ITHACA, N.Y. - Senior Claire Kao won the pole vault and junior Kellian Kelly won the 200m to lead the Cornell women's track and field team to a second-place finish at the Penn 8-Team Select, Saturday night.
 
The Big Red finished the meet with 62.5 points, which was 7.5 more than third-place Brown and 56 fewer than Penn.
 

Big Hits

• Sophomore Leone Farquharson jumped 5.87m in the long jump for the ninth-place position in the program's all-time top-ten.
• Three new IC4A standard performances and five personal records, along with six top-three finishes, led the Big Red.
• Kelly qualified in the 200m while juniors Elle Orie and Melissa Zammitti qualified for the mile in their first race of the 2019-20 season. 
• The three new additions to the ECAC standard performances cap off a total of six standards met. Farquharson's personal record long jump qualified for the ECAC Championships, along with Kao and sophomore Maria Siciliano (pole vault).
• Additionally, four people earned personal records and freshmane Jessica Kolesar matched her previous PR of 4.91m in long jump.
• Orie and senior Kyleigh Spearing each earned a personal record in the mile. Orie dropped her time by three seconds, while Spearing dropped hers by six. Sophomore Lucy Hurt also earned a personal record in the mile.

 

Top Big Red Finishes

200m
1. Kellian Kelly 24.61 (ECAC standard qualification)
 
Mile
3. Elle Orie 4:51.98 (personal record) (ECAC standard qualification)
 
Pole Vault
1. Claire Kao 3.80m (12-5.75) (ECAC standard qualification)
3. Maria Siciliano 3.65m (12-0) (ECAC standard qualification)
4. Megan Cameron 3.50m (11-6)
4. Victoria Atkinson 3.50m (11-6)
 
Long Jump
2. Leone Farquharson 5.87m (19-3.25) (personal record) (ECAC standard qualification) (ninth in program history)
 
High Jump
2. Monique Anderson 1.60m (5-3.25)
 
4x400m Relay
4. Cornell A (Elise Burdette, Kayleigh Furth, Jinjer Pearce, Skye Stewart) 3:52.92
 

Other Notable Cornell Finishes

800m
5. Reagan Bachman 2:14.66
6. Victoria Casarrubias 2:14.79
 
Mile
9. Melissa Zammitti 4:56.86 (ECAC standard qualification)
13. Kyleigh Spearing 5:00.28 (personal record)
21. Lucy Hurt 5:09.84 (personal record)
 
3000m
7. Katy Storti 10:13.49
 
Long Jump
22. Jessica Kolesar 4.91m (16-1.5) (personal record)
 
Triple Jump
7. Dea Fackovic-Volcanjk 11.17m (36-8)
 
High Jump
7. Olivia Rodriguez 1.55m (5-1.25)
 
Shot Put
5. Nikolia Kanaris 13.05m (42-10)
 
4x400m Relay
6. Cornell B (Reagan Bachman, Corinne Kennedy, Allyson Gaedje, Abbey Yatsko) 3:57.60
 

All Performances

60m
Prelims
11. Beatrice Juskeviciute 7.78
13. Kellian Kelly 7.79
29. Anastashia Alfred 8.22
 
200m
1. Kellian Kelly 24.61 (ECAC standard qualification)
13. Beatrice Juskeviciute 25.17
37. Leone Farquharson 26.62
46. Anastashia Alfred 27.11
 
400m
9. Elise Burdette 57.45
11. Kayleigh Furth 58.06
14. Skye Stewart 58.42
18. Jinjer Pearce 58.88
20. Corinne Kennedy 59.02
25. Nia Robinson 1:00.23
29. Abbey Yatsko 1:01.53
 
800m
5. Reagan Bachman 2:14.66
6. Victoria Casarrubias 2:14.79
12. Allyson Gaedje 2:16.59
19. Kaitlyn Bonnet 2:19.56
 
Mile
3. Elle Orie 4:51.98 (personal record) (ECAC standard qualification)
9. Melissa Zammitti 4:56.86 (ECAC standard qualification)
13. Kyleigh Spearing 5:00.28 (personal record)
16. Isa Meyers 5:03.74
21. Lucy Hurt 5:09.84 (personal record)
33. Rachel Green 5:15.73
38. Rebecca Hasser 5:22.90 
 
3000m
7. Katy Storti 10:13.49
10. Natalie Morris 10:23.83
11. Nadia Stratton 10:26.89
19. Meredith Bloss 10:40.07
20. Annie Glodek 10:41.23
 
Pole Vault
1. Claire Kao 3.80m (12-5.75) (ECAC standard qualification)
3. Maria Siciliano 3.65m (12-0) (ECAC standard qualification)
4. Megan Cameron 3.50m (11-6)
4. Victoria Atkinson 3.50m (11-6)
 
Long Jump
2. Leone Farquharson 5.87m (19-3.25) (personal record) (ECAC standard qualification) (ninth in program history)
10. Angelica Arroyo 5.35m (17-6.75)
12. Dea Fackovic-Volcanjk 5.32m (17-5.75)
22. Jessica Kolesar 4.91m (16-1.5) (personal record)
 
Triple Jump
7. Dea Fackovic-Volcanjk 11.17m (36-8)
 
High Jump
2. Monique Anderson 1.60m (5-3.25)
7. Olivia Rodriguez 1.55m (5-1.25)
 
Weight Throw
9. Nikolia Kanaris 14.80m (48-9)
11. Phoebe Price-Roberts 14.62m (47-11.75)
15. Faith Polando 13.20m (43-4)
 
Shot Put
5. Nikolia Kanaris 13.05m (42-10)
 
4x400m Relay
4. Cornell A (Elise Burdette, Kayleigh Furth, Jinjer Pearce, Skye Stewart) 3:52.92
6. Cornell B (Reagan Bachman, Corinne Kennedy, Allyson Gaedje, Abbey Yatsko) 3:57.60
12. Cornell C (Sara O'Malley, Kaitlyn Bonnet, Victoria Casarrubias, Melissa Zammitti) 4:07.90