It was a day full of records as the Siena men's and women's track teams traveled to Ithaca, New York for the Cornell Upstate Challenge. Both the men and women finished in sixth place overall.

"Today's meet was a great step forward from last week," said head coach John Kenworthy. "So many of our athletes are ahead of where they were at this meet last year. We had eight performances that were Top 3 all time for our program, including three school records. And looking beyond times, we executed our strategies well and were competitive in our races. We are putting ourselves in positions to continue to improve."

Leading off the day, Sarah Forman broke the school mile record with her time of 5:03.94. In just her second meet, Freshman Shannen Kerin, set the 1000m record with her time of 3:10.08. The women's 4x800m relay team set the Siena record and is the first team to finish under the 10-minute mark. Serena Rizzo, Kerin, Forman and Carolyn Pellegrini finished the relay in 9:55.60.

Three Siena women set personal records in the mile after Forman set the school record. Rizzo set her new record with a 5:16.69 finish. Freshman, Pellegrini and Annica Penn finished in respective times of 5:26.39 and 5:47.87 as they set their records.

Shannon Bauer took a third place overall finish with her 10:18.00 time in the 3000m run, which is also the second fastest time in Siena history. Kelly Pasko took sixth place with a 10:20.74 finish and is now third fastest for Indoor in Siena history.

Abbi Wright made her indoor 800m debut and finished in 2:35.74. Agnes Eigo was the sole Saint in the 500m with her 1:27.91 finish.

Both Dominica Bleichert and Meghan McDonough set personal records in the 3000m. Bleichert finished in 10:49.85, while McDonough's new record is 11:15.25.

Nick Cornine took a first place finish in the 3000m run with his 8:50.68 time. Shaun VanBuskirk took an overall fourth place finish followed by Jack O'Hara's sixth place finish with their times of 9:05.75 and 9:06.06, respectively.

Paolo Fiore set an indoor personal record with his 2:01.22 time in the 800m. Travis Fairlee was not far behind setting an indoor personal record of his own with a time of 2:01.41.

Luciano Fiore now has the second fastest time in Siena history with his fifth place overall finish of 2:33.71 in the 1000m.

As the sole Siena male in the 500m, freshman Grant Norton came in at 1:12.60. Both Andrew Canavan and Shane Fiust-Klink set personal records in the 3000m run. Canavan set his new 3000m run at 9:11.07, while Fiust-Klink set his at 9:20.06.

Michael Carroll, Rautter, Luciano Fiore, and Norton finished third overall in the 4x800m relay with their time of 8:23.08. Siena had two teams in the 4x400m relay. The first one consisted of Jacques, Devin Laudenschlager, Rosales, and Norton who finished in 3:41.95, while Carroll,both Paolo and Luciano Fiore and Fairlee finished in 3:50.03.

The Saints will travel to Utica, New York on Saturday, Jan. 28. The meet begins at 10:30 a.m.