ITHACA, N.Y. - To open the Indoor Track and Field postseason, Cornell women's track and field will host the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.
Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Heptagonal Championship
DATE: Saturday, February 29 - Sunday, March 1
SITE: Barton Hall - Ithaca, N.Y.
RESULTS:
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About the Big Red
- Two of Cornell's nine indoor track and field meets ended in a team score. The first was the Penn 8-Team Select (1/18), where the women finished second with 62.5 points. The second was a two-day meet hosted by the Big Red, the Upstate Challenge (1/24-25). Against four teams, Cornell finished first with 263 points.
- The ever-improving Big Red women's track and field team closes the regular season with 10 top-10 times on the record.
- Two Cornellians broke indoor records during the 2019-20 season. Sophomore Beatrice Juskeviciute broke the pentathlon record with her only competition so far (3973 points). Senior Claire Kao surpassed Eve Bishop with a 4.08m clear on the pole vault for the indoor record.
- Freshman Victoria Atkinson and sophomore Maria Siciliano sit in fifth- and sixth- place with their pole vault personal records.
- At the final regular-season meet, the Marc Deneault Invitational (2/22), freshman Olivia Rodriguez and junior Marguerite Lorenzo entered the high jump top-10. Lorenzo has the fifth-place slot while Rodrguez is tied for eighth.
- Sophomore Leone Farquharson holds top-10 jump in both the long jump and the triple jump. She has the second-best jump in long jump and the seventh-best in the triple jump.
- On the track, junior Elle Orie is ranked fifth in the 3000 and senior Reagan Bachman holds the sixth-best time in the 600.
- Throughout the season, the Cornell women have notched 33 ECAC qualifications with 24 different athletes and two different relays.
- The Big Red earned five qualifying times with the 4x400 relay and one qualifying time with the distance medley relay.
- Six athletes qualified in multiple events, with senior Victoria Casarrubias qualifying in three (800, 1000, mile). Sophomore Leone Farquharson notched seven total qualifications in triple and long jump. Sophomore Beatrice Juskeviciute earned a pentathlon qualification along with a conference standard in the 60m Hurdles, while junior Kellian Kelly qualified in two sprint events (200 and 60). Juniors Kaitlyn Bonnet and Elle Orie both qualified in the mile with additional standards in the 1000 and 3000, respectively.
- The following athletes all qualified in their respective events at least once throughout the season:
Seniors
Nikolia Kanaris (SP, x7)
Claire Kao (PV, x6)
Zenab Ojibe (TJ, x2)
Jinjer Pearce (400, x1)
Kyleigh Spearing (3000, x1)
Brittany Stenekes (hurdles, x2)
Juniors
Marguerite Lorenzo (HJ, x3)
Skye Stewart (400, x1)
Melissa Zammitti (Mile, x1)
Sophomores
Elise Burdette (500, x1)
Kayleigh Furth (400, x1)
Lucy Hurt (1000, x1)
Natalie Morris (5000, x1)
Maria Siciliano (PV, x5)
Freshmen
Victoria Atkinson (PV, x3)
Ama Boham (hurdles, x2)
Olivia Rodriguez (HJ, x1)
Katy Storti (5000, x1)
- 32 different women's track and field athletes earned at least one personal record throughout the season.
- 13 athletes earned career bests in multiple events. This includes four who topped their previous bests in both the mile and a second, or third, event. Senior Kyleigh Spearing, junior Elle Orie and freshman Sarah Barcelona also topped their previous best in the 3000 while sophomore Lucy Hurt notched career bests in the 1000 and 800.
- Freshman Ama Boham (60m hurdles, 60 & 200), sophomore Kayleigh Furth (60, 400 & 500), sophomore Beatrice Juskeviciute (pentathlon, 60m hurdles & long jump) and freshman Nia Robinson (300, 400 & 500) all earned personal records in three events throughout the season.
- Freshman Jessica Kolesar led the team with personal records in four different events: 60, 200, triple jump and four times in the long jump.
Ivy League Heptagonal Championship Competitors
60 Hurdles:
Brittany Stenekes,
Ama Boham
60:
Kellian Kelly,
Bella Davis
200:
Kellian Kelly,
Bella Davis
400:
Jinjer Pearce,
Kayleigh Furth,
Skye Stewart
500:
Elise Burdette,
Allyson Gaedje,
Nia Robinson,
Corinne Kennedy,
Abbey Yatsko
800:
Reagan Bachman,
Sara O'Malley
1000:
Victoria Casarrubias
3000:
Elle Orie
5000:
Audrey Huelskamp,
Elle Orie,
Kyleigh Spearing,
Taylor Knibb
4x400:
Kaitlyn Bonnet,
Lucy Hurt,
Kelly Jawork,
Isa Meyers
4x800:
Kaitlyn Bonnet,
Lucy Hurt,
Kelly Jawork,
Isa Meyers
DMR:
Monique Anderson, Regan Bachman,
Ama Boham,
Elise Burdette
High Jump:
Marguerite Lorenzo,
Olivia Rodriguez,
Monique Anderson
Pole Vault:
Claire Kao,
Maria Siciliano
Long Jump:
Leone Farquharson
Triple Jump:
Leone Farquharson,
Zenab Ojibe
Shot Put:
Nikolia Kanaris,
Beatrice Juskeviciute
Weight Throw:
Phoebe Price-Roberts,
Nikolia Kanaris
Pentathlon:
Beatrice Juskeviciute
Indoor Heptagonal Entry List
Indoor Heptagonal Championship Records
60 - 7.25 - Thomas (Harvard, 2018)
200 - 22.88 - Thomas (Harvard, 2017)
400 - 52.96 - Rainey (Harvard, 1990)
500 - 1:11.34 - Barowski (Princeton, 2016)
800 - 2:04.58 - Uceny (Cornell, 2007)
1000 - 2:44.85 - Hardie (Columbia, 2018)
Mile - 4:32.42 - D'Agostino (Dartmouth, 2013)
3000 - 9:09.49 - Stricker (Harvard, 1983)
5000 - 15:47.02 - D'Agostino (Dartmouth, 2013)
60 Hurdles - 8.20 - Rothwell (Dartmouth, 2018)
4x400 - 3:39.46 - Columbia (2011)
4x800 - 8:41.15 - Princeton (2013)
DMR - 11:25.07 - Columbia (2017)
High Jump - 6-5.5 - Gyorffy (Harvard, 2000)
Pole Vault - 13-7.25 - Harris (Princeton, 2016)
Long Jump - 21-1 - Maduka (Cornell, 2008)
Triple Jump - 43-10.5 - Maduka (Cornell, 2009)
Shot Put - 56-2 - Okwelogu (Harvard, 2015)
Weight Throw - 68-4.25 - Ekechukwu (Harvard, 2013)
Pentathlon - 4093 - Hughes (Harvard, 2017)
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)
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 - 4.08m (13-4.5) -
Claire Kao (February 8, 2020)
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)
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
At the Kane Invitational
At the Sykes & Sabock Challenge
At the Sunday Invitational
At the Marc Deneault Invitational
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
- Following the Indoor Track and Field Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, those who qualify will compete at the NCAA Championships.
