GENEVA, Ohio – Just like the 2017 indoor season, the nationally-ranked No. 4 Ithaca College women's track & field team finished as the national runners-up at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships on Saturday, May 27 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Ithaca totaled 37 total team points to only trail Washington University of St. Louis in the team standings. The second place finish is the best in outdoor school history, as the previous best team placement was sixth in 2011.
The Bombers went into Saturday's final day of competition in first place with 30 points with two events to go. Wash U had not accumulated any points prior to Saturday, but would compete in seven finals events on the day with 10 athletes and a relay team.
On Saturday, Ithaca earned one point towards its team total as junior Amber Edwards finish eighth in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.45 seconds.
Heading into the 5,000-meter race later that day, in which junior Taryn Cordani was competing, Ithaca fell back to third in the team standings. Carthage passed the Bombers with 33 points, but Cordani moved IC back into the runner-up spot with a third place finish in 16:46.68, which equated to six points.
On Thursday, Ithaca jumped out with 28 points as Cordani and senior Brandy Smith won national titles in the 10,000-meter run and discus, while senior Katherine was the runner-up in the pole vault. Junior Denise Ibarra and freshman Beth Cripps also competed on Thursday in the steeplechase and pole vault, but neither factored into the team scoring.
Those recaps can be read here: CORDANI | SMITH | TEAM RECAP
On Friday, Smith secured her seventh all-time All-America accolade as she finished seventh in the shot put with a mark of 14.05 meters. Edwards ran in the 100-hurdle prelims later on in the day.
Here is a full recap of Friday's events.
With the six All-American performances this past weekend, Ithaca has now accumulated 114 all-time over the two seasons and 62 All-Americans in outdoor.
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