Winter recess was anything but a break for the men’s and women’s Track and Field team. The Red hosted half a dozen college teams, various clubs and unaffiliated athletes in the Southern Tier Collegiate Open in Barton Hall on Friday, Jan. 10. The women’s team walked away with six ECAC qualifiers and nine event wins, while the men logged fourteen IC4A qualifying performances and nine victories.
Freshman Grant Sisserson struck gold for a second time this month, setting a freshman record and a No. 5 all-time Cornell performance with his winning pole vault. “I had taken a considerable amount of jumps and I was starting to get tired, but the possibility of winning with one more jump pushed me to focus and get it together,” Sisserson said. “I hope that I can continue to score points for Cornell in upcoming meets and help my teammates win HEPS,” he said. “As long [as] I am improving my technique, I can’t complain.”
Up next for the Red is the Upstate Challenge, hosted in Barton Hall on Jan. 24 and 25.
