ITHACA, N.Y. – Junior
Amber Stephens (Stony Point/North Rockland) tied an 18-year-old school record in the triple jump to highlight Cortland's performances at the Cornell Big Red Women's Outdoor Track and Field Invitational. She finished fourth overall, and was the top Div. III finisher, with her distance of 11.54 meters (37' 10.5”) to tie the school mark set by Jennifer Sponenberg in 1994.
Stephens was one of Cortland's numerous ECAC Championship qualifiers at the meet. Sophomore
Sarah Bonnell (Norwich) finished second in the long jump out of 35 competitors, losing only to a Cornell competitor, with a distance of 5.60 meters (18' 4.5”) and was eighth of 43 in the 200-meter dash in 25.63 seconds. In the long jump, freshman
Taylor Hudson (Victor) placed sixth at 5.47 meters (17' 11.5”) and junior
Nikki Schafer (Troy/Columbia) was eighth at 5.35 meters (17' 6.75”), both ECAC marks.
Freshman
Valerie Vancol (Merrick/Sanford H. Calhoun) finished fourth in the shot put with an ECAC distance of 11.70 meters (38' 4.75”) and junior
Caitlin Triantafillou (Getzville/Williamsville North) was seventh in the 400-meter hurdles with an ECAC time of 1:05.28.
Also meeting ECAC standards were sophomore
Kelly Hugo (Highland) in the pole vault (ninth place, 3.25 meters – 10' 8”), senior
Jenna Evarts (West Islip) in the 200-meter dash (16th place, 26.27), senior
Veronica Montrose (Clintondale/Highland) in the 100-meter dash (13th place, 12.78) and senior
Brenna Filipello (Selkirk/Bethlehem) in the 100-meter hurdles (20th place, 16.05).
Other highlights included a second-place finish by junior
Alexis Grable (Pine Bush) in the 400-meter dash (1:00.79) and junior
Karli Johnson (Mount Sinai) finishing sixth in the hammer (40.81 meters – 133' 11”) and eighth in the discus (35.63 meters – 116' 11”).
Junior
Chelsea Lachman (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) placed seventh in the discus (36.24 meters – 118' 11”) and Schafer finished ninth in the javelin (29.24 meters – 95' 11”). Sophomore Lexi Budd (Riverhead) and Hudson each cleared 1.55 meters (5' 1”) in the high jump. Based on misses, Budd finished seventh and Hudson 10th.
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