ITHACA, N.Y. — Women's track and field head coach Rich Bowman was named Ivy League Co-Coach of the Year, the conference announced Wednesday morning. Bowman led Cornell to an impressive second-place finish at Ivy League Heptagonals last weekend in Barton Hall. He shares the honor with Heps champion Harvard head coach Jason Saretsky. In addition, freshman Leena L. Morris was named First-Team All-Ivy, while nine Cornell athletes combined for a total of 11 second-team honors.
With Bowman at the helm, Cornell had its best Indoor Heps in years, finishing just 13 points behind defending champion Harvard and more than 20 points ahead of third-place Dartmouth.
 
In her first career Heps, Morris earned the Ivy title in the weight throw, breaking the school record in the process with a throw of 63-10 1/4 to earn First-Team All-Ivy honors.
 
Senior sprinter Udeme Akpaete was named Second-Team All-Ivy for her runner-up finish in an incredibly competitive 400 meters field, finishing in 55.34 seconds. Joining her is sophomore Taysia Radoslav, who placed second in the 500 at 1:12.75, the third-best time in Cornell history. In the distances, senior Kristen Niedrach earned a second-team nod in the 1000, crossing the line in 2:48.41, and classmate Caroline Kellner placed second in the 5000 in 16:26.95.
 
Cornell's 4x400 relay team of freshman Kat Quigley, Radoslav, freshman Ellery Bianco and Akpaete was also named Second-Team All-Ivy, finishing in 3:45.71.
 
In the field, sophomore Kate Gulbrandsen's impressive day in the high jump earned her second-team recognition as she cleared 5-10 1/2, the second-best jump in Cornell history. Freshman Autumn Covington finished second to classmate Morris in the weight throw to join the second team, while sophomore Michaela Smith earned a nod in the shot put.
 
Cornell will be represented by 16 members of the women's track and field team at ECAC Championships this weekend in Boston.
 
MOST OUTSTANDING TRACK PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Autumne Franklin, Harvard (Sr. – Owings Mills, Md.)

MOST OUTSTANDING FIELD PERFORMER OF THE MEET
Allison Harris, Princeton (Jr. – Toronto)

CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR
Rich Bowman, Cornell
Jason Saretsky, Harvard

FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash – Gabrielle Thomas, Harvard (Fr. – Florance, Mass.)
200m dash – Gabrielle Thomas, Harvard (Fr. – Florance, Mass.)
400m dash – Autumne Franklin, Harvard (Sr. – Owings Mills, Md.)
500m dash – Cecilia Barowski, Princeton (Sr. – Amherst, N.H.)
800m run – Shannon McDonnell, Yale (Sr. – Shoreham, N.Y.)
1,000m run – Sarah Hardie, Columbia (So. – Eastport, N.Y.)
One mile run – Helen Schlachtenhaufen, Dartmouth (Jr. – Lake Forest, Ill.)
3,000m run – Dana Giordano, Dartmouth (Sr. – Bernardsville, N.J.)
5,000m run – Natalie Schudrowitz, Brown (So. – Milwaukee)
60m hurdles – Autumne Franklin, Harvard (Sr. – Owings Mills, Md.)

4 x 400m relay – Harvard: Gabrielle Thomas (Fr. – Florance, Mass.); Autumne Franklin (Sr. – Owings Mills, Md.); Christi Scott (Sr. – Englewood, Colo.); Jade Miller (Jr. – Temecula, Calif.)

4 x 800m relay – Brown: Alexis Van Pernis (So. – Kailua Kona, Hawaii); Jeanine Noordam (So. – San Jose, Calif.); Clare Peabody (So. – Aptos, Calif.); Taylor Worthy (Jr. – Medfield, Mass.)

DMR – Harvard: Paige Kouba (Jr. – Eugene, Ore.); Jackie Modesett (Jr. – Houston); Kieran Gallagher (Sr. – Los Altos Hills, Calif.); Courtney Smith (So. – Westchester, Pa.)

High jump – Kaitlin Whitehorn, Dartmouth (Sr. – Huntington, N.Y.)
Pole vault – Allison Harris, Princeton (Jr. – Toronto)
Long jump – Gabrielle Thomas, Harvard (Fr. – Florance, Mass.)
Triple jump – O'Sha Williams, Brown (Sr. – Jamaica, N.Y.)
Shot put – Nikki Okwelogu, Harvard (Jr. – Fresno, Calif.)
Weight throw – Leena Morris, Cornell (Fr. – Woodstock, Ga.)
Pentathlon – Taylor Morgan, Princeton (Sr. – Maple Glen, Pa.)

SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY
60m dash – Ngozi Musa, Harvard (Fr. – Seattle)
200m dash – Imani Solan, Penn (Fr. – Montebello, N.Y.)
400m dash – Udeme Akpaete, Cornell (Sr. – Silver Spring, Md.)
500m dash – Taysia Radoslav, Cornell (So. – Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada)
800m run – Ashley Forte, Princeton (So. – Worthington, Ohio)
1,000m run – Kristen Niedrach, Cornell (Sr. – Medford, N.J.)
One mile run – Ashley Montgomery, Penn (Jr. – Mt. Pleasant, Mich.)
3,000m run – Natalie Schudrowitz, Brown (So. – Milwaukee)
5,000m run – Caroline Kellner, Cornell (Sr. – West Windsor, N.J.)
60m hurdles – Jade Miller, Harvard (Jr. – Temecula, Calif.)

4 x 400m relay – Cornell: Kat Quigley (Fr. – Wexford, Pa.); Taysia Radoslav (So. – Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada); Ellery Bianco (Fr. – Gansevoort, N.Y.); Udeme Akpaete (Sr. – Silver Spring, Md.)

4 x 800m relay – Columbia: Brittney Wade (Jr. – Bethesda, Md.); Olivia Sadler (Sr. – Bristol, England); Libby Kokes (Fr. – Portland, Ore.); Sarah Hardie (So. – Eastport, N.Y.)

DMR – Penn: Abby Hong (So. – Manhattan Beach, Calif.); Rachel Hlatky (Sr. – Brooklyn Heights, Ohio); Carey Celata (Jr. – Philadelphia); Ashley Montgomery (Jr. – Mt. Pleasant, Mich.)

High jump – Kate Gulbrandsen, Cornell (So. – Palm Beach, Fla.)
Pole vault – Kaitlin McCallum, Dartmouth (Sr. – San Diego)
Long jump – Anna Williams, Columbia (Jr. – Alexandria, Va.)
Triple jump – Anna Williams, Columbia (Jr. – Alexandria, Va.)
Shot put – Michaela Smith, Cornell (So. – Newtonville, Mass.)
Weight throw – Autumn Covington, Cornell (Fr. – Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)
Pentathlon – Allison Frantz, Dartmouth (So. – Pointe-Claire, Canada)