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PHILADELPHIA ? The Cornell women had a very successful two days of competition at the historic Penn Relays on Thursday and Friday, claiming four victories, three top-five individual finishes in Championship races, two school records, a school freshman record and several alterations to the all-time school top 10 lists.
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The Relays got off to an auspicious start in the field events on Thursday as senior co-captain Victoria Imbesi claimed the Eastern Shot Put title, coming through with a clutch sixth (and final) throw of 48' 10 1/4? to win the event, a mark that was easily an ECAC qualifier and an outdoor seasonal best. Imbesi has been on a roll this outdoor season and concluded her collegiate career at the Penn Relays with yet another great performance.
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On the track in the relays, the 4x400 claimed the Heps race for the second year in a row, winning in dominant fashion, six seconds ahead of second-place Princeton. The line-up of freshman Udeme Akpaete (55.4), sophomore Zena Kolliesuah (54.8), sophomore Katie Woodford (57.0) and junior Ebolutalese Airewele (56.3) ran 3:43.72 to add another Penn Relays wheel to the Cornell collection.
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Earlier, two other relays put in good efforts. The 4x100 of freshman Rochelle Forbes, Kolliewuah, Airewele and Woodford ran 47.76 to better the ECAC standard, finishing fifth in their heat. And a young distance medley relay team gained valuable experience, placing 11th in their heat as freshman Sarah Holl (3:41.13 for 1,200), sophomore Emily Woodford (57.85 for 400), sophomore Elyse Wilkinson (2:12.41 for 800) and freshman Kristen Niedrach (4:58.29 for 1,600) teamed up to run 11:49.67.
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Closing out relay action on Friday, the Big Red smashed the school record in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay to win the Eastern Section and earned yet more Penn Relays hardware, placing third overall out of all colleges. The team of sophomore Mina Amick-Alexis (14.3), freshman Hillary Holmes (14.3), junior Zaakirah Daniels (14.1) and freshman Kayla Wong (14.9) ran 57.59, breaking the school record set two years ago by over half a second.
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On Thursday night in the distance carnival, the Cornell women again proved to be among the best in the nation with yet another remarkable showing. All seven women finished in the top 10 of the College Championships sections, claiming Cornell's first ever win in the 3K, a runner-up in the 5K as well as a medal-winning fifth-place effort in the 3K. These performances produced five changes to the school all-time top 10 lists, as well as a school record and a school freshman record.
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Junior Rachel Sorna powered to victory in the women's 3000 Championship to earn a Penn Relays watch, dictating the tempo of the race in setting a school outdoor record of 9:20.36. Placing fifth was fellow All-American senior Genna Hartung, who set an outdoor personal best of 9:32.42 to move to No. 10 all-time at Cornell. And in eighth was freshman Caroline Kellner, who took six seconds off the old outdoor school freshman record with a personal best of 9:37.69, good for eighth place. This is Kellner's second freshman record of the year (to go along with her indoor 5K record), and she joins classmates Liz Crissy (high jump), Dina Iacone (10K) and Claire Devoe (3K steeplechase) in helping re-write the freshman record books this outdoor season.
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Earlier in the evening in the steeplechase, DeVoe had a very good debut at the Penn Relays, placing eighth in the Championship 3K steeple section, running 10:45.42, easily under the ECAC standard.
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Immediately after the 3000 Championship was the 5000 Championship, and for the second race in a row, Cornell had three in the top 10. Senior co-captain Katie Kellner battled fellow All-American Corey Conner of Maine to the very end, running a very strong race to place second, crossing the line in 16:10.85, an outdoor personal record and good for No. 2 all-time at Cornell. Kellner waged a tactical and well-executed race, finishing just behind the defending champion in the event.
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Cornell had two other outstanding performances in the race as senior Kate Rosettie closed strongly to set an outdoor personal mark of 16:35.69 to place ninth (to move to No. 8 all-time at Cornell), and junior Devin McMahon ran very well to set a lifetime personal best of 16:37.15 to place 10th (good for No. 10 all-time at Cornell).
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Cornell had several other good showings on the weekend. In the College Pole Vault, seniors Claire Dishong and Lindsey Patterson both cleared 11' 11 3/4?, while freshman Liz Crissy was over 5' 4 1/2? in the Eastern High Jump. In the College Javelin, sophomore Felicia Reid threw 98'.
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The day after the Penn Relays conclude, Cornell will finish up the regular season by hosting the Big Red Invitational on Sunday, April 28. The meet promises to be a competitive one with several college and top club teams from the Northeast and Canada entered.
Source: http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/4/26/WTRACK_0426135451.aspx
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