ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell men's track and field team split to two different meets this weekend. Some members of the team competed in the Virginia Challenge at Lannigan Field in Charlottesville, Virginia, while others participated in the Larry Ellis Invitational at Weaver Stadium in Princeton, N.J.
 
At the Virginia the Big Red competed in solely field events. The full results can be viewed here.
 
In the long jump, sophomore Sam Oravec shattered his PR with a leap of 7.41m (24-3.75 ft.) for sixth place. His previous best was 7.14m (23-5.25 ft.). The Big Red also had two other top-10 finishers in senior James Seaton (9th, 7.27m/23-10.25 ft.), who set a seasonal best and freshman Tony Bridges (10th, 7.26m/23-10 ft.), who also set a new PR.
 
In the triple jump invite section, Seaton placed fifth with a mark of 14.96m (49-1 ft.), while freshman Darius Scott took eighth in 14.81m (48-7.25 ft.). In the normal section, Bridges took fourth place with a mark of 14.61m (47-11.5 ft.).
 
Junior Malick Diomande tied for third in the 1.98m (6-6 ft.) in the high jump.
 
In the pole vault invite section, senior Andrew Barlow placed eighth in clearing 4.82m (15-9.75 ft.). Freshman Johannes Stromhaug hit the same mark in the normal section the day prior to place fourth.
 
Sophomore Zeke Cohen had a toss of 57.02m (187-1 ft.) in the hammer throw, which was good for eighth place. Additionally freshman Ian Frost hit a mark of 54.06m (177-4 ft.), which placed 12th.
 
At the Larry Ellis Invite, the Big Red partook in primarily events on the track, though there was some field performers. The full results can be viewed here.
 
Freshman Alex Mocarski claimed first in the 1500m unseeded final with a time of 3:54.90, a new personal best. Cornell also had two other top-25 finishers with sophomore Mars Bishop (4:00.91) taking 18th place and freshman Marek Nowak (4:02.40) placing 24th.
 
The men's 4x400m relay of Billy Powers, Nick Comly, Myles Solan and Maxwell Comer took 10th place with a time of 3:26.07. In the individual 400m final Comly ran a 50.05, while Solan was close behind in 50.23.
 
In the 800m elite final, senior Brandon Phillips ran a 1:53.40 for, which placed 26th. Also racing was sophomore Jonathan Plass (40th, 1:54.75.), sophomore Solomon Lawrence (48th, 1:55.85) and junior Shane Goosby (51st, 1:55.96). In the unseeded final freshman Marek Nowak had the top result for the Big Red with a time of 1:57.68, which placed 22nd.
 
Freshman Paris Howland took eighth place in the long jump with a personal best leap of 7.02m (23-0.5 ft.) on his first jump. In the triple jump sophomore Tumani Edwards placed fifth with a mark of 14.26m (46-9.5 ft.).

Cornell has two meets slated for next week before it delves into the championship portion of its outdoor schedule. Cornell will compete in the Penn Relays from April 25-27 before hosting the Big Red Invitational on April 28.