RESULTS

ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's track & field team put together a dominating performance on Friday evening in a home dual at the Athletics and Events Center against SUNY Cortland, as the Bombers secured 12 first place performances out of 16 events. The Bombers outscored Cortland in the meet, 94-33.

Graduate student Katherine Pitman quickly moved along in the pole vault as she cleared her first three heights up to 4.15 meters and currently holds a half-meter edge nationally in the event. Pitman made a run at the all-time NCAA Division III indoor record at 4.27 meters, but just narrowly clipped the bar on all three tries.

Senior Denise Ibarra won the mile by nearly 11 seconds with a time of 5:15.62, while fellow senior Christina Rucinski prevailed in the 3,000-meter run at 11:19.49.

Junior Gianna Folz measured out 5.10 meters in the long jump to win the event, while sophomore Caity Schmitz was the runner-up at 5.04 meters. Junior Jordan Beckley finished in fourth at 4.85 meters.

In the triple jump, freshman Sydney Strelec topped the Ithaca-heavy field at 10.64 meters, while sophomore Elizabeth Gee was the runner-up at 10.39 meters. Schmitz was third with a mark of 10.32 meters and freshman Molly Sear came in fourth with a leap of 10.24 meters.

Freshman Samantha Healy won the shot put at 11.54 meters, and sophomore Kendall Wellauer came in second at 11.18 meters. Senior Charis Lu took third with a mark of 10.90 meters. Lu was also the runner-up in the weight throw at 14.42 meters, while Wellauer finished in third at 14.19 meters. Senior Caitlin Noonan finished in fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 13.99 meters.

Also in the 3K, sophomore Annie Morrison was the runner-up in 11:25.32, classmate Kelly Farrell took third in 11:25.83 and senior Georgia Caplen was fourth in 11:36.36.

Senior Amber Edwards won the 60-meter hurdles in 9.12 seconds, and Folz was third at 9.54 seconds.

Sophomore Meghan Burd won the 60-meter dash in a time of 8.11 seconds, while classmate Amanda Wetmore followed shortly behind in 8.12 seconds.

Sophomore Estelle Yedynak led the way in the high jump with a mark of 1.63 meters, while junior Catherine Larkin finished in second at 1.48 meters. Senior Brianna Hayes also cleared 1.48 meters to come in third, while freshman Ariyahna Bernard was fourth at 1.43 meters.

In the 4x400-meter relay, junior Maggie Nickerson, freshman Lily DiMartino, sophomore Jessica Fritzsch and sophomore Maria Matkoski claimed the top spot in 4:19.42. Sophomore Jessica Competiello, junior Viktoria Schultz, freshman Amanda Bushway and Hayes took second in 4:28.15.

The 4x200-meter relay team of sophomore Alexandria Rheaume, senior Kassandra Reagan, junior Britany Swarthout and freshman Sarah Lachenmayr won the event in 1:49.25.

Ithaca's runners-up in the event, Burd, Edwards, Wetmore and freshman Allura Leggard completed the race in 1:49.65.

Freshmen Juliann Terry and Julia Nomberg each cleared 3.20 meters in the pole vault to finish in second and third, while classmate Emily Carey was fourth at 2.90 meters.

Swarthout clocked a time of 1:02.52 in the 400-meter dash to finish as a runner-up, while Schultz trailed in 1:02.74. Bushway was fourth in the event at 1:04.19.

Nickerson claimed runner-up honors in the 800-meter run at 2:27.75, while Competiello was fourth at 2:28.50.

Freshman Jaime Sheppard took third in the 200-meter dash at 28.13 seconds, while Reagan was fourth at 28.27 seconds. Leggard placed fourth in the 60 dash in 8.20 seconds.

Ithaca is off until its annual Alumni Celebration on January 6 and will then head to NYC for the Towson Invitational at the Armory on the 13th.