The Big Three

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Photo: Beverly Schaefer

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AUGUST KILES ’18 won his third consecutive pole vault title at the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Track and Field Championships Feb. 24, edging Penn’s Sean Clarke by clearing 5.3 meters (17 feet, 4.5 inches) twice in a jump-off. In seven Heps championships, indoors and outdoors, Kiles has won the pole vault four times and placed second in the other three. The Tigers won nine events at the league’s indoor meet en route to their fourth straight team crown. 

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Photo: Beverly Schaefer

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JOANNA CURRY ’19 swam the second-fastest 200-yard butterfly in Princeton women’s swimming history (1:57.25) in the preliminary round at the Ivy League Championships and then captured the league title with a similarly impressive swim (1:57.95)in the event final Feb. 17. Curry also placed third in the 200-yard individual medley and helped to set a new school record in the 800-yard freestyle relay, in which Princeton placed second. 

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RYAN KUFFNER ’19 scored his team-leading 25th goal in the third period of the men’s hockey team’s 4–3 win at St. Lawrence Feb. 24. The Tigers finished the regular season with a 13–12–4 record and earned home ice for the opening round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs, a best-of-three series against Brown March 2–4.