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Big Red Women's Track and Field Takes Top Spot at UConn

4/2/2023 7:30:00 PM

STORRS, Ct - Women's track and field put up a great performance at the UConn Dog Fight, registering 191.66 points, which was strong enough to push the Big Red into a first-place team finish. Victoria Atkinson (pole-vault) and Katja Jackson (3000-meter run) gave Cornell a major lift in the team standings as they both stood atop the rankings in their respective events.

For the Big Red, 21 athletes registered top-10 finishes, including second place marks from Ama Boham in the 100-meter hurdles (13.96 seconds), Reyne Rodrigues in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.59), Sarah Roffman in the 1500-meter run (4:34.59), Brooke Hirsch in the 3000-meter steeple (12:12.63), Margaret Dalseth in the 3000-meter run (10:03.03), Ziling Liu in the javelin throw (43.15 meters), Skyy Johnson in the long jump (5.94 meters), Quincy Hansen in the pole vault (3.80 meters), and Dea Fackovic-Volcanjk in the triple jump (11.83 meters).

Top Cornell results from the UConn meet are below:
*parenthesis denotes finishing place*

100-meter dash

Skyy Johnson - 12.54 seconds (12th)

100-meter hurdles
Ama Boham - 13.96 seconds (second)
Aniyah Walters - 14.65 seconds (sixth)

200-meter dash
Lauren Jones - 24.98 seconds (third)
Glenn Parker - 25.23 seconds (fifth)

400-meter dash
Delaney Benedict - 57.17 seconds (third)
Nia Robinson - 57.31 seconds (fourth)

400-meter hurdles
Reyne Rodrigues - 1:01.59 (second)

800-meter run
Augustine Haquet - 2:15 (fifth)

1500-meter run
Sarah Roffman - 4:34.59 (second)
Mairead Clas - 4:35.09 (third)
Clara Harman - 4:35.96 (fifth)

3000-meter steeple
Brooke Hirsch - 12:12.63 (second)

3000-meter run
Katja Jackson - 9:57.97 (first)
Marge Dalseth - 10:03.20 (second)
Kaitlyn Roffman - 10:04.28 (third)

Discus
Noelle Elkinton - 45.02 meters (fourth)

Hammer Throw
Phoebe Price-Roberts - 56.24 meters (third)

High Jump
Olivia Rodriguez - 1.65 meters (fourth)

Javelin Throw
Ziling Liu - 43.15 (second)

Long Jump
Skyy Johnson - 5.94 meters (second)

Pole Vault
Victoria Atkinson - 3.90 meters (first)
Quincy Hansen - 3.80 meters (second)

Shot Put
Noelle Elkinton - 12.99 meters (third)

Triple Jump
Dea Fackovic Volcanjk - 11.83 (second)

4x100-meter Relay
Boham, Johnson, Benedict, and Jones - 46.64 second (fourth)

Next Action
Women's track and field will return to the course next week in North Carolina for the Duke Invitational.
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