Princeton’s Greg Foster from Lumberton won his 7th consecutive Ivy League long jump championship Friday and his 9th Ivy title overall, and he did it in record fashion.
Foster set school, meet and overall conference records with a 26-5 ½ jump on his final attempt at Princeton’s Weaver Stadium. His previous-best outdoor jump was a 26-3 ½ last month at The College of New Jersey in Ewing. Foster set school, meet and conference indoor records with a 27-0 ½ at the Armory on Feb. 28, which ranks him 3rd among U.S. men this year.
Foster went 7-for-7 in Ivy League long jump competitions in his Princeton career and also won two conference titles in the hurdles.
The 26-5 ½ places him 8th in NCAA Division 1 (and 7th among legal jumps) going into NCAA East Regionals in Lexington, Ky., May 27-30.
Foster also placed 2nd in the 110-meter highs with a 13.88, finishing 1-100th of a second behind teammate Easton Tan, who PR’d with an 13.87.
Princeton won its 3rd straight Ivy League team title, outscoring 2nd-place Harvard 219-130.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 