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) andÂ
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.