ITHACA, N.Y. - The women's track and field team travel home to host a two-day meet, Cornell's Upstate Challenge.
Upstate Challenge
DATE: Friday-Saturday, January 24-25
SITE: Barton Hall - Ithaca, N.Y.
RESULTS:
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About the Big Red
- At the Greg Page Relays, on Dec. 7, Cornell finished with four personal records and four IC4A qualifying times. Overall, the Big Red had 15 top-three finishes in 10 different events. Senior Nikolia Kanaris (shot put), sophomore Leone Farquharson (long jump), senior Claire Kao (pole vault) and one 4x400m relay team each qualified for ECACs while sophomores Angelica Arroyo (60), Kayleigh Furth (60), Beatrice Juskeviciute (long jump) and Farquharson (60) each earned personal records.
- At the Southern Tier Collegiate Open, the pole-vaulters led the way. In total, Cornell finished with four new ECAC qualification performances, nine personal records (including four by freshmen) and two athletes improve on the all-time top-10 for indoor pole vault. Kao and sophomore Maria Siciliano both improved in the pole vault top-10; Kao improved her second-place height while Siciliano moved to fifth from tenth-place. Siciliano (pole vault), freshman Victoria Atkinson (pole vault), sophomore Beatrice Juskeviciute (60m hurdles) and senior Kellian Kelly (60) qualified for the ECAC Championships for the first time while junior Skye Stewart (60), Siciliano (pole vault), sophomore Kayleigh Furth (500) and sophomore Beatrice Juskeviciute (60m hurdles) each earned personal records.
Last Week In Review
- At the Penn 8-Team Select, Big Red finished the meet with 62.5 points, which was 7.5 more than third-place Brown and 56 fewer than Penn.
- Senior Claire Kao won the pole vault and junior Kellian Kelly won the 200m
- 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 freshman 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.
Upstate Challenge Competitors
Track Events
60m hurdles:
Ama Boham
60m:
Anastashia Alfred,
Ama Boham,
Bella Davis,
Kayleigh Furth,
Nia Robinson,
Brittany Stenekes
200m:
Anastashia Alfred,
Kayleigh Furth,
Jessica Kolesar,
Skye Stewart
500m:
Reagan Bachman,
Allyson Gaedje,
Corinne Kennedy,
Jinjer Pearce,
Nia Robinson,
Abbey Yatsko
800m:
Annika Bissinger,
Elise Burdette,
Gabrielle Dewhurst,
Sydney Smith,
Melissa Zammitti
1000m:
Victoria Casarrubias,
Rachel Green,
Kyra Hunsberger,
Lucy Hurt,
Isa Meyers
Mile:
Sarah Barcelona,
Meredith Bloss,
Izzie Dobson,
Annie Glodek,
Rebecca Hasser,
Audrey Huelskamp,
Brooke Laskowsky,
Natalie Morris,
Elle Orie,
Katy Storti,
Nadia Stratton
3000m:
Erin Hudson
Pentathlon:
Beatrice Juskeviciute
Field Events
Pole Vault:
Victoria Atkinson,
Megan Cameron,
Claire Kao,
Miya Kuramoto,
Maria Siciliano
Long Jump:
Dea Fackovic-Volcanjk,
Jessica Kolesar
Triple Jump:
Zenab Ojibe
High Jump:
Monique Anderson,
Marguerite Lorenzo,
Olivia Rodriguez
Weight Throw:
Nikolia Kanaris,
Faith Polando,
Sydney Polando,
Phoebe Price-Roberts
Shot Put:
Beatrice Juskeviciute,
Nikolia Kanaris,
Victoria Rudolph
Relays
4x400 relay: Cornell A (
Abbey Yatsko,
Allyson Gaedje,
Kaitlyn Bonnet,
Victoria Casarrubias), Cornell B (
Kelly Jawork,
Kyleigh Spearing,
Sara O'Malley,
Lucy Hurt), Cornell C (
