FULLERTON, Calif. – The Cornell women's track and field started its spring break trip to California on a strong note. The Big Red competed in a trio of meets on both Friday and Saturday. Cornell had four members competing in the Stanford Invite on Friday, while one member competed at UCLA's Bob Larsen Distance Carnival. Then on Saturday, the Big Red took first place at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Team Challenge.
 
Stanford Invitational
Four Cornell women competed with distinction at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, one of the premiere distance running competitions in the United States. Racing in the Invitational section of the 3000m steeplechase, senior co-captain Briar Brumley and sophomore Gabrielle Orie had impressive season-openers. The Invitational field was loaded and the early pace was brisk. Brumley was impressive in placing ninth overall in 10:18.14, which is in the top five of the NCAA East Region. Orie had a very strong race as well, closing very well to place 11th in 10:24.16, which is in the top-10 of the NCAA East Region.
 
The Big Red also had a pair of strong efforts in the flat races.  Senior Eve Glasergreen had a 19 second personal best to move to #8 all-time in Cornell's storied history in the 5K, running 16:25.36.  She executed her race extremely well, clicking off mile splits of 5:16, 5:15, and 5:14 and her methodical approach yielded an impressive fifth place finish in a huge field of 30 women.  And earlier in the evening in the 1500, senior co-captain Annie Taylor was out well before placing eleventh in 4:30.80, an ECAC qualifier.
 
Complete results at Stanford can be found here.
 
UCLA Bob Larsen Distance Carnival
Junior Audrey Huelskamp, the lone representative for the women's team at the meet.  In a competitive field, Audrey ran a smart race, crossing the line in 4:40.46, a personal record, to place ninth.
 
Complete UCLA results can be found here.
 
Cal State Fullerton's Titan Team Challenge
The Big Red scored 142.25 points to out-distance a strong host team from Fullerton (130.5), as well as Grand Canyon (103.25), UC Davis (60), New Mexico (29), and Cal State Bakersfield (18). En route to its first place finish the Big Red compiled seven event wins, five runner-up finishes and six alterations to the all-time top-10 lists. Additionally, Cornell had 26 scoring performances and 16 ECAC qualifying performances on the weekend. The team scored in 16 of the 17 events on Saturday.
 
Senior Leena Morris claimed two events and moving into the top five all-time at Cornell in both of them.  She opened the day with a life-time best in the hammer (176-0 ft) to place second in the meet and fifth in Cornell's all-time record books. Morris came back to win the shot put in an outdoor personal best of 47-7.25 ft., good for No. 4 all-time at Cornell. 
 
The Big Red had a double winner in the jumps as freshmen Leone Farquharson broke through with a leap of 19-1.25 ft. to win the long jump and then reached a fantastic 39-10.5, good for No. 7 all-time at Cornell, to take the triple jump, with both performances easily ECAC qualifiers.
 
Another impressive result came from freshman Tara Higgins, who made her collegiate debut a memorable one by placing third in the javelin with a throw of 135-7 ft., an ECAC qualifier and No. 10 all-time at Cornell. The Big Red also picked up big points in the high jump as sophomore Marguerite Lorenzo had a 2019 best of 5-7.25 to place second; senior Grace Smith cleared 5-5.25 for fourth and freshman Monique Anderson was sixth at 5-3.25. 
 
In the pole vault, the duo of junior Claire Kao and freshman Maria Siciliano both cleared 12-0.75 to place third and fourth, with Siciliano moving to No. 10 all-time at Cornell. Junior Niko Kanaris had a solid day in placing fifth in the shot put in an ECAC-qualifying 44-8.25, senior Autumn Covington was able to get sixth in the hammer at 164-2, and junior Zenab Ojibe was fourth in the triple jump at 38-3.5.
 
On the track, several strong hurdling performances set the tone for Cornell. Junior Brittany Stenekes stormed to victory in the 100m hurdles, running 13.99 into a head-wind and freshman Brooke Overholt was impressive in winning the 400m hurdles in 61.05, good for No. 7 all-time at Cornell. Also running well was junior Corinne Kennedy, who was third in the 400m hurdles in 63.15 and freshman Beatrice Juskeviciute, who was sixth in the 100m hurdles in 15.28. 
 
The Big Red looked strong in the short sprints as well, with senior Martha Sam winning the 200m in 24.52 and sophomore Kellian Kelly taking second in the 100m in 12.12.
 
Junior Audrey Huelskamp set a personal record in the 1500m for the second time in 16 hours, placing second on Saturday in 4:39.19.  In the 800m, senior Christina Welzer finished with a second place ECAC-qualifying run of 2:11.09. Junior Victoria Casarrubias (4th, 2:15.35) and freshman Allyson Gaedje (6th, 2:17.86) also scored in the 800m. Sophomore Skye Stewart was sixth in the 400m in 57.05 to grab a point for the Big Red. 
 
The quartet of Sam, Kelly, Stenekes, and Overholt took second in the 4x100m in a seasonal best 46.75 and the 4x400m squad of junior co-captain Jinjer Pearce (56.9), freshman Elise Burdette (55.1), Stewart (57.3), and Kennedy (56.4) ran a fine 3:45.97 to place first in an ECAC qualifier.
 
Complete results can be found here.
 
The Big Red wraps up its trip with the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in Claremont, California, on Saturday, April 6.