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Women's Track & Field Competes for #IvyHeps Title This Weekend
February 25, 2016 | Women's Track and Field
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
LIVE STREAM (Sunday Only)
LIVE RESULTS
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University women's track & field team will head to Cornell this weekend for the 2016 Ivy League Heptagonal Championship on Feb. 27-28. The Tigers look to extend upon its cross country title and improve upon last year's third-place finish.
Live stats will be available courtesy of Lancer Timing. A live webstream will also be available on Sunday, Feb. 28 beginning at 11:45 a.m., through the awards ceremony.
SPRINTS & HURDLES
Three of the top 10 times in the 60-meter hurdles belong to Tigers. Junior Allison Harris, who is also a pole vaulter, has the top time, an 8.74 from the Tiger Open. Right behind her is multi-eventer senior Taylor Morgan. Morgan raced out to an 8.83 at the Princeton Invitational the fifht time she ran under nine seconds this season. Freshman Ellie Randolph has an 8.85 from Sykes & Sabock.
In the short sprints, sophomore Christina Walter owns a top-10 league time in the 60 dash at 7.67. She has improved upon her previous PR three times this season, and also has the team's top time in the 200 at 25.11 from the HYP Meet.
MIDDLE DISTANCE/DISTANCE
Cecilia Barowski has top-10 marks in four events. She is the league leader in the 500 and 800 and is third in both the 400 and 1000. Her 800 time of 2:03.24 from last weekend's Princeton Invitational ranks third nationally - and even more impressive is that it's not even a PR for the senior who has run 2:02.14. The league leader in the 500 she clocked a 1:11.15 at home in January. Barowski has a 54.39 in the 400 and a 2:48.56 in the 500 and 1,000. She is the reigning 800 champion - winning both indoor and outdoors, and has been first or 200 in three Heps 400s.
Freshman Jackie Berardo has a top-10 time in the 500 with a 1:14.71 from last week's Princeton Invitational.
The 2015 Ivy League Cross Country Champion Lizzie Bird has the second-fastest mile time in the Ivies. She ran 4:39.32 at HYP. She also has the second-best time in the 3,000. She clocked a 9:18.42 at Fasttrack National Invite. Behind her is freshman Brighie Leach. Leach ran 9:33.28 at HYP for the ninth-best time in the league.
Juniors Katie Hanss and Zoe Sims have top-20 times in the 800 as each has a sub-2:12 and they have two of the league's best times in the 1,000 as well, in the 2:52 range.
JUMPS
All eyes will be on Harris in the pole vault. She set the Ivy League record in the event, which historically has had quite a run by the Tigers. Seven of the last 10 pole vault titles have been won by Princeton. Harris' mark of 4.20 from Sykes & Sabock is the only mark over four meters, and she has cleared four meters five times this season.
Hurdler and multi-eventer Morgan also owns Princeton's top mark in the high jump. She cleared 1.70 three times this year to sit eighth in the league. Senior Inka Busack was third in the eent last year and second in 2014.
Three of the top five marks in the long jump are by Tigers. Senior Sara Ronde has the second-best jup at 5.72m just half an inch off of the lead. She was third a year ago and then improved one place by outdoors, taking second. Morgan again comes in with another impressive mark in the long jump, a 5.63, from Sykes & Sabock and junior Ariel Becker is right behind with a 5.58.
Freshman Kerri Davidson will fight for the title in the triple jump. She has the second-best jump in the league at 12.24. Junior Alex Lanzafame has reached 11.59 this season and has an 11.80 PR.
THROWS
Sophomore Kennedy O'Dell and senior Brielle Rowe look to gain the Tigers points in the throw. O'Dell has the fourth-best Ivy League throw in the weight this year when she tossed it to 16.90 at the New Year's Invitational - a PR. Rowe reached 16.55 at the HYP Meet, good enough for sixth. Rowe was a scorer in two throwing events at the outdoor Heps. O'Dell meanwhile has the top shot put throw on the team. She found 13.19 at the New Year's Invitational.
MULTIS
Morgan has the best score in the Ivy League in the pentathlon with a 4,050. She is the only competitor a score over 4,000 points. The Princeton school record holder in the event is the reigning pentathlon champion. Senior Kerry Krause has the third-best Ivy score at 3,594 but has a PR of 3,777. She was fourth in the event a year ago. Adding to the mix is freshman Frances Lodge. Lodge recorded a 3,449, the sixth-best score in the league, in her first time competing in the collegiate pentathlon.
RELAYS
Princeton's DMR posted the league's second-fastest mark in the event this season with a time of 11:34.49 at the Tiger Open. The 4x800 relay sits third with an 8:56.36 from HYP and the 4x400 relay posted its best time of the year at the Fasttrack National, a 3:47.57.