Greg Foster earned a spot on a Princeton top-10 list on Friday, but it wasn’t in the hurdles, long jump or triple jump. This time, Foster made it as a pure sprinter.
Foster ran a lifetime-best 6.72 and placed 2nd to teammate Jackson Clarke from Danville, Pa., Friday in the 60-meter dash at the Penn Invitational at the Ott Center. Clarke, already No. 4 in school history with a 6.70, won the race in 6.71.
Foster’s previous PR was a 6.77 earlier this month at Navy’s Wesley Brown Fieldhouse in Annapolis, Md. He ran 6.79 in the prelims Friday, then ripped off a 6.72 in the final.
Foster’s 6.72 is now No. 8 in Princeton history but only 2-100ths of a second outside 4th place.
Foster, a Lumberton native who attedned Lawrenceville Prep, is now on six Princeton all-time lists. He’s school record holder in the long jump both indoors [26-5 ¾] and outdoors [26-1 ¾], he’s No. 2 in both hurdles [6.77, 13.78] and his No. 9 outdoors in the triple jump [50-7 ½].
This winter, Foster is No. 1 in the Ivy League in the long jump and hurdles and No. 4 in the 60.
Princeton is back at the Ott Center next weekend for the Penn Classic on Friday.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 