ITHACA, N.Y. - Over the past two weeks 16 Cornell track and field alumni and current athletes have represented five different countries in their respective national championships and world team trials. Most notably for the women, Beatrice Juskeviciute '22 claimed two Lithuanian national titles, coming in the 100-meter hurdles and heptathlon. Marguerite Lorenzo '22 claimed the Canadian national championship in the high jump.
Below are the Big Red women who took action on the world stage:
Country: USA
Avery Hilliard '27
Competition/Location: US U20 Championships / Hayward Field / Eugene, OR
Event(s): Pole Vault
Result(s): Hilliard cleared two bars, finishing at 4.00m for a 10th-place ranking.
Country: Canada
Marguerite Lorenzo '22
Competition/Location: Bell Trials / Claude-Robillard Sports Complex / Montreal, QC
Event(s): High Jump
Result(s): Lorenzo was crowned the Canadian National Champion for the third time in her career, earning a 1.89-meter mark which matches her personal best.
Brooke Overholt '22
Competition/Location: Bell Trials / Claude-Robillard Sports Complex / Montreal, QC
Event(s): 400m Hurdles
Result(s): Overholt took the victory in her preliminary heat and would go on to take silver overall with her time of 57.64 seconds in the finals.
Quincy Hansen '26
Competition/Location: Bell Trials / Claude-Robillard Sports Complex / Montreal, QC
Event(s): Pole Vault
Result(s): After returning from a season-ending injury, Hansen cleared two bars (3.60 meters) in the qualifying round to finish seventh.
Reyne Rodrigues '26
Competition/Location: Bell Trials / Claude-Robillard Sports Complex / Montreal, QC
Event(s): 400m Hurdles
Result(s): Rodrigues finishes with a 1:05.97 time for fourth in her heat and 12th overall.
Imani Reid '27
Competition/Location: Bell Trials / Claude-Robillard Sports Complex / Montreal, QC
Event(s): 100m (u20), 200m (u20)
Result(s): Reid sprinted an 100-meter dash time of 12.05 to take third in heat two and 10
th overall in the preliminary round. She ran a 200-meter dash mark of 24.64 to finish third in heat two and ninth overall in the preliminary round.
Elise Sawyer '27
Competition/Location: Bell Trials / Claude-Robillard Sports Complex / Montreal, QC
Event(s): 400m Hurdles (u20)
Result(s): Sawyer ran a personal best time of 1:01.61 to take fourth in the finals.
Kate Fenwick '28
Competition/Location: Bell Trials / Claude-Robillard Sports Complex / Montreal, QC
Event(s): U20 400m Hurdles
Result(s): Fenwick earned a 1:03.49 time for third in his heat. She went on to earn a 1:04.15 sixth-place time in final.
Country: France
Augustine Haquet '25
Competition/Location: Championnats de France Elite / Stade Josette Et Roger Mukulak / Angers, France
Event(s): 1500m
Result(s): Haquet paced herself to a time of 4:18.70 to finish in eighth-place in finals.
Country: Lithuania
Beatrice Juskeviciute '22
Competition/Location: Lietuvos Cempionatas / Palangos Stadionas / Palangos, Lithuania
Event(s): 100m Hurdles, Heptathlon
Result(s): Juskeviciute ran a 12.95-second time in the 100-meter hurdle finals to secure the National Championship. She also totaled 6,136 points in the Heptathlon to defend her title.
