Track and Field News Releases

Hawkins nearly breaks own school mark in winning 1500 run

Coming up -Thursday, April 30, at Loras Twilight, Loras College, Dubuque, 4 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, May 1-2, at Iowa Conference Multi-Events, Central College, Pella.

Ram rewind - Cornell senior Rachelle Hawkins (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly), battling back from an Achilles injury, returned to her winning form in taking the title in the 1500-meter run at the Kip Janvrin Open Friday, hosted by Simpson College in Indianola. No team scores were recorded.

Hawkins raced to victory in a competitive field featuring 49 runners in the 1500. She crossed the finish line in a swift time of 4 minutes, 45.41 seconds, coming within .06 seconds of resetting her own school record in the event established earlier this season. Danielle Magargee of UW-Milwaukee came in second in 4:47.09.

"Rachelle has been hampered with an injury since the Rhodes Invitational (March 28) and this was a nice return to racing for her," Cornell head coach Lonnie Speidel said. "She ran the relay at Grinnell (April 18) to test it out and proved with this race that she'll be ready for the conference meet. She's worked tremendously hard on cross-training and with our trainer, Eric, to get back to where she started the outdoor season."

Junior Allison Nappe (Monticello/Monticello) threw a lifetime best in the discus. She placed sixth with a mark of 126 feet, 11 inches. Senior Julia Hanson (Charles City/Charles City) finished two places behind in 125-08. The Rams also got a solid performance in the triple jump from Brittany Sperl (Boyd, Wis./Stanley-Boyd), who placed seventh in 32-07.75.

The Cornell men received top-10 individual finishes from freshman Marshall Kraker (Parshall, Colo./West Grand) and sophomore Roli Teko-Folly (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo) in the field events. Kraker reached the finals in the javelin throw and placed ninth with a mark of 146-10. Teko-Folly went 38-02.25 in the triple jump and took 10th.

Junior James Wohrley (Dixon, Ill./Dixon) set a personal record in the pole vault with a mark of 12-11.50, placing 11th. Andrew Tobben (Washington, Mo./St. Francis Borgia) took 11th in the 5000 (15:54.78) and Reed Skoog (Overland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission South) was 13th in the 400 (51.14).

The Rams resume competition Thursday at the Loras Twilight Meet in Dubuque. Wohrley and Dan Netwal (Eldridge/North Scott) will compete in the decathlon at IIAC Multi-Events Friday and Saturday, hosted by Central College in Pella.

Wohrley will try to build off his pentathlon title at the IIAC Indoor Championships in February. The Rams crowned last year's IIAC decathlon champion in James Klobucar, who graduated last spring.

Kip Janvrin Open
Simpson College
April 24
Indianola, Iowa

Cornell Women's Results
200 dash - 28. Leanne Carberry 28.75, 39. Jennifer Bays 31.03. 400 run - 16. Carberry 63.49, 24. Bays 68.49. 800 run - 44. Allison Newman 2:44.43. 1500 run - 1. Rachelle Hawkins 4:45.41, 22. Allie Jagielo 5:11.43, 47. Hannah Cargill 6:28.21. 5000 run - 17. Lindsey Kuhlmann 19:38.61, 28. Andrea Aerts 20:14.17, 35. Laura Lindsay 21:09.14. 4x100 relay - 8. (Carberry, Jessica Strains, Brittany Sperl, Anna Guittar) 54.61. High jump - Cayla Techlin 4-07.00. Pole vault - 13. Michelle Hannemann 8-00.50. Long jump - 19. Sperl 14-06.50. Triple jump - 7. Sperl 32-07.75, 10. Strains 32-00.25. Shot put - 15. Kelsey Harper 33-06.00, 16. Kirtley Hitt 33-05.75, 20. Jenny South 27-08.00. Discus - 6. Allison Nappe 126-11, 8. Julia Hanson 125-08, 20. Kelly Kall 96-10. Hammer throw - 20. Madison Craw 127-02, 26. Kall 107-01. Javelin - 14. Harper 69-06, 15. Techlin 68-03, 16. Hitt 67-02, 17. South 60-09.

Cornell Men's Results
200 dash - 31. Khaliph Green 23.81, 57. Denis Jimenez 26.69. 400 run - 13. Reed Skoog 51.14, 37. Green 54.30, 46. Jimenez 61.42. 800 run - 29. Kirkwood Donavin 2:01.78, 36. Matt Evans 2:02.53, 63. Andrew Jacobsmeyer 2:18.65. 1500 run - 20. Chase Nowak 4:09.67, 27. Adam Rooyakkers 4:14.19, 38. Chris Stadler 4:19.21. 5000 run - 11. Andrew Tobben 15:54.78, 24. Ben Jacobs 16:20.29, 32. Tommy LeForce 16:38.35, 48. Mark Gilarski 18:56.04. 110 hurdles - 19. James Wohrley 16.89. 400 hurdles - 35. Dan Netwal 63.69. 4x400 relay - 8. (Wohrley, Skoog, Rooyakkers, Evans) 3:29.08. High jump - 10. Dan Netwal 5-11.50, 16. Roli Teko-Folly 5-07.75. Pole vault - 11. Wohrley 12-11.50. Long jump - 30. Jimenez 16-08.00, 32. Benedict Beluchukwu 15-04.75. Triple jump - 10. Teko-Folly 38-02.25, 13. Beluchukwu 33-05.25. Shot put - 26. Marshall Kraker 39-05.25. Discus - 20. Kraker 131-07, 29. Chase Johnson 117-05. Hammer throw - 25. Johnson 119-02, 29. Kraker 103-02. Javelin - 9. Kraker 146-10, 12. Netwal 143-08, 18. Wohrley 139-04.