Lions Place Eight At The Metro Season Opener

Friday, December 6

Staten Island, N.Y.

3:00 p.m.

Columbia

Metro Season Opener

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

12/7/2019 9:39:00 AM | Track and Field

Results (PDF)

Columbia Track & Field locked up eight first place finishes in the 2019-20 season opener.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The 2019-20 Indoor Track & Field season got off to a roaring start for Columbia Track & Field as the Lions took eight first place finishes, with first-year Tessa Green (60m), sophomores Lauren Micham (60m H), Jackie Patterson (1,000m) and junior Terri Turner (One-Mile) all locking up wins for the women and sophomore Brodie Holmes (60m) along with juniors Jackson Storey (1,000m), Noah Johnson (Shot Put) and Jack Pihlkar (Weight Throw) finishing first for the Lion men in a solid first day of the 2019-20 season at the Metro Season Opener on Friday, Dec. 6 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.

HOW THE MEN FINISHED (FIELD EVENTS): Columbia's men took part in two field events, and the Lions dominated both the shot put and the weight throw, with Pihlkar tossing a first place mark of 59-10.5/18.25m in the weight throw to finish first, his third first place finish in the weight throw in his career. But Pihlkar was not alone at the top, as the Lions finished one, two and three in the event as senior Hunter Hasley recorded a mark of 53-2.25/16.21m to finish second and Johnson, who finished first in the shot put, finished third with a mark of 49-10.5/15.20m to give Columbia the top three spots in the weight throw.

Johnson, before finishing third in the weight throw, hit a mark of 47-10/14.58m in the shot put to finish first in that event, giving Columbia a clean sweep of the field events, they were competing in. Hasley, who recorded a mark of 41-5.75/12.64m, finished ninth in the shot put, to give Columbia two finishers in the top 10.

HOW THE MEN FINISHED (TRACK EVENTS): On the track, Columbia added to its first-place finish totals, with Holmes blazing to a first-place finish in the 60-Meter Dash, finishing with a personal best time of 6.96. First-year Jahi Hernandez, racing his first collegiate 60m, crossed at 7.00 flat, to finish fourth giving Columbia a pair of top five finishers.

In the 1,000-Meter Run, Columbia again dominated the top of the results, as Storey raced to a personal record time of 2:27.73 to finish first in the race. Not to be outdone, senior Jacob Caswell crossed with a third-place time of 2:30.62 and sophomore Ian Irish clocked a time of 2:33.72 to finish fourth as the Lions put three inside the top five.

HOW THE WOMEN FINISHED (TRACK EVENTS): Much like the men, the women had a strong day as well and it started with Green's 7.74 in her first collegiate 60m to take first in the race. Crossing inside the top five, joining Green, was Micham, who crossed with a time of 7.84 to finish fourth overall.

Micham, who finished strong in the 60m, parlayed her strong start to a first-place finish in the 60m H and it started in the preliminary round where she clocked a time of 8.52 to win Heat One and clinch her spot in the finals. In the finals, Micham again ran a strong race to finish with a first-place time of 8.55.

Columbia's distance runners got some work in as well, and in the 1,000m Patterson scorched the track to finish with a PR time of 2:57.31 to take first in the race, and she was joined by first-year Clio Dakolias, 3:04.68 (fourth) and junior Sydney Groom, 3:04.98 (fifth) in giving Columbia three inside the top five. In the One-Mile, Turner set the pace in the first one-mile of her career, finishing in 5:13.87 to collect the first-place finish. First-Year Cassidy Williams joined Turner inside the top three, crossing the line in 5:23.23 to finish third in her first collegiate race.

HOW THE WOMEN FINISHED (FIELD EVENTS): Columbia's best finish in the field came in the weight throw, when junior Amanda Cooper tossed a PR mark of 42-5.5/12.94m to finish seventh, while junior Gia Monachino tossed a 10th place mark of 39-9.25/12.12m, giving Columbia a pair inside the top 10.

COLUMBIA RESULTS

Metro Season Opener (Dec. 7, 2019 / Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex)

Women's Track Results
60-Meter Dash: 1. Tessa Green, 7.74; 4. Lauren Micham, 7.84; 11. Rachel Marsh, 7.91; 21. Iman Sule, 8.10
60-Meter Hurdles (Prelims): 1. Lauren Micham, 8.52q (Heat One)
60m H (Finals): 1. Micham, 8.55
500-Meter Dash: (1. Olga Kosichenko, CPTC New Balance, 1:14.51); 2. Sule, 1:14.77; 7. Alexis Knight, 1:17.95; 10, Carlita Taylor, 1:18.20; 14. Peyton Jones, 1:20.31
1000-Meter Run: 1. Jackie Patterson, 2:57.31; 4. Clio Dakolias, 3:04.68; 5. Sydney Groom, 3:04.98
One-Mile Run: 1. Terri Turner, 5:13.87, 3. Cassidy Williams, 5:23.23
4x400-Meter Relay: (1. (A) White, Williams, Lally, Smith, Temple, 3:51.47); 4. Sule, Groom, Taylor, Jones, 3:57.27
4x800-Meter Relay: (1. (A) Higgins, Fox, Urbach, Podles, St. Joseph's (Pa.), 10:11.56); Dakolias, Williams, Patterson, Turner, DNF

Women's Field Results:
Shot Put: (1, Tiffany Hanna, Wagner, 12.39m); 12. Hailey Montgomery, 9.12m
Weight Throw: (1. Hanna, Wagner, 16.62m); 7. Amanda Cooper, 12.94m; 10. Gia Monachino, 12.12m; 14. Kayla-Rae Gordon, 11.01m; 16. Montgomery, 10.76m

Men's Track Results:
60-Meter Dash: 1. Brodie Holmes, 6.96; 4. Jahi Hernandez, 7.00; 14. Karibi Hart, 7.09; 15. Chris Balthazar, 7.10; 50. Moe Abusway, 7.49
60-Meter Hurdles (Prelims): (1. Josiah Cadet, Wagner, 8.456q); 2. Abusway, 8.460q (Heat Four)
60m H (Finals): (1. Sam Aviles, Rider, 8.11); 8. Abusway, 11.22
500-Meter Dash: (1. Kimorie Shearman, LIU, 1:03.67); 8. Holmes, 1:05.98; 14. Avery Brown, 1:07.33; Hernandez, 1:07.35; 16. Gio Trejos, 1:07.48
1000-Meter Run: 1. Jackson Storey, 2:27.73; 3. Jacob Caswell, 2:30.62; 4. Ian Irish, 2:33.72
One-Mile Run: (1. Ben Finnigan, Wagner, 4:20.86); 5. Nixon McKenzie, 4:24.50; 8. Juan Lasso, 4:31.59; 9. Juan Zarate-Sanchez, 4:32.35
4x400-Meter Relay: (1. (A) Zenny, Abel, Boateng, Jones, Stony Brook, 3:18.79); 5. (A) Avery Brown, Holmes, Troy Martig, Trejos, 3:23.75; (B) Balthazar, Hart, Hernandez, Abusway, DNF
4x800-Meter Relay: 1. (A) Caswell, Irish, Lasso, McKenzie, 7:47.74

Men's Field Results:
Shot Put: 1. Noah Johnson, 14.58m; 9. Hunter Hasley, 12.64m; 13. Matt Lange, 12.29m
Weight Throw: 1. Jack Pihlkar, 18.25m; 2. Hasley, 16.21m; 3. Johnson, 15.20m; 25. Lange, 8.66m

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