Anastashia Alfred,
Angelica Arroyo,
Ama Boham,
Elise Burdette), Cornell D (
Bella Davis,
Leone Farquharson,
Kayleigh Furth,
Beatrice Juskeviciute)
4x800 relay: Cornell A (
Isa Meyers,
Kelly Jawork,
Rachel Green,
Sydney Smith)
Distance Medley Relay: Cornell A (
Kyleigh Spearing,
Reagan Bachman,
Sara O'Malley,
Audrey Huelskamp), Cornell B (
Kaitlyn Bonnet,
Corinne Kennedy,
Melissa Zammitti,
Elle Orie), Cornell C (
Rebecca Hasser,
Annika Bissinger,
Sarah Barcelona,
Meredith Bloss), Cornell D (
Katy Storti,
Hailey Erkkila,
Natalie Morris,
Annie Glodek)
Barton Hall Event Records
60m - 7.25 - Crystal Emmanuel (2016, Unattached)
60m hurdles - 8.25 - Hayley Warren (2014, Toronto)
200m - 23.80 - Gabrielle Thomas (2016, Harvard)
300m - 38.23 - Kyle Plante (2012, Colonie Central HS)
400m - 52.96 - Meredith Rainey (1990, Harvard)
500m - 1:11.34 - Cecilia Barowski (2016, Princeton)
800m - 2:07.64 - Doriane Lambelet (1983)
1000m - 2:46.52 - Morgan Uceny (2007, Cornell)
Mile - 4:45.0 - Stephanie Best (1990, Cornell)
3000m - 9:13.25 - Gabriela Stafford (2014, Toronto)
5000m - 16:21.27 - Natalie Schudrowitz (2016, Brown)
4x400 relay - 3:40.81 - Harvard (2016)
4x800 relay - 8:42.86 - Villanova (1993)
DMR - 11:30.85 - Harvard (2016)
Pole Vault - 4.61m - Jen Stuczynski (2007, Unattached)
Long Jump - 6.63m - Jeomi Maduka (2009, Cornell)
Triple Jump - 13.20m - Althea Williams (1997, Toronto)
High Jump - 1.92m - Dora Gyorffy (1999, Harvard)
Weight Throw - 20.85m - Jessica Rowland (2013, Findlay)
Shot Put - 17.01m - Nikki Okwelogu (2016, Harvard)
Pentathlon - 3980 - Maddie Buttinger (2013, Toronto Track Club)
Cornell Indoor Track & Field Records
60m - 7.45 - Jeomi Maduka (February 6, 2009)
60m hurdles - 8.51 -
Brittany Stenekes (February 24, 2019)
200m - 23.99 -
Ellen Shepard (February 9, 2018)
400m - 54.02 -
Udeme Akpaete (February 7, 2014)
500m - 1:11.72 - Morgan Uceny (February 17, 2007)
4x400 relay - 3:36.63 -
Zena Kolliesuah,
Ebolutalese Airewele,
Elyse Wilkinson,
Udeme Akpaete (March 9, 2014)
4x800 relay - 8:45.20 -
Jade Williams,
Alyssa O'Connor,
Lauren Lloyd,
Molly Glantz (February 26, 2012
Pole Vault - 13'1.5" -
Eve Bishop (February 21, 2015)
Long Jump - 21'11.75" - Jeomi Maduka (February 14, 2009)
Triple Jump - 43'10.5" - Jeomi Maduka (March 1, 2009)
High Jump - 6'.75" - Sarah Wilfred (January 27, 2007)
Weight Throw - 63'10.25" -
Leena Morris (February 27, 2016)
Shot Put - 50'5.25" -
Victoria Imbesi (February 24, 2013)
Other Teams Attending
Amherst
Binghamton
Buffalo
Colgate
Cortland
Delhi
King's (Pa.)
Le Moyne
Oneonta
Utica
2019-20 First Place Finishes
At the Greg Page Relays
At the Southern Tier Collegiate Open
At the Penn 8-Team Select
Big Red Captains
- The Big Red women's track and field captains have been announced. Seniors Reagan Bachman, Nikolia Kanaris, Zenab Ojibe, Jinjer Pearce and Brittany Stenekes will serve as the 2019-20 captains. Each of them has their specialties but will serve as a team.
- A mid-distance runner, Reagan Bachman, can be found competing in the 400m-800m range. Her most recent finish was a seventh-place cross at the 2019 Indoor Heps in the 800. Her top-ten finish was a big improvement on her 2018 Indoor Heps finish in the 800, a 16th-place finish.
