Lions Head To Metro Season Opener And TCNJ Winter Open To Get 2019 Started

Friday, December 6

Staten Island, N.Y.

3:00 p.m.

Columbia

Metro Season Opener

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Lions Head To Metro Season Opener And TCNJ Winter Open To Get 2019 Started

12/5/2019 4:06:00 PM | Track and Field

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Columbia Track & Field will split the squad on the opening weekend of 2019, but will stay within the NYC limits.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y./NEW YORK – The 2019 Indoor Track & Field season finally gets rolling for Columbia Track & Field on a busy weekend within the New York City limits, as the Lions will open their 2019 campaign with a visit to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York for the Metro Season Opener on Friday, Dec. 6 (3 p.m.), while another collection of Lions will head to familiar territory as on Saturday, Dec. 7, they head to The Armory to take part in the TCNJ Winter Open (6 p.m.) for a full opening weekend of action.

This will be the fifth straight season the Columbia opens the indoor season with a visit to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex to take part in the Metro Season Opener. As for the TCNJ Winter Open, which was a late addition to the schedule, this is the first time Columbia will take part in the event, but the third straight season that TCNJ has hosted a season opening meet at The Armory.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Metro Season Opener (Dec. 6): Live Stats | Twitter (@ColumbiaXCTF)
TCNJ Winter Open (Dec. 7): Live Stats | Twitter (@ColumbiaXCTF)

SPLIT LIONS: Columbia, in its opening weekend of the 2019 indoor season, will split the squad up, sending a large collection of runners to Staten Island, while focusing primarily on jumps at the TCNJ Winter Open. The Lions, who do not compete again until, Jan. 12, when they head back to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex for the Great Dane Classic, will look to use this weekend as a chance to get as many Lions as possible a competition under their belt before the winter break.

COLUMBIA PARTICIPANTS

METRO SEASON OPENER (DEC. 6)
Staten Island, New York (Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex)

Men's Track Events:
60-Meter Dash – Troy Martig (Sr.); Karibi Hart (So.); Brodie Holmes (So.); Chris Balthazar (Fr.); James Chung (Fr.)
500-Meter Dash – Giovanni Trejos (Jr.); Avery Brown (So.); Holmes; Jahi Hernandez (Fr.)
800-Meter Run – Vasilis Kopanas (Sr.)
1000-Meter Run – Jake Caswell (Sr.); Jackson Storey (Jr.); Ian Irish (So.)
One-Mile Run – Juan Lasso (Fr.); Nixon McKenzie (Fr.); Juan Zarate-Sanchez (Fr.)
60-Meter Hurdles – Moe Abusway (Fr.)
4x400-Meter Relay – (A) Abusway, Balthazar, Chung, Hernandez
4x800-Meter Relay – (A) Caswell, Irish, Lasso, McKenzie, Storey, Zarate-Sanchez

Men's Field Events:
Shot Put – Hunter Hasley (Sr.); Noah Johnson (Jr.); Matt Lange (Fr.)
Weight Throw – Hasley; Johnson; Jack Pihlkar (So.); Lange

Women's Track Events:
60-Meter Dash – Iman Sule (Sr.); Lauren Micham (Jr.); Shirley Green (Fr.); Rachel Marsh (Fr.)
500-Meter Dash – Sule; Carlita Taylor (Jr.); Peyton Jones (So.); Brianna Hodges (So.); Alexis Knight (Fr.)
1000-Meter Run – Sydney Groom (Jr.); Jackie Patterson (So.); Clio Dakolias (Fr.)
One-Mile Run – Terri Turner (Jr.); Cassidy Williams (Fr.)
60-Meter Hurdles – Micham
4x400-Meter Relay – (A) Groom, Micham, Sule, Taylor
4x800-Meter Relay – (A) Dakolias, Williams, Patterson, Turner

Women's Field Events:
Shot Put – Hailey Montgomery (So.)
Weight Throw – Amanda Cooper (Jr.); Gia Monachino (Jr.); Montgomery; Kayla-Rae Gordon (Fr.)

TCNJ WINTER OPEN (DEC. 7)
New York, New York (The Armory)

Men's Track Events:
60-Meter Dash – Brock Thompson (Sr.)

Men's Field Events:
High Jump – Luke Ciarelli (So.); Nate Gramentine (Fr.)
Pole Vault – Ben Poth (Jr.); Tiber Seireeni (So.); Will O'Brien (Fr.)
Triple Jump – Alpha Barry (Sr.)

Women's Track Events:
60-Meter Dash – Anna Jordahl-Henry (Fr.)
60-Meter Hurdles – Madelyn Sessler (Jr.)

Women's Field Events:
High Jump – Grace Campbell (Jr.); A. Jordahl-Henry; Julia Jordahl-Henry (Fr.)
Pole Vault – Brittney Raffo (Jr.)
Long Jump – Sessler; Casidy Cunningham (So.); Tiffany Bautista (Fr.)
Triple Jump – Kali Hatcher (So.); Bautista

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