He’s not just a long jumper, although he was an All-America indoors and jumped over 27 feet. He’s not just a hurdler, either, even though he set a Princeton school record of 7.69 indoors.
Turns out Princeton senior Greg Foster is also a pretty fast sprinter, and on Saturday he ran a wind-aided 10.36 in his first-ever collegiate 100 at the Sam Howell Invitational at Princeton’s Weaver Stadium and ran a leg on the 2nd-fastest 400-meter relay in school history.
Foster’s last 100-meter dash was at a meet on his home track in high school at Lawrenceville Prep, where he ran 11.09 in May of 2022.
Foster, from Lumberton, led off Princeton’s 400-meter relay team, which won with a meet-record 39.29. That’s No. 12 this spring in NCAA Division 1. He was joined by sophomore Jadon Spain from Highland Falls, N.Y., Jackson Clarke of Danville, Pa., and Charlie Sexton of Auburn, Ala.
Princeton’s school record is 39.14 set at 2022 NCAA East Prelims in Bloomington, Ind., by Simang’aliso Ndhlovu of Lusaka, Zambia, Ibrahim Ayorinde of Oakville, Ontario, Daniel Duncan from North Plainfield and Greg Sholars from Fort Worth, Texas.
Foster hasn’t hurdled or long jumped yet this spring.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 