- As a constant in shot put, Nikolia Kanaris has earned 42 top ten finishes in her collegiate career in shot put. This includes an 8th-place finish at the 2019 Outdoor Ivy Heps Championships and a 7th-place finish at the 2019 Indoor Ivy Heps Championships.
- Zenab Ojibe has been a constant for the Big Red in the triple jump and long jump. Usually competing in the triple jump, Ojibe has been in the top ten 30 times. Her triple jump personal record surpassed 12 meters on April 23, 2019 at the CNY College Challenge.
- Jinjer Pearce is a sprints-mid-distance runner for the Big Red. She consistently competes as a part of the 4x400 and 4x100 relay teams for indoor and outdoor track. On Dec. 1, 2018, Pearce broke eight seconds in her 60m dash and during the 2019 Outdoor Heps competitions she beat her previous personal record in her main event, the 400m, with a 54.53 run in the preliminary round.
- Though she also competes in sprints, Brittany Stenekes can usually be found jumping over hurdles at Cornell track and field meets. Consistently in the top ten of each of her events, she most recently closed her junior season with a 9th-place finish in the 100m hurdles at the ECAC Championships.
2018-19 Postseason Winners
- Following the conclusion of the indoor Ivy Heps Championships, Cornell placed four individuals and one relay team on the All-Ivy Teams. Beatrice Juskeviciute was named First Team after her pentathlon win while Kellian Kelly, Eve Glasergreen and Monique Anderson came home with Second Team honors. The Second Team All-Ivy relay team was the 4x400m relay consisting of Elise Burdette, Martha Sam, Brooke Overholt and Jinjer Pearce.
- During the outdoor postseason, the women finished with four All-Ivy selections. After winning the heptathlon, Juskeviciute earned her second first-team honor in just as many competitions. Briar Brumley was the second first-team honoree after crossing first in the steeplechase. Eve Glasergreen and Marguerite Lorenzo finished out the championship meet with Second Team All-Ivy selections.
- The indoor season saw four individuals with All-ECAC performances while outdoor saw six. Indoor had one relay and outdoor had two. Annie Taylor, Briar Brumley, Elle Orie and Claire Kao closed out the indoor season with the individual honors while Kaitlyn Bonnet, Skye Stewart, Marissa Holl and Audrey Huelskamp were in the 4x800 relay honored in the indoor season. Kellian Kelly, Taylor, Huelskamp, Brumley, Orie, and Leone Farquharson earned the individual honors for the outdoor season. Jinjer Pearce, Kelly, Brittany Stenekes and Brooke Overholt were in the 4x100 relay honored and Victoria Casarrubias, Allyson Gaedje, Bonnet and Holl were in the 4x800 relay honored.
- Six Cornellian track and field athletes closed out the year at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds while two went on to the NCAA Championships. Taylor, Lorenzo, Overholt, Orie and Glasergreen all finished with top 40 placements and Brumley automatically advanced to the championship with an 8th place finish in the steeplechase.
- Sophomore Beatrice Juskeviciute closed out her freshman campaign with a 19th place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championship, earning her first Honorable Mention All-America honors. Then senior, Briar Brumley, followed her with an 18th place finish in the steeplechase, closing out the 2018-19 season with a second All-America Honorable Mention.
- After being an assistant coach for men's cross country/track and field for two years at Cornell, Mike Henderson was named the Alan B. '53 and Elizabeth Heekin Harris Head Coach of Women's Track & Field/Men's and Women's Cross Country in August of 2019.
- During those two years with the Big Red's men's middle- and long-distance runners, Henderson has coached one NCAA cross country championship qualifier, 13 Ivy League and six IC4A point scorers.
- Henderson's Ivy and IC4A point scorers include four top-three finishes and one championship performance.
- He has also overseen four Big Red all-time top 10 performances and has had three athletes break Cornell freshman records.
- In his first year as head coach of Cornell cross country, the women's team qualified for the NCAA Championship, eventually finishing 29th with junior Elle Orie crossing the finish line in the top 100.
Up Next
- The Big Red will host the annual Kane Invitational on February 1 at Barton Hall.
