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Stephanie Best, HOF

Stephanie Best

  • Class
    1991
  • Induction
    2001
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Track & Field, Women's Cross Country
She was a six-time All-American, earning the honor three times indoors, twice outdoors and once in cross country. She missed winning the mile run at the 1991 indoor NCAAs by one-one hundredth of a second. She earned All-Ivy honors 12 times--11 first team (including a first-place finish at the '90 Heps cross country championships) and one second team. She was voted the Outstanding Female Performer at the '90 outdoor Heptagonal championships when she won three events--the 1500 meters, the 3,000 in Heps and school record time and she ran the 2nd leg of the first-place 3200m relay. She also won All-East honors 6 times, including two indoor ECAC titles -- the mile in '89 and the 800 in '91. Over her career she set five Cornell track records and was named the Cornell Sun Athlete of the Year in 1990-91.
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