ResultsONEONTA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's track & field team snapped the 4x100-meter school record and hit 12 ECAC qualifiers, six on the track and six in the field, Saturday at the Oneonta May Meet. Ithaca won five events.
Ithaca's team of sophomores
Lizzi Dowling and
Eliza Dewart, junior
Harmony Graves and sophomore
Sarah Werner won the 4x100 in 48.56 setting a new school record. Two previous Bomber relays had owned the record of 48.58.
Claiming gold in the 100- and 200-meter dashes Werner and Graves raced to finishes of 12.56 and 25.59, respectively.
Graves teamed with sophomore
Christine Kelly, Dewart and freshman
Colleen Smith for a 3:55.81 finish in the 4x400 to place second.
Two Bombers finished as runners-up in the 100 and 400 hurdles. Junior
Christine Benway finished the 100 hurdles in 15.44 and classmate
Leigh Martino crossed the finish line of the 400 hurdles in 1:05.57.
Freshman
Brandy Smith won the discus with a toss of 36.92 meters and senior
Elaine Abdulky won the hammer with a throw of 46.08 meters.
Junior
Emilia Scheemaker placed second in the triple jump with a mark of 11.68 meters.
Freshman
Natalie Meyer cleared 1.58 meters in the high jump, good for third.
Sophomore
Alex Rechen and senior
Shannon Meehan finished three-four in the pole vault with clears of 3.42 and 3.27 meters, respectively.
The Bombers will travel to Rensselaer for the 2014 ECAC Outdoor Championships Thursday and Friday, May 15-16.