all-turkey basketball team? 

Couldn't win a game. Too many fowls.  

TigerBlog has finally calmed down from what he saw when he opened his door yesterday morning. He even got a picture of the scene to share with all of you. 

Yup. There they are. TB's own personal fowls. They stopped off at his front door, gave a little gobble and kept wandering away to the trees.

His neighbor Linda had a different name for them. She's the one who puts out corn for the turkeys and deer and anyone else who strolls by. Yesterday these two chased her all the way to her front door, gobbling aggressively the whole time. 

What did Linda call them? Ungrateful fowls.

And with that, TB apologizes for the fowl language. 

Meanwhile, you know what always sounds good before an athlete's name? No, not "Ungrateful." How about "First-team All-American."

The NCAA indoor track and field championships were held this past weekend in Fayetteville, Ark., and every Princeton athlete who competed came back as an All-American. That's pretty good, right? 

Georgina Scoot and Alexandra Kelly both leapt their way to first-team status, Scoot in the triple jump and Kelly in the long jump. Scott broke the Ivy League record in the triple jump with a 13.49 while finishing sixth, though you don't have to feel for the previous record holder, since it was Scoot at 13.47. 

In fact, her senior indoor season saw her win the event at the Ivy Heps championships for the fourth straight time, and the record she broke in Arkansas was set at the most recent Heps.

Kelly finished third in the long jump, in a program record 6.54m to earn her own first-team honors. Like Scoot, Kelly is also a senior. She has three indoor Heps long jump titles to her credit. 

From the time the NCAA indoor meet started in 1983 through last year, Princeton had one woman finish in the top three: Cack Ferrell in the 3,000 meters in 2005. Princeton has now had two more in each of the last two years, with Kelly this year and a second-place finish Mena Scratchard in the mile last year. 

This was also the first time Princeton women's track and field had two indoor first-team All-Americans in the same year. 

As for the men, Greg Foster became a first-team All-American in the long jump with his fourth-place finish, one that almost became higher until three jumpers passed him with personal bests at the end. Foster was already the Ivy record holder in the event, and he is also a four-time Heps indoor winner in the long jump.

In addition, this was his second first-team All-American honor and first indoors. 

Joe Licata was another first-team All-American, with his in the shot put. Licata finished sixth overall with a personal best of 65-11, one that puts him second all-time at Princeton.  

Who's first? Funny you should ask. 

First, there's the matter of who was second? That would have been C.J. Licata, at 64-10. The last name seems familiar, right? 

And second, who is still first? That would be Augie Wolf, a 1984 U.S. Olympian whose 66-1.75 at the 1983 NCAA championships has stood for 43 years now. Wolf, by the way, finished fourth at those 1984 Olympic Games. 

Back here in 2026, Princeton's 4x400 relay team of Jonathan York, Xavier Donaldson, Kavon Miller and Joey Gant finished sixth, earning themselves first-team All-American as well. 

Myles Hogan finished 10th in the 5,000, while Connor McCormick finished 13th in the mile. Both became second-team All-Americans. 

Still ahead are the NCAA Championships this weekend in men's and women's fencing (which for the first time will have separate national champs, as opposed to one co-ed winner), wrestling and men's and women's swimming and diving. 

If you're wondering, the fencing will be at Notre Dame, the wrestling will be in Cleveland and the swimming and diving will be in Atlanta.  

Will there be more first-team All-American Tigers after all of that?