Amaechi Sets Ivy Discus Record; Tigers Post Multiple Top-10 Records at Sam Howell

Saturday, April 6

Princeton, N.J.

Princeton University

Sam Howell Invitational

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Amaechi Sets Ivy Discus Record; Tigers Post Multiple Top-10 Records at Sam Howell

April 06, 2019 | Women's Track and Field

Results

Princeton won five events, set an Ivy League record and more than five top-10 school records as the Tigers hosted the Sam Howell Invitational.

Sophomore Obiageri Amaechi had a personal best, Princeton record and Ivy League record in the discus with a 57.22 (187-9) today. Amaechi had already held both the program and league records after a 56.98 from the USA Junior Championships last summer, a month after she earned All-America honors in her first NCAA Championships. This season she is on par to make the NCAAs again as she moves into the top 10 in the nation. All of her throws today were over 52 meters.

Sophomore Julia Harisay was fifth in the discus with a PR of 44.32 (145-5) which moves her from 10th on the Princeton top-10 list and into eighth.

Senior Carly Bonnet won the 400 hurdles nearly breaking 60 at 1:00.01 for a new personal best. The time moves her from seventh on the Princeton top-10 list and into fifth place moving past teammate Devon Block-Funkhouser. Block-Funkhouser who is coming back from injury clocked a 1:02.37 to take third this afternoon.

Three Tigers qualified for the eight-person final of the 100 hurdlers with senior Ellie Randolph, freshman Isabella Hilditch and freshman Kajsa Souter. Randolph ran a PR of 13.80, the third best time ever clocked by a Tiger and the best since record holder Nicole Harrison in 1997. Randolph's previous best was a 13.94 from the 2017 Ivy Heps. Hilditch ran a 13.83, the fourth best time on Princeton's top-10 list. Souter had the best time in the final at 14.40.

Both 4x100 and 4x400 relays had great afternoons. The 4x100 of Randolph, Ashley Willingham, Grace Lanouette and Hilditch went toe-to-toe with St. John's, with the Red Storm winning at the tape but less than one hundredth of a second, 46.64 to 46.72. The Tigers' time is the seventh best time on the Princeton top-10 list. The 4x400 of Samantha Anderson, Bonnet, Block-Funkhouser and Willingham recorded a win with a time of 3:48.48.

Freshman Gillian Wagner was third and senior Madison Offstein was fourth in the 1500. Wagner clocked a new PR 4:24.62 (52.71, 1:12.91, 1:10.82, 1:08.19) shaiving two seconds of her time from last weekend. She made her way from 13th position after 700 meters into fifth at the bell and then gained two more places into third on the final lap. Offstein also ran a PR of 4:25.16 (52.62, 1:11.99, 1:11.32, 1:09.24).

Another personal best came from senior Allison Glossinger in the unseeded 800. She took third place at 2:13.50 (1:05.97, 1:07.54), while classmate Brighie Leach was fifth at 2:14.17 (1:06.46, 1:07.72).

In a stacked 800 meters that featured three-time NCAA champion Raevyn Rogers, senior Jackie Berardo was seventh at 2:09.26 (1:01.99 at 400) while sophomore Sophie Cantine had a PR of 2:11.07 to take 10th.

Senior Allie Klimkiewicz continues to shave time off in the steeplechase. She won the event tonight with a 10:23.42 – taking the group out in first place and maintaining the lead the entire 3000 meters. Her time bested her previous 10:30.07 from just two weeks ago and is now the seventh best time in the Princeton records book.

In the 200, junior Heide Baron posted a PR of 24.67, breaking 25 seconds for the first time and breaking into the Princeton top-10.

Senior Kerri Davidson won the triple with a jump of 12.20 (40-0.5) on her fifth attempt. She had jumps of (12.02, 11.78, 11.77, 11.56) and passed on her sixth attempt as her 12.20 is just off of her PR of 12.27 from indoors that gave her fourth at Heps. Sophomore Kara Steele was sixth with an 11.49 (37-8.5).

Freshman Hanne Borstlap was the runner-up in the pole vault at 3.65 (11-11.75) clearing it on her second attempt.

Another second-place title went to sophomore Lindsey Schmidt in the high jump as she cleared 1.65 (5-5) on her first attempt. Junior Hadley Wilhoite tied for fifth with a 1.60 (5-3).