Columbia Heads Uptown For The Armory Last Chance Meet

Friday, February 21

New York, N.Y.

3:00 P.M.

Columbia

Armory Last Chance

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Columbia Heads Uptown For The Armory Last Chance Meet

2/20/2020 11:29:00 AM | Track and Field

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Columbia Track & Field heads to The Armory for the Friday, Feb. 21 meet that starts at 3 p.m.

NEW YORK – After an indoor season chock-full of events and top marks, Columbia Track and Field will compete in one final competition before the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 29-Mar. 1) as the Lions will send a handful of student-athletes up to 168th street to The Armory to take part in the Armory Last Chance Meet on Friday, Feb. 21 with the first events set to get going at 3 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Armory Last Chance Meet: Live Stats | Twitter (@ColumbiaXCTF)

SETTING A RECORD: During the previous weekend, Columbia first-year Jahi Hernandez set a school record in the 200-Meter Dash, clocking a time of 21.61 seconds at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Feb. 15. What made the mark impressive was that fellow Lion, sophomore Brodie Holmes, who held the school record entering the race, broke his own record by running a 21.78 in the previous heat before Hernandez took to the track and passed Holmes for the record.

WASSERMAN CRACKS THE TOP 15: Senior Katie Wasserman clocked a personal record time of 4:40.29 in the One Mile Run at the Camel City Invitational (Feb. 7) to finish sixth in that race. What made the time impressive was that it was, at the time, the 15th best time in the country and it still sits inside the top 25 as the 21st best mark in the country and the third best mark in the Ivy League.

ALONZO COASTS: During the Villanova Invitational, on Feb. 1, senior Bianca Alonzo turned out an impressive performance in the 1,000-Meter Run, finishing second in the event, while running a personal record time of 2:48.96. What makes that time stand out, is that was the fastest time run in the Ivy League up to that point in the season, and it now sits as the seventh best.

HATCHER JUMPS WITH THE BEST: During the Dr. Sander Invite, sophomore Kali Hatcher, on her final jump in the triple jump, leaped to a new personal record mark of 42-6.75/12.97m to take the title in that event by a large margin. What made the mark impressive was the fact that it was, at the time, the 15th best mark set in the country this season, and even several weeks later it still sits as the 25th best mark in the nation.

PIHLKAR CHASING A TITLE: At the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia tri-meet on Jan. 18, junior Jack Pihlkar tossed a PR mark of 61-10.25/18.85m to take first in the weight throw. What made the toss impressive was that at the time, it was the 54th best performance in the country and best performance in the Ivy League.

The mark was surpassed by Michael Coppolino shortly after Pihlkar's toss on Jan. 18, but at the Dr. Sander Invite, Pihlkar and Coppolino faced off with each other, and Pihlkar showed that he is a part of the three-horse race at the top of the league in the weight throw. Pihlkar barley missed his PR mark, throwing a distance of 61-9.50/18.83m, to finish third, but his mark bested Coppollion's fourth-place mark, setting the tone for the remainder of the season as things begin to build towards the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps on Feb. 29 in Ithaca, New York.

COLUMBIA PARTICIPANTS

ARMORY LAST CHANCE (FEB. 21)
New York, New York (The Armory)

Women's Track Events:
200-Meter Dash: Tessa Green (Fr.); Rachel Marsh (Fr.)
500-Meter Dash: Peyton Jones (So.)
800-Meter Run: Emily Digman (Sr.); Linnaea Kavulich (So.); Rachel Kenny (So.); Alex Rodman (So.); Emily Rooney (So.); Delaney Sanacore (So.); Terri Turner (Jr.); Cassidy Williams (Fr.)
One-Mile Run: Samantha Marin (Jr.); Alex Rodman (So.); Angela Saidman (Fr.)

Women's Field Events:
Long Jump: Casidy Cunningham (So.)

Men's Track Events:
200-Meter Dash: Troy Martig (Sr.)
500-Meter Dash: Vasilis Kopanas (Sr.)
800-Meter Run: Owen Bishop (Jr.); Aaron Breene (Jr.); Jacob Caswell (Sr.); Brandon Hicks (So.); Ian Irish (So.); Juan Lasso (Fr.); Jackson Storey (Jr.)

Men's Field Events:
High Jump: Ernest Robertson (So.)
Pole Vault: Will O'Brien (Fr.); Ben Poth (Jr.); Tiber Seireeni (So.); Logan Rubasch (So.)

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