PRINCETON, N.J. and CORTLAND, N.Y. – The women's track and field team split the squad this weekend, as the Big Red took on the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton as well as the nearby Cortland Classic.

At Princeton, the Big Red managed four event wins, five changes to the school top 10 lists, and 10 ECAC qualifiers while at Cortland the Big Red boasted three event wins and 20 top 10 event finishes.
 
Things got off to a great start on Friday night at Princeton with some big-time results on the track. 
 
Sophomore Briar Brumley moved to fourth all-time at Cornell in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a third place run of 10:13.03, one of the top 20 performances in the nation this season.  And in a high profile 1500 field, junior tri-captain Shannon Hugard set a personal best with a fine run of 4:22.11, which was the fourth best collegiate time of the night (ninth overall) and also good for sixth all-time at Cornell.  Junior Erin McLaughlin also had a good effort in the 5000, running an ECAC qualifying 16:59.32 for 10th in a strong field.
 
On Saturday, the Big Red picked up individual wins from its three captains as well as a rapidly improving 4x100 meter relay squad. Despite cool and very wet conditions, the 4x100 team of sophomore Kat Quigley, senior tri-captain Adrian Jones, freshman Brittany Stenekes, and junior Ellen Shepard ran a seasonal best 45.72 to win by over 1.5 seconds, a dominating performance that is also sixth all-time at Cornell. Jones and Shepard then came back with great showings in the 100, finishing 1-2 in their heat with times of 11.92 and 12.10.  Jones garnered another ECAC qualifier and was the overall winner of the meet with the best time of the day, a terrific showing given the conditions.  Hugard then doubled back from her 1500 the night before to win Saturday's rainy 800, pulling away steadily over the final 300 meters to win in 2:11.96.  Junior tri-captain Taysia Radoslav was the Big Red's final winner of the day, setting a seasonal best of 57.91 in the 400 hurdles despite very poor hurdling conditions, and defeated second place by a remarkable 3.5 seconds.  Another big highlight came from freshman Brittany Stenekes, who after qualifying for the 100 hurdle finals with a preliminary round run of 14.10, produced a big personal record of 13.90 to place second while also breaking the school freshman record and moving into a tie for second all-time at Cornell.
 
There were several very fine performances in the field.  Junior Claudia Dabrowski continued her excellent season with a third place leap of 18'10.5" in the long jump, again exceeding the ECAC standard.  Junior Taylor Baker had a good weekend, first moving to 10th all-time at Cornell in the hammer with a heave of 167'1" and then placing fourth in the discus with an ECAC-qualifying 139'9".  Some other top 10 field event showings came from senior Gaynelle Boham in the triple jump (third, 38'9.5"), junior Michaela Smith (eighth, 42'9.5") and sophomore Leena Morris (10th, 42'1.5") in the shot put, junior Taylor Drayton in the discus (sixth, 132'10"), and junior Kate Gulbrandsen in the high jump (10th, 5'3").
 
Also competing for Cornell were freshmen Rebecca Ekeanyanwu (12.88) and Anastashia Alfred (13.02) in the 100, freshman Jinjer Pearce (25.68) in the 200, freshman Michelle Garratt (57.37) in the 400, freshman Sara O'Malley (2:14.39), sophomore Tina Welzer (2:15.97), and junior Leah Triller (2:16.44) in the 800, juniors Jackie Katzman (4:37.03), Anne Charles (4:40.08), and Triller (4:47.83) in the 1500, Katzman (17:21.09) in the 5000, Quigley (14.81) in the 100 hurdles, Welzer (63.45) and sophomore Ellery Bianco (63.58) in the 400 hurdles, sophomore Annie Taylor (11:14.90) in the 3000 steeplechase, Drayton (41'6.5"), Baker (41'3.25"), and freshman Niko Kanaris (37'0.25") in the shot put, sophomore Autumn Covington (164'6") in the hammer, and senior Kacie Hargett (123'7") in the javelin.

Full results from the Larry Ellis Invitational can be found here.

Meanwhile, at Cortland, windy and cold conditions did not stop the Big Red from several impressive performances.  Freshman Brooke Laskowsky dominated the 3000 steeplechase and won in 11:30.62 while sophomore Grace Smith took the high jump at 5'3" and freshman Ciara Roche won a tactical 1500 in 4:51.32.  Freshman Abbey Yatsko took second place honors in the 400 hurdles at 65.97 while sophomore Cassidy Jenkins was second in the grueling heptathlon, scoring 3783 points.  Sophomore Sochima Bishop continued to throw well, placing third in the hammer at 155'while freshman Maya Hutchinson (third, 4'11" in the high jump) and senior Maya Golliday (third, 11'4.5" in the pole vault) also placed in the top three.  In the triple jump, freshman Zenab Ojibe used 34'7.5 for fourth while freshman Julia Valkos hit 34'7" for fifth. Valkos took third in the long jump in 16'4.5". Back on the track, junior Devinne Cullinane was fourth in the 800 at 2:18.38 and freshman Reagan Bachman was fifth at 2:19.64.  In the 1500, sophomore Mary Barger was fourth at 4:56.38.

Full results can be found here.

Next weekend, Cornell will head to Philadelphia for the oldest track and field meet in the country in the Penn Relays, beginning Thursday, while another contingent will host the Big Red Invitational on Sunday.