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Jay & Co. Lead Cornell To Second Straight Title
Created: 5/4/2003 7:02:44 PM
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Men's Field | Men's Running | Women's Field | Women's Running | Photos
After Cornell’s Katy Jay and Yale’s Joslyn Woodard crossed the finish line following the 200-meter dash, Jay said to Woodard, “We gave them another show.”
And that’s exactly what they gave the crowd at DeWitt-Cuyler Complex as Jay’s Big Red defended its Outdoor Heps title but not without a fight from Woodard, the O’Neill twins and the rest of the Bulldog squad.
Kate O’Neill became the first woman ever to win the 5,000 meter run three consecutive years at the Heptagonal Games when she crossed the finish line at 16:39.64, less than a second ahead of her sister Laura. In 2002, the O’Neill’s also finished one-two, again less than a second apart with Kate coming in first. Yesterday in the 10,000 meters, Laura became the only woman to win that event in three consecutive years with her time of 35:47.30. Again, her sister finished a close second, coming in with a time of 35:47.87.
In a race anchored by Jay, the Cornell women set a new Heps record in the 4x100-meter relay, blazing a time of 46.32 shattering the old mark of 46.60 set by Brown in 1991. Yale’s team, anchored by freshman Woodard, also broke the old standard with a time of 46.49 and now has the second-fastest time in Heps history. Joining Jay on the record setting squad were sophomore Shonda Brown, junior Merili Mosley, and freshman Jan Seale while, sophomore Candace Arthur, senior Anika Krieder and sophomore Aisha Cort joined Woodard on the second place Bulldog team.
Jay, running in lane four in the 400-meter dash, got off to a great start and cruised to a win with a 53.78 clocking, sixth best in outdoor Heps history. Cornell racked up points in this event with Jessica Brown coming in second and defending champion in this event, Kari Steed finishing fourth. Sandwiched in between the Big Red runners was Harvard’s Anne Hillier at 56.21.
The duel between Jay and Woodard continued in the 100-meter dash, with Woodard coming out on top, with a wind-aided 11.79 showing and Jay right behind her at 11.86. Brown’s Jaylon White and Yale’s Aisha Cort rounded out the top four. To cap the day, Jay ran the anchor leg in the 4x400-meter relay, as the Big Red cruised to victory with the sixth best time ever at Heps with a time of 3:44.45.
The O’Neill’s capped their League careers with another impressive display in the 3000-meter run, as Kate won her second consecutive title with a time of 9:32.43, shaving nearly 12 seconds off her time from last year. Laura finished second at 9:33.22, more than 10 seconds ahead of Princeton’s Cack Ferrell. For their awesome display of endurance, both we awarded Performers of the Meet.
Only in its second year in existence, Columbia’s Delilah DiCrescenzo, bettered last year’s 3,000-meter steeplechase time of 10:55.38 by almost 18 seconds, crossing the line at 10:37.79, earning the Light Blue 10 of its 62 overall points for a sixth-place finish. Cornell again registered points with a second-place finish from senior Carlan Gray with a time of 10:41.96.
Sophomore Stacey Nadolny helped out the Cornell cause as she repeated as the Discus Throw champion with a throw of 45.74 meters, followed by Harvard junior BreeAnna Gibson with a toss of 43.46 meters as the Crimson finished third with 90 points.
Penn got a first place finish from senior Julia Siebert-Johnson in the Javelin Throw with a toss of 48.68, while Brown got two first-place finishes from junior Kate Rowinski in the High Jump and senior Lauren Contursi in the Pole Vault.
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Related Sports: Outdoor Track
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