Tartans Compete at Ohio State

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's track and field team competed at the Ohio State University Tune-Up on Friday, February 19 against teams from Division I, Division II and Division III.

Senior Taylor Maggiacomo (Temecula, Calif./Great Oak) placed 12th in the mile run, finishing in a career-best 5:22.99 with senior Liz Snyder (Somerset, Pa./Somerset) also running a career-best, placing 15th in 5:25.06.

Junior Sommer Farber (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) finished the 60-meter hurdles in a career-best time of 9.93 seconds and the 60-meter dash in a career-best time of 8.88 seconds.

Senior Kira Ragazzo (Frederick, Md./Urbana) ran the 3,000-meter run in 10:36.98 to place 11th while junior Shaheen Essabhoy (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto) finished 15th overall in the 800-meter run, crossing the line in 2:28.05.

Sophomore Kiersten Chuc (Cupertino, Calif./Monta Vista) threw the weight throw 12.19 meters to place 21st and the shot put 8.09 meters to place 25th.

Freshman Debarati Bhanja (New Albany, Ohio/New Albany) recorded a season-best mark of 4.85 meters in the long jump, junior Rebecca Fortner (Navarre, Ohio/Fairless) cleared 1.58 meters in the high jump, while freshman Tessa Allen (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Bishop Montgomery) cleared 1.53 meters in the high jump.

Next up for the Tartans is the University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor Track and Field Championships on February 27-28 in New York, New York.