ITHACA, N.Y. - The women's track and field team looks to host the Kane Invitational on Feb. 1.
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Kane Invitational
DATE: Saturday, February 1
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 junior 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.
- At the Penn 8-Team Select, the Big Red finished the meet with 62.5 points for a second-place finish. Sophomore Leone Farquharson jumped 5.87m in the long jump for the ninth-place position in the program's all-time top-10. Kao (pole vault) and Kelly (200) won individual titles in their respective events to lead their team to the top. Along with the title, Kelly qualified for the ECAC Championships in the 200 while juniors Elle Orie and Melissa Zammitti qualified in the mile from their first race of the season. Farquharson (long jump), Orie (mile), senior Kyleigh Spearing (mile) and sophomore Lucy Hurt (mile) all ran personal records.
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Last Week In Review
- At the Upstate Challenge, sophomore Beatrice Juskeviciute broke the program record in the pentathlon to lead the Big Red to a first place finish with 263 points.
- Juskeviciute totaled 3973 points, and earned personal records in the pentathlon, 60m hurdles and long jump, for a first place finish, school record and ECAC qualification on Friday night.
- Juskeviciute led the team with the first of 10 Cornell personal records, two top-10 performances and eighth ECAC standard qualifications, including three new qualifications.
- The final two first-time conference standards came from senior Victoria Casarrubias (1000) and junior Marguerite Lorenzo (high jump). One of Cornell's 4x400 and distance medley relay teams each ran for a qualifying time. Â
- Among the Big Red's many personal records, were five top-three finishes. Junior Kellian Kelly finished first in the 400 with a PR, while freshman Nia Robinson (500), Casarrubias (1000) and senior Audrey Huelskamp (mile) finished second and freshman Phoebe Price-Roberts (weight throw) finished third with personal records.
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Kane Invitational Competitors
Track Events
60 hurdles:
Ama Boham,
Brittany Stenekes
60:
Ama Boham,
Jessica Kolesar,
Brittany Stenekes
200:
Bella Davis
500:
Jinjer Pearce
800:
Gabrielle Dewhurst,
Hailey Erkkila,
Amanda Stone
1000:
Annika Bissinger,
Sydney Smith
Mile:
Erin Hudson,
Kyra Hunsberger,
Brooke Laskowsky
3000:
Izzie Dobson,
Sarah Barcelona
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Field Events
Pole Vault:
Victoria Atkinson,
Megan Cameron,
Claire Kao,
Miya Kuramoto,
Maria Siciliano
Long Jump:
Anastashia Alfred,
Angelica Arroyo,
Dea Fackovic-Volcanjk,
Jessica Kolesar
Triple Jump:
Leone Farquharson,
Zenab Ojibe
High Jump:
Monique Anderson,
Marguerite Lorenzo,
Olivia Rodriguez
Weight Throw:
Nikolia Kanaris,
Faith Polando,
Sydney Polando,
Phoebe Price-Roberts
Shot Put:
Anastashia Alfred,
Nikolia Kanaris,
Victoria Rudolph
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Relays
4x400 relay: Cornell B (
Anastashia Alfred,
Kellian Kelly,
Ama Boham,
Bella Davis); Cornell A (
Annika Bissinger,
Hailey Erkkila,
Gabrielle Dewhurst,
Sydney Smith)
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Barton Hall Event Records
60m - 7.25 - Crystal Emmanuel (2016, Unattached)
60m hurdles -Â 8.25 - Hayley Warren (2014, Toronto)
200m - 23.80 - Gabrielle Thomas (2016, Harvard)
300m -Â 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 -Â 9:13.25 - Gabriela Stafford (2014, Toronto)
5000m -Â 16:21.27 - Natalie Schudrowitz (2016, Brown)
4x400 relay - 3:40.81 - Harvard (2016)
4x800 relay -Â 8:42.86 - Villanova (1993)
DMR -Â 11:30.85 - Harvard (2016)
Pole Vault - 4.61m - Jen Stuczynski (2007, Unattached)
Long Jump -Â 6.63m - Jeomi Maduka (2009, Cornell)
Triple Jump -Â 13.20m - Althea Williams (1997, Toronto)
High Jump - 1.92m - Dora Gyorffy (1999, Harvard)
Weight Throw -Â 20.85m - Jessica Rowland (2013, Findlay)
Shot Put -Â 17.01m - Nikki Okwelogu (2016, Harvard)
Pentathlon - 3980 - Maddie Buttinger (2013, Toronto Track Club)
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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)
800m - 2:04.42 - Morgan Uceny (March 4, 2006)
1000m - 2:45.18 -
Shannon Hugard (March 4, 2018)
Mile - 4:35.66 - Stephanie Best (March 9, 1991)
3000m - 9:11.68 - Emmy Shearer (March 9, 2014)
5000m - 15:53.76 -
Rachel Sorna (January 25, 2013)
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
DMR - 11:14.74 - Becky Dennison, Kristy Sleeve, Jessica Shaw, Kate Walker (March 8, 1997)
Pole Vault - 4.00m (13-1.5) -
Eve Bishop (February 21, 2015)
Long Jump - 6.69m (21-11.75) - Jeomi Maduka (February 14, 2009)
Triple Jump - 13.37m (43-10.5) - Jeomi Maduka (March 1, 2009)
High Jump - 1.84m (6-0.75) - Sarah Wilfred (January 27, 2007)
Weight Throw - 19.46m (63-10.25) -
Leena Morris (February 27, 2016)
Shot Put - 15.37m (50-5.25) -
Victoria Imbesi (February 24, 2013)
Pentathlon - 3973 -
Beatrice Juskeviciute (January 24, 2020)
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Other Teams Attending
Binghamton
Colgate
PSU-Behrend
Rochester
Siena
York University
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2019-20 First Place Finishes
At the Greg Page Relays
At the Southern Tier Collegiate Open
At the Penn 8-Team Select
At the Upstate Challenge
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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.Â
- 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.Â
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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.Â
- 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.
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- 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.Â
- 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.
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Up Next
- Following the Kane Invitational, the Big Red will travel to University Park, Pa. for the Sykes and Sabock Challenge, hosted by Penn State, on Feb. 8.