ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College indoor women's track & field team began their 2014-15 season at Cornell's Greg Page Relays on Saturday in Barton Hall. No team scoring was tallied in the meet that consisted of NCAA Division I institutions, club teams and unattached runners.

Senior Alexa Rick claimed Ithaca's top finish at the meet with a first place showing in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:36.31. Rick beat the next runner by over five seconds and the closest DIII competitor by 11 seconds. Her time was good enough to qualify for the ECAC Championships.

Junior Alex Rechen and sophomore Natalie Meyer both qualified for ECACs in field events. Rechen placed second in the pole vault with a mark of 11 feet, 9.75 inches (3.60 meters), while Meyer cleared 5' 7" (1.70 meters) in the high jump.

Meyer tied the highest mark in the high jump, but placed third due to attempts taken. She also took fifth in the long jump with a distance of 17' 1.25" (5.21 meters).

The distance medley relay team of freshman Taryn Cordani, senior Alex Lewis and juniors Colleen Vaughn and Rachelle Sartori took runner-up position with a time of 12:58.29. The team met ECAC-qualifying standards.

Sophomore Brandy Smith competed in the weight throw and came in third overall with a toss of 51' 3.5" (15.63 meters). Smith was another Bomber that qualified for ECAC's.

Freshman Sophia Feuer ran a time of 42.00 seconds in the 300-meter dash to place fifth. Feuer also teamed with sophomore Colleen Smith, junior Eliza Dewart and senior Brittany Greene in the 4x400-meter relay and took fifth with a time of 4:07.32 to meet ECAC standards.

Graduate student Allison Bartkowiak and senior Kristina Stockburger rounded out Ithaca's top finishes with fifth place showings in the 5K and weight throw. Bartkowiak clocked a time of 19:03.35 in the 5K, while Stockburger posted a mark of 48' 8" (14.83 meters) in the weight throw to qualify for ECAC's.

Four other student-athletes posted ECAC marks on Saturday. Senior Christine Benway clocked a time of 9.38 seconds in the 60-meter hurdle prelims, senior Leigh Martino completed the 500-meter run in 1:21.08, senior Emilia Scheemaker measured 11.06 meters in the long jump and junior Lizzi Dowling finshed the 60-meter dash in 7.90 seconds.

Ithaca competes again on Jan. 9 at Cornell for the Southern Collegiate Open beginning at 5 p.m.

Complete Results (men's and women's)