Princeton University Women's Track & Field

Michelle Eisenreich is just the second head coach of the Princeton women's track and field team in program history, taking the reigns in 2016. Eisenreich has...

Brad Hunt was named the head coach of the Princeton women’s cross country team in August 2016. Hunt serves as head coach of the cross country program and as ...

Women's Track and Field Completes Historic Second-Consecutive Ivy League Triple Crown at Outdoor Heps Women's Track and Field Completes Historic Second-Consecutive Ivy League Triple Crown at Outdoor Heps Sunday, May 17

Mike Maira joined the track and field staff in 2016, specializing in the pole vault. Maira has coached Princeton vaulters to eight Heps Championships titles, two NCAA titles, and five new school and Ivy League records. These include Allison Harris, who set Ivy League records in the indoor and outdoor pole vault, and had NCAA appearances both indoor and outdoor 2017. Harris’ records were broken in the 2024 season by Tessa Mudd, who now holds both the Princeton and Ivy League indoor and outdoor pole vault records. The 2024 season also saw Mudd earn her first NCAA Championship appearances, as she qualified both indoors and outdoors. Sondre Guttormsen broke both the school and Ivy League record in 2022 indoor and out, and took home a first place finish at both the indoor and outdoor NCAA championships in 2022. His brother, Simen Guttormsen, finished fourth at both meets and second at both Heps. Maira is a three-time state champion vaulter in his native New Jersey holding both a school record and facility records, a licensed skydiver, and author. He has a BA and MS from the University of Tennessee where he was a four-time letter winner pole vaulter for the Volunteers.

Reuben Jones began at Princeton as an assistant women’s track & field coach in August 2016. He was promoted to Associate Head Coach in January 2026. Since joining the tigers, Coach Jones has been recognized nationally as a leader in multi-event training theory. He is best known for simplifying complex concepts on movement and identifying skills and features that speed and power events have in common. In his time at Princeton, Jones has coached: 19 Ivy League Champions 36 All-Ivy honorees Seven NCAA finalists and one U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier Eight indoor Princeton records Seven outdoor Princeton records Three Ivy League records Five Heptagonal Most Outstanding Field Performers of the Meet Four Heptagonal Championship records The 2024-2025 campaign was a memorable season, as the Tigers won the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor and Outdoor championships as part of the program’s third all-time Triple Crown and first since 2011. At the 2025 Heptagonal Indoor Championships, the women’s sprints, hurdles and jumps totaled four All-Ivy Honors and Georgina Scoot was selected Most Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet. Jones led his group to a similar success at the 2025 Outdoor Heptagonal Championships, setting two Heps Records and earning five additional All-Ivy honors. With Jones’ assistance, Scoot earned second-team All-American status for the first time in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where she also qualified for the triple jump for the second time in her care