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Cornell women finish third at Dennis Young Classic

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Ram Review - Seniors Brittany Sperl (Boyd, Wis./Stanley-Boyd) and Rachelle Hawkins (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) gathered individual titles in leading the Cornell women to a third-place team finish at the Dennis Young Classic Saturday at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake.

The Rams tallied 67 points in the five-team women's meet, won by Nebraska Wesleyan with 175.

Sophomore Roli Teko-Folly (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo) scored a pair of top-four finishes for the Cornell men's team, which finished fifth with 40 points. Nebraska Wesleyan won the men's title with 186 points.

Sperl continued her undefeated indoor season in the triple jump. She recorded a season-best leap of 34 feet, 5.25 inches. It was Sperl's fourth victory in as many meets in the triple jump.

Hawkins paced Cornell's distance runners, capturing the title in the mile run in 5 minutes, 9.42 seconds. She edged runner-up Catie Ellingson of Simpson by .63 seconds and finished less than three seconds off her own school record.

"I was impressed with Rachelle Hawkins' win in the mile," Cornell head coach Lonnie Speidel said. "She ran a very smart race and had a great kick at the end to win. Brittany Sperl had a very good sequence of jumps in the triple jump to win again."

The Cornell women scored well in the 3000, placing three runners in the top four. Sophomore Allie Jagielo (Almond, Wis./Tri-County) took second in 11:04.83, followed by Amanda Jepson (Wayland/WACO) in third and Andrea Aerts (David City, Neb./East Butler) in fourth.

Cornell's 4x400 relay placed third with the group of Leanne Carberry (Idledale, Colo./Bear Creek), Hawkins, Jessica Strains (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) and Anna Guittar (Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Northeast). Sophomore Madison Craw (Mason City/Mason City) finished fourth in the weight throw and shot put. Sophomore Michelle Hannemann (Elburn, Ill./Kaneland) was fourth in the pole vault.

Teko-Folly turned in the Rams' best finish on the men's side, placing second in the high jump with a mark of 6-1 1/2. He finished fourth in the triple jump (40-8 1/4). Teko-Folly set season-best marks in both events.

Dan Netwal (Eldridge/North Scott) tied for third in the high jump. Chase Nowak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain) and Jordan Stacey (Chicago, Ill./Northside College Prep Academy) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 3000. Kirkwood Donavin (Salt Lake City, Utah/West) took fifth in the 800.

"I thought we had a pretty good meet with a lot of personal records across the board," Speidel said. "We talked about moving forward as a team heading into the conference championships (Feb. 27-28) and I think we did that Saturday. We want to continue to improve and build some confidence going into the conference meet." 

Dennis Young Classic Results
Saturday, Feb. 14
Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, Iowa

Women
Team standings - 1. Nebraska Wesleyan 175, 2. Simpson 131, 3. Cornell 67, 4. Buena Vista 59, 5. Grinnell 15.
Cornell results
200 dash - 14. Allie Nappe 30.67. 400 dash - 6. Leanne Carberry 1:04.21. 800 run - 8. Lindsey Kuhlmann 2:34.38, 11. Ellie Hutchison 2:40.15. Mile run - 1. Rachelle Hawkins 5:09.42, 5. Kuhlmann 5:28.14, 9. Hutchison 5:49.68. 3000 run - 2. Allie Jagielo 11:04.83, 3. Amanda Jepson 11:11.39, 4. Andrea Aerts 11:12.25, 8. Allison Newman 11:53.83, 9. Laura Lindsay 12:24.50. 55 hurdles - Anna Guittar 9.84. Long jump - 6. Brittany Sperl 15-08.75, 10. Nappe 13-08.75. Triple jump - 1. Sperl 34-05.75. Pole Vault - 4. Michelle Hannemann 8-04.25. Weight throw - 4. Madison Craw 44-04.75, 5. Julia Hanson 43-05, 6. Kelsey Harper 41-11.50, 7. Kirtley Hitt 40-05, 9. Kelly Kall 31-06.50, 10. Jenny South 29-05.25. Shot put - 4. Craw 37-05.75, 6. Harper 35-09.25, 7. Hitt 35-04.75, 8. South 32-09, 9. Kall 31-02.75, 10. Nappe 27-10. 4x200 relay - 4. (Carberry, Guittar, Sperl, Jessica Strains) 1:56.93. 4x400 relay - 3. (Carberry, Hawkins, Strains, Guittar) 4:25.01.

Men
Team standings - 1. Nebraska Wesleyan 186, 2. Simpson 111, 3. Buena Vista 95, 4. Grinnell 53, 5. Cornell 40.
Cornell results
55 dash - Mike Jeanmenne 7.04, Denis Jimenez 7.52. 200 dash - 22. Khaliph Green 24.73, 29. Marshall Kraker 25.71, 31. Benedict Beluchukwu 27.92. 400 dash - 9. Reed Skoog 53.20. 800 run - 5. Kirkwood Donavin 2:00.07, 8. Adam Rooyakkers 2:01.52, 16. Matt Evans 2:06.96, 19. Andrew Tobben 2:09.39, 23. Ben Jacobs 2:15.11, 25. Tyler Gough 2:17.10. Mile run - 6. Quin Purkey 4:33.44, 7. Tobben 4:34.24, 14. Chris Stadler 4:48.71, 15. Jacobs 4:49.51, 16. Gough 5:08.75, 17. Mark Gilarski 5:13.51. 3000 run - 5. Chase Nowak 9:06.55, 6. Jordan Stacey 9:14.36. 55 hurdles - 7. James Wohrley 8.61, Dan Netwal 8.94. Long jump - 8. Green 20-00.50, 11. Jimenez 17-11.50. Triple jump - 4. Roli Teko-Folly 40-08.25. High jump - 2. Teko-Folly 6-01.50, T3. Netwal 5-09.75, T6. Kraker 5-07.75, T6. Wohrley 5-07.75. Weight throw - 6. Chase Johnson 41-03.75. Shot put - 7. Kraker 42-11.50, 8. Wohrley 41-01, 10. Netwal 36-04. 4x200 relay - 4. (Skoog, Nate Schueller, Jeanmenne, Green) 1:36.19. 4x400 relay - 4. Cornell A (Skoog, Schueller, Jeanmenne, Rooyakkers) 3:35.80, 10. Cornell B (Stadler, Evans, Netwal, Wohrley) 3:44.40.