HENRIETTA, NY – The University of Rochester women's track and field team finished with a flurry, claiming wins in the final two events contested to rally past the field and claim its fourth straight Liberty League Outdoor Track & Field Championship title on Saturday afternoon at the RIT Track & Field Complex.
 
After completing the high jump, the 19th of 21 events in the meet, Ithaca College held a 14-point lead over second place RPI and led by 17 over Rochester. The next event, was the 4x400 meter relay, the final track event of the day, with Rochester claiming a title, trimming the deficit to just 12 points, passing RPI in the process.
 
The final event to finish on Saturday was the discus, with senior Cora Rose earning first place and sophomore Aimee Oszer earning fourth (39.55 meters), scoring 15 total points for the Yellowjackets. That score, coupled with just one additional point being added to Ithaca after an eighth place result, allowed the Yellowjackets to vault past the Bombers and claim the title by a razor-slim 2-point margin.
 
Overall, UR finished with 193.5 team points, edging Ithaca's 191.5 points. RPI was third at 181 points with Vassar finished fourth at 101. RIT (95), Union (40.5), St. Lawrence (14.5) and Bard (0) completed the 8-team field.
 
Rose's throw in the discus was 44.06 meters, establishing a new Rochester record, along with breaking the Liberty League association record, meet record and RIT facility record. The mark ranks #26 in Division III this season and surpassed the previous school record of 42.95 meters set by Kari Leap back in 2021.
 
The Yellowjacket senior thrower received women's Field Performer of the Meet honors following the competition.
 
Every point mattered on the day for Rochester, with 25 podium (top-8) finishes overall. The Yellowjackets claimed five league titles on day two, had four other top-3 results and posted 17 times or distances that qualified for the All-Atlantic Regional Championships in a few weeks.
 
UR also saw another school record fall, courtesy of sophomore Nora Chen in the 400 meter hurdles. Chen broke her own Rochester record with a finish of 1:01.25, setting a new meet and facility record as well. Chen claimed the league title with the time and moves up to #4 on the Division III performance list this season.
 
Teammate Eva Ciuffetelli made it a 1-2 finish for Rochester in the 400 hurdles, with the sophomore running a time of 1:02.55 to earn second.
 
Megan Bell claimed two individual and one relay title on Saturday, leading the Yellowjackets in several big scoring events. Bell won the 400 meters, 800 meters and anchored the 4x400 meter relay that posted a win to help the late comeback.
 
Bell was named Co-Track Performer of the Meet for her performance, earning the award for the second time in 2025, as the senior was named Indoor Track Performer of the Meet earlier this season.
 
The relay team was made up of Ciuffetelli, Chen, Maya Hatch and Bell, with the group finishing in 3:53.68, a new RIT facility record. Individually, Bell won the 400 meters in 55.08 seconds and the 800 meters in 2:13.84, also breaking the facility records.
 

Besides Bell, UR had two other scorers in both the 400 meters and 800 meters. In the 400, Rochester had a 1-2-3 finish, with Chen finishing second in 57.68 seconds and Raquella Casserino posting a PR of 56.87 seconds to rank third.
 
In the 800 meters, Rita Sciortino hit a PR for the second day in a row in the event, finishing fourth in 2:16.90 while Emily Dill ended eighth in 2:30.92 to score on team point towards UR's score.
 
UR also had three scorers in the shot put, led by Rose who finished third with a toss of 12.38 meters, a regional qualifier. Deziree Garrick finished fifth at 11.79 meters and Madison Vargas claimed eighth with a mark of 11.58 meters.
 
During the 1500 meters, the 'Jackets had three regional qualifiers in Sab Lin, Dill and Maria Khalifet. Lin finished fifth with a personal-best time of 4:43.65. Dill also hit a personal-best of 4:46.63 to earn eighth, while Khalifeh wrapped up the race in tenth at 4:49.49.
 
It was a similar situation in the 5000 meters for Rochester, with two scorers and three regional qualifiers. Alicia Lawson shaved over 45 seconds over her previous best time in the event to finish fifth at 17:43.16. Ellie Ponko was eighth at 18:01.74 and Riley Joseph ran a PR of 18:31.71, finishing 15th in what proved to be a fast race.
 
In addition to her third in the 400 meters, Casserino finished fourth in the 200 meters (25.83 seconds) and ran on the 'Jackets 4x100 meter relay that also finished fourth. She was joined on the relay team by Tina Kyriacou, Hatch and Lizzie Merrill, with the group crossing the finish in 49.63 seconds, an AARTFC qualifier.
 
Also in the field events, Gracie Conlan finished sixth during the triple jump with a jump of 10.61 meters, while teammate Ashleigh Barrett finished eighth with a mark of 10.46 meters. Nora Dreslin added a scoring performance in the high jump, tying for sixth place with a 1.42 meter height.
 
The Yellowjackets also earned a few key points in the heptathlon, with Julia Largett finishing sixth and Julie Durham ranking seventh. Largett ended up with 3,406 points over the seven-event competition, while Durham had 3,209 points.
 
Up next for Rochester, the team will compete at the St. John Fisher Last Chance Meet next Sunday, May 11th, with regionals taking place the following Wednesday and Thursday.