Full Results
Open Race Results
MADISON, Wis. – Facing its greatest challenge of the season, the Big Red women's cross country team had a phenomenal race at the Wisconsin Invitational on Friday, placing fifth in a large field with some of the top-ranked teams in the country.
The Big Red – ranked ninth in the latest USTFCCCA Coaches' Poll – scored 262 points and finished behind winner No. 5 Iowa State (106), No. 7 Stanford (175), No. 2 Arizona (234) and No. 3 Washington (246). Cornell finished ahead of the other top-10 team in the race, No. 10 Michigan State.
On a cool morning in Madison, the Big Red was led by senior co-captain
Katie Kellner. Kellner placed 15th overall in the 327-athlete field with a time of 20:04 on the six-kilometer course. Kellner, who has won finished first for Cornell in three of its four races this season, was the highest-finishing Ivy League competitor in a race that featured teams from Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Columbia and Yale.
Kellner was followed by junior
Rachel Sorna just two seconds later. Sorna took a 22nd-place finish. The Big Red's third finisher was junior
Emily Shearer, who placed 38th overall in a time of 20:22, just 16 seconds behind Sorna. Sorna and Shearer both finished ahead of all other Ivy League individuals.
Right behind Shearer was junior
Devin McMahon, placing 85th in a time of 20:45, and rounding out the Cornell scorers in the race was senior co-captain
Genna Hartung. Her 104th-place showing was completed in 20:59.
Kate Rosettie (130th, 20:59) and
Caroline Kellner (172nd, 21:12) also ran well for the Big Red and helped keep other teams from scoring more points.
Freshman Laura Hollander won the race for Cal Poly.
Taking part in the Open Race were Cornell freshman
Dina Iacone and sophomore
Marianne Collard. In a field of more than 100 competitors, Iacone placed 20th overall in a time of 21:22 while Collard placed 49th in 22:02.
Cornell will have its lone home meet of the year next week, hosting the John Reif Memorial on the Moakley Course on Friday.
