What events is Princeton track & field strongest in?

Based on its recorded marks, Princeton shows the most depth in distance, jumps, and sprints.

Princeton Track & Field / Cross Country Recruiting (D1)

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Jason Vigilante

Head Coach

William M. Weaver '34 Head Coach Of Men's Track & Field/Cross Country

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Robert Abdullah

Associate Head Coach

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Derick (Ringo) Adamson

Assistant Coach

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Kimberly Keenan

Director of Track Operations

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Duke Taylor

Assistant Coach

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ArticleTown Topics (Princeton) · Aug 2023Vigilante takes the helm of Princeton men's track, succeeding legendary coach Fred SamaraJason Vigilante · Men's Articleflotrack.orgPrinceton men's head coach Jason Vigilante -- who joined the program in 2012 and was named head coach in 2023 after Fred Samara's retirement -- sat down for an on-camera interview with FloTrack discussing the program.Coach interview

What It Really Costs

$84k

All-in cost of attendance/yr

$6k

Typical net price after aid

What families actually pay, by household income

<$30k$41

$30–48k$352

$48–75k$1k

$75–110k$4k

$110k+$36k

How to read these numbers ▾

Tuition & fees: $63k/yr; the rest is housing, food & books. All-in is what a family actually budgets.

Net price (tuition, fees & living costs minus grant aid) for federal-aid students, by family income band — a truer estimate of out-of-pocket cost than the sticker.

Cost of attendance & net price from federal college data (in-state / on-campus basis; out-of-state all-in is estimated as out-of-state tuition plus the same living costs). Individual aid varies. Program investment from EADA per-sport filings (coaching, travel, scholarships & ops) averaged across the track & field roster — heavier investment means more money in play, not a promised award.

What aid looks like here

MERIT AID

Ivy League schools give need-based aid only.

ATHLETIC AID · MEN'S PROGRAM CAN OFFER

No athletic scholarships (Ivy League)

Ivy League schools do not award athletic or academic scholarships. All aid is need-based.

$110,066

median pay, 10 years after starting

$10,320

median federal debt at graduation

What would your family pay here?

Sources: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2024-25), IPEDS, aid rules. Estimates, not offers.

Open spots for 2027

Where this men's program loses athletes after the 2026-27 season, and whether it recruits the event. Estimates from official meet results and signing classes, as of 2026-10-08.

Sprints

Likely recruiting

5 in their final year · usually races 12 · about 4 spots

Hurdles

Unlikely

0 in their final year · usually races 5 · about 2 spots

Middle distance

Likely recruiting

2 in their final year · usually races 9 · about 3 spots

Distance

Likely recruiting

4 in their final year · usually races 11 · about 5 spots

Jumps

Likely recruiting

3 in their final year · usually races 7 · about 4 spots

Throws

Possible

1 in their final year · usually races 7 · about 2 spots

Multi-events

Unlikely

0 in their final year · usually races 1 · about 1 spot

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Freshmen still on the team a year later

96%16 points above the D1 average (81%)

Of the 2 who left: 1 transferred to another college program, 1 has no college races since.

53 men's freshmen started here in fall 2021–2023. Stayed = on the roster or racing for this school the next season. “No college races since” can mean stepping away, injury, or a move to a school outside our data, such as a junior college. Source: official college season rosters and meet results.

Program Intel

▸Princeton signed one of the larger 2025-26 recruiting classes in Division I — 30 incoming athletes, 21st of 338 programs.

▸Legendary Princeton coach Fred Samara, head coach from 1979 until his 2023 retirement after 46 years with the program, coached 10 Princeton Tigers to nine NCAA individual championships and guided six of his athletes to the Olympics; Samara himself competed in the decathlon at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

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Jason Vigilante

Head Coach

William M. Weaver '34 Head Coach Of Men's Track & Field/Cross Country

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Robert Abdullah

Associate Head Coach

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Derick (Ringo) Adamson

Assistant Coach

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Kimberly Keenan

Director of Track Operations

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Duke Taylor

Assistant Coach

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What It Really Costs

$84k

All-in cost of attendance/yr

$6k

Typical net price after aid

What families actually pay, by household income

<$30k$41

$30–48k$352

$48–75k$1k

$75–110k$4k

$110k+$36k

How to read these numbers ▾

Tuition & fees: $63k/yr; the rest is housing, food & books. All-in is what a family actually budgets.

Net price (tuition, fees & living costs minus grant aid) for federal-aid students, by family income band — a truer estimate of out-of-pocket cost than the sticker.

What aid looks like here

MERIT AID

Ivy League schools give need-based aid only.

ATHLETIC AID · MEN'S PROGRAM CAN OFFER

No athletic scholarships (Ivy League)

Ivy League schools do not award athletic or academic scholarships. All aid is need-based.

$110,066

median pay, 10 years after starting

$10,320

median federal debt at graduation

What would your family pay here?

Sources: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2024-25), IPEDS, aid rules. Estimates, not offers.

Open spots for 2027

Where this men's program loses athletes after the 2026-27 season, and whether it recruits the event. Estimates from official meet results and signing classes, as of 2026-10-08.

Sprints

Likely recruiting

5 in their final year · usually races 12 · about 4 spots

Hurdles

Unlikely

0 in their final year · usually races 5 · about 2 spots

Middle distance

Likely recruiting

2 in their final year · usually races 9 · about 3 spots

Distance

Likely recruiting

4 in their final year · usually races 11 · about 5 spots

Jumps

Likely recruiting

3 in their final year · usually races 7 · about 4 spots

Throws

Possible

1 in their final year · usually races 7 · about 2 spots

Multi-events

Unlikely

0 in their final year · usually races 1 · about 1 spot

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Freshmen still on the team a year later

96%16 points above the D1 average (81%)

Of the 2 who left: 1 transferred to another college program, 1 has no college races since.

Program Intel

▸Princeton signed one of the larger 2025-26 recruiting classes in Division I — 30 incoming athletes, 21st of 338 programs.

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