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Brandy Smith

Women's Track & Field

Women's Track & Field Excels at Penn Relays, Meets Eight ECAC Qualifiers

Results

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Ithaca College women's track & field team was represented Thursday and Friday at the 2014 Penn Relays at Franklin Field. Ithaca met eight ECAC qualifiers during the meet.
 
On Thursday, the Bombers competed in seven events hitting the ECAC standard in each. On the track, the team of sophomores Lizzi Dowling and Eliza Dewart, freshman Rose Paskoff and sophomore Sarah Werner raced to a 50.42 finish in the 4x100-meter relay. Later in the day, sophomore Christine Kelly, junior Leigh Martino, Dewart and rookie Julia Jones teamed together to clock a 4:02.90 finish in the 4x400.
 
Individually on the track, Martino clocked a 1:05.22 finish in the 400 hurdles and junior Alexa Rick crossed the finish line of the 10K in 36:37.29.
 
Three competed in field events on Thursday. Junior Emilia Scheemaker had a 5.33-meter leap in the long jump, freshman Brandy Smith had a 38.60-meter heave in the discus throw and senior Elaine Abdulky had a toss of 46.81 meters in the hammer throw.
 
Scheemaker rounded out ECAC-good performances on Friday with an 11.34-meter finish in the triple jump. Ithaca's relay of Dowling, Dewart, junior Alex Lewis and Kelly raced to a 1:44.92 finish in the 4x200 Friday. The 4x200 is not contested at the ECAC Outdoor Championships.
 
The Bombers return to action on Sunday, April 27 at Cornell's Big Red Invitational and the NYSCTC Multi Event Championship at RIT.