Tigers Set New PRs in Strong Showing at Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – With the Tigers setting multiple personal records, the Princeton women's track and field team competed at the Wake Forest Invitational on Thursday and Friday in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Tigers Set New PRs in Strong Showing at Wake Forest
April 17, 2026 | Women's Track and Field
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – With the Tigers setting multiple personal records, the Princeton women's track and field team competed at the Wake Forest Invitational on Thursday and Friday in Winston-Salem, N.C.
With the distance squad representing the Orange & Black, the Tigers competed in the 800m, the 1500m and the 5000m races. Pia Beaulieu also represented the Tigers in the steeplechase.
Meg Madison set a new outdoor best in the 5000m, running 16:06.69 to take ninth on the program all-time leaderboard.
Emma De Jong and first-year Caroline Barton also finished fourth and fifth in the 5000m Invite 2, running 16:13.22 and 16:13.78, respectively. For Barton, the performance marked a new personal best.
Hannah Riggins ran a season-best 4:15.08 in the 1500m Invite 5, taking seventh. In section three, Maddie Cramer set a new personal best, 4:22.84, for ninth and Olivia Martin ran a season-best 4:29.08 for 11th.
Both Martin and Riggins had NCAA top-50 performances in the 800 as well, with Martin running 2:05.06 and Riggins running 2:05.25. For Martin, she jumps up from 10th to seventh in the Princeton record book with the time.
Beaulieu also shaved ten seconds off her 3000m steeplechase time, running 10:20.79 for fifth place. Just her second time competing in the event, the mark puts her eighth in the all-time Princeton leaderboard. The mark is an improvement from her first competition in the event last weekend at Sam Howell, which saw the junior run 10:30.86.
Up Next
With the Tigers split this weekend between Wake Forest and UVA for the Virginia Challenge, the sprints and throws squads will close out competition in Charlottesville, Va. tomorrow.
With the distance squad representing the Orange & Black, the Tigers competed in the 800m, the 1500m and the 5000m races. Pia Beaulieu also represented the Tigers in the steeplechase.
Meg Madison set a new outdoor best in the 5000m, running 16:06.69 to take ninth on the program all-time leaderboard.
Emma De Jong and first-year Caroline Barton also finished fourth and fifth in the 5000m Invite 2, running 16:13.22 and 16:13.78, respectively. For Barton, the performance marked a new personal best.
Hannah Riggins ran a season-best 4:15.08 in the 1500m Invite 5, taking seventh. In section three, Maddie Cramer set a new personal best, 4:22.84, for ninth and Olivia Martin ran a season-best 4:29.08 for 11th.
Both Martin and Riggins had NCAA top-50 performances in the 800 as well, with Martin running 2:05.06 and Riggins running 2:05.25. For Martin, she jumps up from 10th to seventh in the Princeton record book with the time.
Beaulieu also shaved ten seconds off her 3000m steeplechase time, running 10:20.79 for fifth place. Just her second time competing in the event, the mark puts her eighth in the all-time Princeton leaderboard. The mark is an improvement from her first competition in the event last weekend at Sam Howell, which saw the junior run 10:30.86.
Up Next
With the Tigers split this weekend between Wake Forest and UVA for the Virginia Challenge, the sprints and throws squads will close out competition in Charlottesville, Va. tomorrow.
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