RESULTS

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Junior Taryn Cordani of the Ithaca College women's track & field team became the 35th individual national champion in school history as she set an NCAA Division III meet record in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:28.15 at the Indoor Championships on Friday evening at the Al B. Carius Track in Naperville, Ill.

Cordani topped the previous DIII record by 4.7 seconds, which was set by Lenore Moreno of La Verne in 2014 with a time of 16:32.85. She also shattered her own school record and the facility record at North Central College by 30 seconds.

Through eight minutes of the race, Cordani sat comfortably in second place. She then made her move to the front of the pack on the 12th lap, and by the 10:30 mark, began to lap the field.

The Douglas, Mass. native clocked splits between 37.65 and 41.19 seconds, but then turned it on during the final lap and finished in 35.56 seconds.

She is the 25th student-athlete at Ithaca College to secure a national title, and is the first indoor track & field member to do so since Emma Dewart '12 won the pentathlon in 2011-12. Cordani is also the first indoor runner to claim a national title since 1991-92, when Ann Marie DelSignore '94 also won the 5K.

DelSignore held the school record in the 5K until Cordani broke it earlier this season.

Cordani will compete again tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m. (Central Time) in the 3,000-meter run. She was an All-American last year in the 3K with an eighth place finish.