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Although Princeton dominated the meet overall, the Crimson had the talent to hold its own in the throws. Going into the event, both Kraay and Clever trailed a trio of their Tiger competitors on the performance lists in their respective events, but neither was intimidated by the tough competition...
...Kraay's best throw of 16.90 meters eclipsed his season's best by nearly two feet, but it was just short of the winning 16.97-meter from Princeton's Rocky Craley...
...disappointed because I was fourth going into the meet and I beat two of the guys, but that kid beat me by just seven centimeters," Kraay said. "Our team's been trying to get a new attitude--we just haven't had that fire. It's all about competing. He hit that mark with the third throw in prelims, which meant I had three more chances, so I felt like I should have beaten...
...Kraay did, however, manage to beat out Princeton's Scott Denbo--the only person between Kraay and the Outdoor Heps title last year. Denbo threw just 16.55 meters after throwing 17.89 meters last week...
...nature of track is, if you know someone's coming up behind you, you just don't compete as well," Kraay said. "I don't know if this was just intimidation, but I think he kind of choked, knowing that I was improving and coming up right behind him. I'm sure he won't at Heps, but I plan on throwing a lot better there...