Junior Dani Silas impressed with a big personal best of 8.79 to win the 60 hurdles.  An ECAC qualifier, her time is also #6 all-time at Cornell.  Classmate Kate Schillinger set a personal best 9.10 in the prelims and finished fifth in the final. Yet another junior, Molly Glantz, ran to victory in the 500, crossing the line in the 10th best time in school history, 1:15.37.  Freshman Ryan Wooley had a good first race to place second, running 1:17.21.  Also doing very well on the track were junior Melissa Hewitt (40.51, 2nd, #8 all-time) and Reimnitz (40.77, 3rd) in the 300 and senior co-captain Mecha Santos (4th, 7.87) in the 60.  A pair of freshmen sprinters also looked strong:  Anjelique Parnell was fifth in the 60 at 7.88 and Ebolutalese Airewele had a pair of good races (6th, 7.96 in the 60 and 5th, 41.55 in the 300).  Senior Katie Sullivan was fourth in the 3K in 10:26.06 and freshman Liz Simpson was sixth in 10:33.33.

In the field, the Cornell women had a pair of first place finishes:   senior co-captain Kim Lienhoop won the high jump with a clearance of 5-5 and sophomore Victoria Imbesi reached 43-1 1/2 to claim the shot put.  Junior Erin Rossi had a personal best 49-4 1/2 to place second in the weight throw while senior Cassie Schweighofer placed second in the shot put at 42-9 3/4 and fourth in the weight at 48-3 1/2.  Junior Kristin Brandt had a good series in the triple jump to start her season on a positive note, reaching 38-8 1/4 to place second in the triple jump.  Sophomore Becky Delong was second in the long jump at 17-9, while freshman Shannon Daniels (17-4), Schillinger (17-3 1/2) and Brandt (17-2) took the next three places.  Elsewhere in the jumps, freshman Sarah Udelhofen placed fifth in the high jump at 5-3.  Also doing well was sophomore Claire Dishong, who was fourth in the pole vault at 11-3 3/4.    

The Big Red won all three relays:  the distance medley relay of sophomore Alyssa O'Connor, junior Bry Bonavita, senior co-captain Kim Standridge and junior Christine Curtis ran 12:17.48, then Standridge, O'Connor, senior Alana Levy and sophomore Liz Reamer ran 9:28.39 in the 4X800 and Wooley, junior Kelsey Reimnitz, Glantz and junior Jess Wilson claimed the 4X400 in 3:56.78.  An all-freshman team of Lauren Lloyd, Leanne Fernandes Meaghan Werle and Andrea Sielicki took second in the 4X800 in 9:42.80.  

Complete results can be found here:

Final exams begin next week at Cornell.  After winter break, the Big Red returns to action with the Southern Tier Collegiate Open at Barton Hall on Friday, January 7 and then will travel for the first time to the Penn State Nittany Lion Challenge on January 15.