Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Adds 19 Recruits to 2012-13 Roster

8/20/2012 3:09:00 PM | Cross Country, Track and Field

By: Columbia University Athletics

NEW YORK - Nineteen new recruits will be a part of Columbia's men's cross country and track and field team for the 2012-13 season. The recruits hail from far and wide and bring a wide variety of talents to the cross country team and indoor and outdoor squads.

Below is a brief snapshot of the incoming class, with personal bests and other notes on the incoming student-athletes:

Name	Events	Hometown	High School	Personal Bests/Notes
Trevor Bell	Sprints/Field	Fannett, Texas	Hamshire Fannett	100m: 10.7; Triple Jump: 14.35m; High Jump: 2m
Bryan Browne	Sprints/Hurdles	Georgetown, Mass.	St. John's Prep	300m: 35.4
Yelnats Calvin	Sprints	Reisertown, Md.	Landsdown	200m: 21.7; 400m: 49.3
Jin-Woo Choi	Sprints	Gwang-Ju, South Korea	St. Paul's (N.H.)	100m: 10.91
Taylor Click	Middle Distance	Lake Forest, Ill.	Lake Forest	800m: 1:54
Ben Deal	Distance	Charlottesville, Va.	Albemarle	Ninth at Virginia XC State meet
Quinn Devlin	Distance	Downingtown, Pa.	Downingtown	2 mile: 9:21
Tyler Gibbons	Distance	Basking Ridge, N.J.	Ridge	Runner-up at NXN Northeast XC Regional
Ben Golestan	Distance	Southlake, Texas	Carroll Senior	3200m: 9:15
Chancelor Griffin	Field	Houston, Texas	Strake Jesuit	Long Jump: 6.86m; Triple Jump: 14.35m
Corey Hammond	Sprints	Huntington Beach, Calif.	Mater Dei	110m hurdles: 14.94; 300m hurdles: 37.35; 400m: 49.61
Jonathon Harper	Distance	Phillipsburg, N.J.	Phillipsburg	3000m: 8:32
Kyle Lewin	Distance	Hartland, Wis.	Arrowhead	6th place at NXN Heartland XC
Aubrey Myjer	Distance	Mountain View, Calif.	Mountain View	3rd place at California Division II state meet; NXN XC national qualifier
Ryan Rodrigues	Middle Distance	Corona Del Mar, Calif.	Corona Del Mar	800m: 1:56
Tait Rutherford	Distance	Fort Collins, Colo.	Fort Collins	2 mile: 9:35
Declan Starrett	Sprints	Chagrin Falls, Ohio	University	100m: 10.8; 200m: 21.7
Marc Violone	Distance	Armonk, N.Y.	Byram Hills	3000m: 8:35; 2 mile: 9:12
Dustin Wilson	Distance	Philadelphia, Pa.	Chestnut Hill Academy	13th at FootLocker XC Nationals; 2 mile: 9:02; mile: 4:12