Tomorrow the women's track team will head to Jadwin Gym to go head-to-head with Princeton, the defending indoor champions. With Heptagonals, the meet where the indoor Ivy-League champion is determined, only three weeks away, this weekend's meet is crucial to preparing the team for a successful Heps meet. "This [meet] has to turn us around," coach Tony Tenisci said. "This is a very different focus now; we're three weeks away. Now we are into February, this is championship month. All the chips are down now." Princeton is only the second conference team Penn has faced this season. The only other Ivy team Penn has competed against is Yale -- nearly a month ago. Traditionally Princeton is known as a strong force within the Ivies. This weekend is a good gauge of the type of team Penn will be up against at Heps. In addition to getting a look at the tough competition, Penn gets an added bonus -- surveying Princeton's facilities. Princeton is the site of this years Heps meet, at the end of this month. "This is very important not only to getting good seed times going into the conference, but it's also the site of the conference," Tenisci said. Penn has an advantage in the throws since Princeton's team is not as strong in that area. Representing the Quakers will be juniors Mandy Bennett and Luana Botelho, current school record holders in the 20-pound weight and shot put, respectively. Princeton's advantage lies in their distance team. Princeton will make up the points that Penn gains in the throwing events with wins in the distance events. With such an even match, the winner of the meet will most likely come down to the winner of the relays, the last event. "We want Lady Luck to be wearing Red and Blue, not those Halloween colors, and dancing on our side," Tenisci said.
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