No. 28 Lion Women Set To Compete At The NCAA National Championships

Saturday, November 23

Bronx, N.Y.

9:30 a.m.

Columbia

IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Sofia Camacho

No. 28 Lion Women Set To Compete At The NCAA National Championships

11/22/2019 1:29:00 PM | Cross Country

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At Van Cortlandt Park, the other half of the No. 28 Lion women along with the Lion men will compete at the ECAC/IC4A Championships.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. / BRONX, N.Y. – After earning an at-large bid following the Northeast Regional Championships the No. 28 Columbia Cross Country women are set to compete in the NCAA Cross Country National Championships, set to run at the Lavern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana, with their 6K set to get going at 11:15 a.m., while the second half of the Lion women and the Lion men will compete in the ECAC/IC4A Cross Country Championships, held at Van Cortlandt Park, with the men's 8K starting at 11:15 a.m. and the women's 5K going at 12:00 p.m.

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NATIONAL BOUND: Following their fourth place finish at the Northeast Regionals, and a strong season which saw the Lion women finish ahead of several programs bound for Terre Haute at a handful of events, the Lion women earned an at-large bid and will head to the national championships carrying a No. 28 national ranking. This is the third straight year that the Lion women will compete at the National Championships, with the Lions finishing 28th overall in 2017 and 18th overall in 2018 for end the 2018 season ranked No. 18 in the nation.

At the regionals, the Lions had a pair of top 10 finishes, with senior Katie Wasserman (sixth) and junior Allie Hays (ninth) earning All-Region honors following their strong performance where they both finished with personal best times. Last season, both Wasserman and Hays raced at the Nationals, with Hays finishing 101st and Wasserman coming 120th.

BRONX BOUND: While a handful of the Lion women compete at nationals, the other portion of the Lion women, along with the Lion men, will compete at the ECAC/IC4A Championships, which are hosted at the friendly confines of Van Cortlandt Park. The last time the Lions ran at Van Cortlandt Park, things went rather well, with the women taking the Ivy League Heps team title and senior Kenny Vasbinder taking the men's individual title.

This is the sixth straight season that the Lions will compete at the ECAC/IC4A Championships and it's the fourth race the Lions will run at VCP this season.

COLUMBIA PARTICIPANTS

NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Terre Haute, Indiana (Lavern Gibson Cross Country Course)

No. 28 Women (6K)
Emily Acker (Sr.)
Bianca Alonzo (Sr.)
Katie Wasserman (Sr.)
Allie Hays (Jr.)
Sofia Camacho (So.)
Linnaea Kavulich (So.)
Emily Virtue (So.)

ECAC/IC4A CHAMPIONSHIPS
Bronx, New York (Van Cortlandt Park)

No. 28 Women (5K)
Emily Digman (Sr.)
Terri Turner (Jr.)
Emily Rooney (So.)
Clio Dakolias (Fr.)
Angela Saidman (Fr.)
Isabel Schmidt (Fr.)
Cassidy Williams (Fr.)

Men (8K)
Owen Bishop (Jr.)
Aaron Breene (Jr.)
Dominic Dyer (Jr.)
Jonathan Lauer (Jr.)
Pat Bayeux (So.)
David Vorbach (So.)
Tyler Berg (Fr.)

FOLLOWING THE LIONS: Stay up to date on all things Columbia Cross Country by following the Lions on Twitter (@ColumbiaXCTF), Instagram (@columbiaxctf) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).