Princeton University Men's Track & Field

updated June 2023 Fred Samara recently completed his 44th season as the William M. Weaver Jr. '34 Head Coach of Men’s Track & Field at Princeton and 46th ove...

Anna is a senior lecturer in the Department of French and Italian and the Director of the Italian Language Program and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the rowing teams.

Bryant is Assistant Dean/Manager of Communications in the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the basketball, men's track and field, and football teams.

Craig is a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the men's track and field and cross count...

Men's Track and FieldSkip AdAdamson, Derick (Ringo)Abdullah, RobertAdamson, Derick (Ringo)Samara, FredTaylor, DukeVigilante, Jason

Duke Taylor joins the Princeton Men’s Track and Field staff after spending the last six years coaching at Yale University. During his tenure at Yale, Coach T...

Geoffrey is as an Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs in the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the men's cros...

Jason Vigilante enters his 13th season overall as a coach with the Princeton men's track and field & cross country teams and first as the William M. Weaver H...

Kim Keenan was named Director of Operations for Track and Field in November of 2023. She comes to Princeton after a long career in collegiate administration and coaching. Keenan began her career as the Head Cross Country Coach at Drew University. From there she spent 25 years in college administration. In her administrative roles she always had oversight for track and field and served as the chair of the Big East Seeding Committee for nine years and on the ACC Track and Field Committee for five years. In her last administrative stop, at Syracuse University, the men's cross country team won the NCAA Championships as well as the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championship. The Orange also won the ACC Men's Cross Country Championship four of the next six years. Keenan's passion for coaching track and field was re-ignited when she had the opportunity to become the Associate Head Cross Country and Assistant Track Coach at Colgate University. In her first year at Colgate, she recruited one of the best recruiting classes in the last decade with 18 talented distance commits by early decision. During her Colgate tenure, the program won three individual Patriot League titles, advanced two student-athletes to the NCAA Regional, and broke several long-standing records including four within the distance squad. In the past two years, the distance crew scored more points than the previous classes and helped the team have its best team finish in several years at the 2023 Outdoor Patriot League C

Maria is a lecturer in the Princeton Writing Program and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the men's and women's track and field and cross country teams.

Mona Fixdal is the Senior Associate Director for Blended and Online Learning Design in Princeton's McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the men's and women's track and field teams.

Nic is the Senior Associate Director of the McGraw Center and a Princeton Athletics Fellow to the men's track and field and cross country teams.

Phil is a lecturer in the Molecular Biology department and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the track and field and cross country teams.

Robert Abdullah was named the full-time Sprints and Hurdles coach at Princeton in August 2016. In 2019, the long jump was added to his coaching duties and in 2021, the triple jump. In 2022, Coach Abdullah was recognized by the USTFCCCA and his peers as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Assistant Coach of the Year for the indoor and outdoor seasons. We believe Princeton’s success will continue. In 6 years, Coach Abdullah has coached 38 Ivy League Champions, 63 All-Ivy League Performers and 16 NCAA Regional Qualifiers. In addition, his athletes have broken the school record 25 times, 10 Ivy League Championship and 9 All-time Ivy League records. Coach Abdullah’s athletes have cracked the All-time Ivy League Championship and All Meet Performance List 59 times, along with putting 59 athletes on the Princeton Top 10 List. Prior to becoming the Sprints and Hurdles Coach, Robert served as a volunteer coach for the Tigers for 12 years, working primarily with the hurdlers and assisting Coach Marc Anderson, the longtime sprints coach, until his retirement in 2016. As a hurdles coach, Abdullah coached 8 of the top 11 outdoor hurdlers at Princeton, along with 9 of the top 10 indoor hurdlers. Coach developed Joey Daniels, a 5-time Ivy League Champion, record holder and All-American into a world class hurdler for Canada. Christian Brown, the 2022 Ivy League 60mH Champion also became the Ivy League’s all-time great, beating Joey Daniels’s 60m indoor hurdle record. For the past 6 years, Coach Abdulla

Ryne Beeson is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the men's and women's track and field and cross country teams.

Thayer is a research fellow in global systems risk with the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the men's track and field and cross country teams.

Will Nicholson is a Student Transitions & Mentoring Program Coordinator with the Carl A. Fields Center and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the men's and women's track and field teams.

Zacharia Ahmed is an Undergraduate Academic Advisor in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow with the men's and women's track and field teams.