Records Continue To Fall At The Cornell Open
Cornell, N.Y.- The Houghton Track & Field team competed this
weekend at the Cornell Open. The Highlanders toppled three Houghton
College school records and recorded several top-five finishes. The
Cornell Open is considered one of the top events featuring over 25
schools in attendance.
Naomi Christensen (Houghton, NY/
Houghton Academy) broke the school record in the women’s 60m Dash
with a time of 8.24. The previous mark was shared by Sarah Gardner
and current senior, Sarah Whipple at 8.34.
Another record that fell was the
women's 4x400m relay. Darby Emerson (Windsor, Co./Windsor), Kaitlin
Smith (Woodhull, N.Y./Jasper-Troupsburg), Carolynn Tomlinson
(Victor, N.Y./Home School) and Lydia Parsons (Jamestown,
N.Y./Jamestown High School) finished in 2nd place and improved their
time from the previous week, running a 4:08.19.
Darby Emerson finished 5th in the 800m running a 2:21.13, meeting
the provisional qualification time for nationals.
Kaitlin Fadden (Hyde Park, N.Y./FDR High School) finished 2nd in the
5000m with a time of 18:30.32.
Naomi Christensen finished 5th in the 400m, improving her
provisional qualification time with a 59.21.
Kaitlin Smith finished 3rd in the 500m
with a time of 1:25.49.
The Men's team secured their first
provisional qualifier of the year with Dan Ballard (Syracuse,
N.Y./Faith Heritage Academy) finishing 5th in the Mile with a time
of 4:23.16. Ballard also finished 2nd in the 1000m with a time of
2:35.50.
Steve Scott (Gouverneur, N.Y./Gouverneur)
broke a Houghton College record, finishing 4th in the 400m with a
time of 51.28.
Also, Jesse Braswell (Loudonville, OH/ Northwestern) became Houghton
College's first ever athlete to compete in the heptathlon, his 2 day
total was 3744 points.
The Houghton track and field team will compete next at the Kane Open
at Cornell University on February 16.
