Amaechi Does It Again with Ivy League, Princeton and Meet Record in the Discus

Saturday, April 20

Princeton, N.J.

Princeton University

Larry Ellis Invitational

Princeton University men's and women's track and field, Sam Howell Invitational, Princeton, NJ, April 6, 2019.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Amaechi Does It Again with Ivy League, Princeton and Meet Record in the Discus

April 20, 2019 | Women's Track and Field

Results

Sophomore Obiageri Amaechi continues to rewrite the Ivy League records book in the women's discus with another historic moment at the 2019 Larry Ellis Invitational this afternoon.

Amaechi won the discus with a new PR of 57.71 (189-4) to out-do the Princeton and Ivy League record she set just two weeks ago. Already the meet recorder holder in the event, she also managed to put it further out of reach from the rest of the competition.

Sophomore Julia Harisay and freshman Jalah Morris also placed in the top five with personal bests. Harisay was fourth with a 44.85 (147-1) and Morris fifth with a 44.45 (145-10). The pair also went 5-6 in the shot put as Harisay found 13.62 (44-8.25) and Morris had another PR as she hit 13.11 (43-0.25) her first time breaking 13 meters.

Another Princeton win came from freshman Hanne Borstlap in the pole vault. She won the event with a 3.75 (12-3.5), passing on the opening three heights before easily clearing 3.60 and 3.75 on her first attempts. Sophomore Alexandra Munson was sixth at 3.60 (11-9.75), matching her PR, in her first competition of the outdoor season.

In the high jump, junior Hadley Wilhoite took second place with a new personal best. She cleared 1.67 (5-5.75) to improve upon her 1.65 from 2017. Freshman Emma Daughtey was ninth with a 1.57 (5-.175).

More PRs came in the throws from junior Ellen Scott-Young and freshman Luisa Chantler Edmond. Scott Young was third in the hammer with a 57.14 (187-5) on her fourth attempt improving upon her previous best of 55.75 from just two weeks ago. She also had throws of 55.32, 56.28 and 55.15. Chantler Edmond had her best throws on her final attempts hitting an identical 52.04 (170-9) on her fifth and sixth throws – her first time throwing past the 50-meter mark.

Rounding out the field events, freshman Kajsa Souter had the best mark for the Tigers in the long jump with a 5.16 (16-11.25) and freshman Emily Wilson was eighth in javelin with a 36.54 (119-10).

On the track, sophomore Melia Chittenden won the 5k with a 16:43.00. She was in the top five throughout the entire heat of 25 competitors. After 1400 meters she moved from fifth into second and took the lead at 3000. Senior Madison Offstein was fourth at 16:55.41 and senior Laura Hergenrother was 13th at 17:14.19.

It was another week of senior Allie Klimkiewicz pushing herself to a PR in the steeplechase. Between the first meet of the season and today, Klimkiewicz has competed in three steeplechases and has shaved time off dramatically each time. Today she finished third with a new PR of 10:16.12(43.64, 1:19.27, 1:21.30, 1:21.77, 1:22.78, 1:24.58, 1:24.81, 1:17.99). She was steady in her splits and never strayed out of sixth place. She began the season with a 10:30 before a 10:23 at Sam Howell two weeks ago.

Senior Jackie Berardo was seventh in the elite 800 with a time of 2:06.34, while senior Anna Jurew was 11th at 2:09.07. Princeton alum Cecilia Barowski clocked 2:05.53 to take fifth.

In the elite 1500 junior Alie Fordyce put up a PR of 4:23.10 (51.26, 1:09.27, 1:11.94, 1:10.64).

Junior Devon Block-Funkhouser was fifth in the 400 hurdles 1:02.12 as she continues to trim time this season as she gets back to form after missing indoor season. In all three meets she has steadily closed in on her PR of 1:00.49.

Fellow 400-meter hurdler Carly Bonnet ran the flat 400 today and took second in heat 3 and 11th overall with a 56.63.

In the 100, freshman Grace Lanouette was sixth a PR of 12.27 and took 10th in her first 200 meter with a time of 25.10. Junior Heide Baron ran a PR in the 100 with a 12.26 and was fifth in the 200 at 24.90.

In the unseeded 1500, sophomore Clare Martin had the top time for the Tigers are she ran a PR of 4:46.60 (53.77, 1:16.81, 1:17.64, 1:18.40). The time was the second best in heat 3 and top collegiate time in the heat. She was in seventh place after 300, moved up six places into first after 700 meters and maintained that through the bell with Indira Avila (Henwood Hounds) clipping her on the final lap.