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O'Dell Rips Second-Best Throw in Princeton History as Tigers Win HYP
January 28, 2018 | Women's Track and Field
BOSTON (1/28/18) - The Princeton women's track & field team showed exceptional potential for the upcoming Ivy League Heptagonal Championships at the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet (HYP) at Gordon Track on Sunday in Boston. The Tigers finished the day with a total score of 78 points, in front of Harvard in second with 63 points and Yale in last with 40 points. For the fourth consecutive year, the Tigers outscored their historic Ivy League rivals and claimed the victory.
"Things went really well," head coach Michele Eisenreich said. "We had a lot of nice PRs and a lot of kids won races and competed hard. A win against Harvard is always a good win and it will give us a lot of momentum going into the last four weeks of the training before Heps. Next week we head to Penn State and look forward to being challenged again with some great competition."
Senior Kennedy O'Dell came in first in both the the weight throw and the shot put with respective throws of 19.29 (63-03.50) and 14.07 (46-02.00). O'Dell's 19.29 in the weight is not only a PR but the second-best throw in Princeton history behind Julia Ratcliffe '17. Following O'Dell, sophomore Ellen Scott-Young came in second for the weight throw, clearing a PR of 16.79m (55-01.00) - the fifth best throw in Princeton history. Freshman Obiageri Amaechi and Julia Harisay came in second and third for the shot put with throws of 13.64 (44-09.00) and 12.29 (40-04.00).
In the sprints, freshman Katie DiFrancesco crossed the finish line at 57.18 to win the 400 race. Sophomore Ashley Willingham came in second in the 200 dash with a 25.42 split. Junior Ellie Randolph showed her skills both on the track and the field this weekend. She placed second in the 60m hurdles with a PR of 8.63 which moves her into third place all-time at Princeton. Randolph was third in the long jump clearing 5.48 (17-11.75). She was followed by classmate Kerri Davidson, who jumped a PR of 5.44 (17-10.25).
The middle and long distance runners showed their usual power as well. Junior Anna Jurew got the gold in the 1,000 race with a finishing time of 2:49.35, marking the fifth fastest time ever run by a Tiger. Fellow classmate Brighie Leach trailed behind her in fourth with a final time of 2:58.36.
Another first-place finish came from junior Jackie Berardo in the 800 race, who crossed the finish line at 2:11.19. She was followed by freshman Sophie Cantine in second and fellow junior Allison Glossinger in third.
Junior Gabi Forrest, who was the Ivy League Cross Country Champion this past fall, had a powerful second place finish in the 3000 with a time of 9:38.57. Right behind her was sophomore Rachel Granovsky at 9:45.93 in third and freshman Melia Chittenden in fourth at 9:46.10. Senior Melissa Reed and junior Allie Klimkiewicz followed up in sixth and seventh.
Freshman Peyton Brown came in third for the mile with a finish of 4:52.59. In the same event, junior Madison Offstein placed fifth with a PR, sophomore Delaney Miller came in sixth and junior Laura Hergenrother finished in seventh.
In the 500, junior Carly Bonnet lead the four Tigers in the race with a second place finish at 1:16.47. Senior Ashley Forte, freshman Samantha Anderson and sophomore Devon Block-Funkhouser ended the race in consecutive 3-4-5 places behind Bonnet.
The A and B teams for the 4x800 and 4x400 relays both came in second and third for the Tigers.
The Tigers dominated the high jump, with sophomore Kayla Dobies, freshman Lindsey Schmidt, junior Frances Lodge and senior Maia Craver all finishing in 2-3-4-5. Freshman Kara Steele got the gold in the women's triple jump, clearing 11.64 (38-02.25).Princeton will next compete at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup at Penn State on Feb. 2 & 3. The multi-events will be put to the test with a mid-week pentathlon at Jadwin Gym on Wednesday, Jan. 31.
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