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Women's Track And Field Wins Five Events At Sunday Invite

ITHACA, N.Y. --- A great weekend of competition for Cornell track and field, which began on Friday night with thistoric performances on Staten Island, concluded in Barton Hall with the Cornell Sunday Invitational.
 
The Big Red played host to a small but competitive meet in Barton Hall and tallied five event wins and four ECAC qualifiers.
 
The Cornell women were led by terrific performances in the field events.  Freshman Leena Morris had another banner day, winning the shot put with a heave of 44-6 1/4 and placing second in the weight throw at 56-5 1/4, both of which were ECAC qualifiers.  Sophomore Taylor Drayton had a seasonal best of 44-5 1/4 to place second in the shot to garner a spot at ECACs while sophomore Michaela Smith (third, 42-9 3/4), and senior Camryn Goodman (fourth, 42-1 1/4) rounded out the 1-2-3-4 Big Red sweep.  In the weight throw, sophomore Taylor Baker garnered fourth with a heave of 51-3.
 
The Big Red took the top three spots in the high jump with sophomore Kate Gulbrandsen moving to No. 9 all-time at Cornell with a first place leap of 5-7 1/4.  Seniors Stephanie Izard and Liz Crissy both cleared 5-5 1/4 for a second place tie.  In the long jump, senior co-captain Hillary Holmes was second at 18-3 1/4 and fourth in the triple jump at 37-3 1/4, while Izard was fourth at 17-9 in the long jump.  In the vault, freshman Zoe Camillaci was fourth at 11-3 3/4 while junior Maya Golliday was fifth at 10-4.  
 
Cornell won three events on the track as well.  The day got off to a strong start with a 1-2-3-4-5 sweep of the mile as freshman Gracie Todd (5:06.16), sophomore Mary-Alice Davison (5:07.58), sophomore Erin McLaughlin (5:07.81), sophomore Gillian McIlroy (5:09.18) and freshman Chance Masloff (5:09.32) all ran well.  Freshman Ellery Bianco ran a strong race to win the 500 (missing the ECAC standard by only .08) in 1:17.09; sophomore Molly Novak (third, 1:17.83), freshman Tina Welzer (4th, 1:18.76), and sophomore Kayleigh Carrillo (fifth, 1:20.01) also ran well.  In the 800, sophomore Caroline Markowitz was strong, winning in 2:20.70; sophomore Devinne Cullinane (second, 2:21.52) and freshman Brenna Remick (fourth, 2:22.94) were also in the top five with seasonal bests.  
 
Senior Rochelle Forbes had a good day, taking second in both the 60 (7.83) and 200 (26.04).  Also placing second was senior Kate McCormick, who ran 3:00.54 in the 1000, and senior Meghan McCormick who ran 10:49.44 in the 3000.  Also placing in the top five was sophomore Anne Charles (3rd, 3:03.81) and sophomore Jess Wojnicki (fourth, 3:07.62) in the 1000, and freshman Cassidy Jenkins (third, 9.26) and junior Jasmine Robinson (fourth, 9.26) in the 60 hurdles.
 
Complete results from the Sunday Invitational can be found here.
 
Next up for Cornell is the Deneault Memorial Invitational in Barton Hall on Saturday, Feb. 20.
 
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Players Mentioned

Taylor Baker

Taylor Baker

Throws
Sophomore
Anne Charles

Anne Charles

Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Devinne Cullinane

Devinne Cullinane

Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Mary-Alice Davison

Mary-Alice Davison

Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Taylor Drayton

Taylor Drayton

Throws
Sophomore
Rochelle Forbes

Rochelle Forbes

Sprints
Senior
Maya Golliday

Maya Golliday

Pole Vault
5' 6"
Junior
Camryn Goodman

Camryn Goodman

Throws
Senior
Kate Gulbrandsen

Kate Gulbrandsen

Jumps
Sophomore
Hillary Holmes

Hillary Holmes

Multi
Senior
Stephanie Izard

Stephanie Izard

Multi
5' 7"
Senior
Kate McCormick

Kate McCormick

Distance
5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Taylor Baker

Taylor Baker

Sophomore
Throws
Anne Charles

Anne Charles

Sophomore
Mid-Distance
Devinne Cullinane

Devinne Cullinane

Sophomore
Mid-Distance
Mary-Alice Davison

Mary-Alice Davison

Sophomore
Mid-Distance
Taylor Drayton

Taylor Drayton

Sophomore
Throws
Rochelle Forbes

Rochelle Forbes

Senior
Sprints
Maya Golliday

Maya Golliday

5' 6"
Junior
Pole Vault
Camryn Goodman

Camryn Goodman

Senior
Throws
Kate Gulbrandsen

Kate Gulbrandsen

Sophomore
Jumps
Hillary Holmes

Hillary Holmes

Senior
Multi
Stephanie Izard

Stephanie Izard

5' 7"
Senior
Multi
Kate McCormick

Kate McCormick

5' 10"
Senior
Distance