KRISTEN TRAUB: ECAC CHAMPION!

Turned out to be a weekend of happy endings, none better than Kristen Traub's stunning victory in the 3,000-meter run at the ECAC Championships on Sunday afternoon at a chilly, windy and rainy Princeton University. As you can see by the scoreboard in the background of a jubilant champion and very proud Coach Chuck, Kristen won the 3km in 9:54.78 -- eclipsing her own school record of 9:56.04 that she set last year. It was the final race in a brilliant career, one in which she rewrote much of our school record books (see list below). She is one of the greatest runners in school history, and now she is in a pantheon of her own -- our first ECAC Champion. Because of the horrendous weather, the field dwindled from 12 entered to 7 runners who started the race. Kristen ran methodically throughout, moving up with each lap until she pulled the trigger over the final 1km to take a convincing victory with a vicious kick over the final 200 meters (see splits below, and awesome finish photo to the left from teammate Bryn Gorberg). Talk about going out on top: ECAC Champion. School Record. Doesn't get much better than that. Nicely done, Kristen!

ECAC Championships

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

3,000-meter run

Coach Pete's splits

1-Kristen Traub 9:54.78 *school record, old record 9:56.04 set by Traub in 2015

82, 2:43 (81), 4:04 (81), 5:24 (80), 6:44 (80), 8:03 (79), 9:21 (78), 9:54.78 (33.78)

1km splits: 3:23, 3:21, 3:11.78

Official race splits

2:03.29, 4:44.48 (2:41.20), 7:24.51 (2:40.04), 9:54.78 (2:30.27)

Kristen Traub’s school records

--Indoor mile (4:55.31)

--Outdoor 1,500 (4:33.95)

--Outdoor 3,000 (9:54.78)

--Outdoor 4x800 (9:09.91)

--Outdoor 4x1500 (19:04.69)

--Outdoor DMR (12:24.85)