Lions Set Eyes On Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps

Saturday, February 29

Ithaca, N.Y.

9:30 a.m.

Columbia

Ivy League Indoor Heps

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Lions Set Eyes On Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps

2/28/2020 12:19:00 PM | Track and Field

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Columbia Track & Field heads up to Ithaca, New York for Heps, with the action getting going on Saturday, Feb. 29.

ITHACA, N.Y. – The preparation work is done, and the marks have been set as now Columbia Track & Field can officially turn its attention to the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps, set to get going at Barton Hall, in Ithaca, New York, on Saturday, Feb. 29, concluding on Sunday, Mar. 1 with the entire weekend being streamed on ESPN+.

Tickets for a single day can be purchased here, and weekend pass tickets can be bought here. All other information can be found on the Ivy League's website by clicking here.

HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps: Live Stats | Watch (Day One); Watch (Day Two) (ESPN+) | Twitter (@ColumbiaXCTF)

TOP IVY MARKS: Columbia enters the weekend having had several student-athletes and the relay squads record top 10 marks within the Ivy League during the season.

Men's Top 10 Ivy League Marks
200-Meter Dash: First-Year Jahi Hernandez – 7. 21.61
800-Meter Run: Junior Jackson Storey – 3. 1:51.34; First-Year Nixon McKenzie – 7. 1:52.36; Senior Jacob Caswell – 8. 1:52.49
1,000-Meter Run: Storey – 10. 2:26.43
4x400-Meter Relay: 8. 3:21.58
4x800-Meter Relay: 2. 7:41.75
Distance Medley Relay: 1. 10:02.45
High Jump: First-Year Nate Gramentine – 5. 6-8.00/2.03m
Pole Vault: First-Year Will O'Brien – t8. 15-9.00/4.80m; Sophomore Tiber Seireeni – t8. 15-9.00/4.80m
Triple Jump: Senior Daniel Igbokwe – 1. 50-10.25/15.50m
Weight Throw: Junior Jack Pihlkar – 3. 61-10.25/18.85m; Senior Hunter Hasley – 9. 56-0.50/17.08m

Women's Top 10 Ivy League Marks
60-Meter Hurdles: Junior Lauren Micham – 6. 8.52
500-Meter Dash: Junior Terri Turner – 3. 1:14.25
800m: Senior Bianca Alonzo – 4. 2:07.98
1,000m: Alonzo – 7. 2:48.96
One-Mile Run: Senior Katie Wasserman – 3. 4:37.55
3,000-Meter Run: Junior Allie Hays – 2. 9:21.82
5,000-Meter Run: Junior Samantha Marin – 4. 16:46.75
4x400m Relay: 6. 3:46.33
4x800m Relay: 3. 9:11.36
DMR: 1. 11:18.20
High Jump: First-Year Anna Jordahl-Henry – t4. 5-7.00/1.70m; Junior Grace Campbell – t4. 5-7.00/1.70m; First-Year Tiffany Bautista – t4. 5-7.00/1.70m
Triple Jump: Sophomore Kali Hatcher – 1. 42-6.75/12.97m; Senior Maryam Hassan – 6. 40-3.50/12.28m
Pentathlon: Junior Madelyn Sessler – 7. 3,244; A. Jordahl-Henry – 10. 3,092

SETTING A RECORD: 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: 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.

HATCHER JUMPS WITH THE BEST: During the Dr. Sander Invite, 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 26th best mark in the nation.

PIHLKAR CHASING A TITLE: At the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia tri-meet on Jan. 18, 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.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

IVY LEAGUE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD HEPS (FEB. 29-MAR. 1)
Ithaca, New York (Barton Hall)

SATURDAY, FEB. 29

TRACK EVENTS
11:00 a.m. – Men's 60-Meter Dash (Heptathlon)
11:15 a.m. – Men's 60-Meter Hurdles (Semifinals)
11:30 a.m. – Men's One-Mile Run (Trials)
11:45 a.m. – Men's 60m (Semifinals)
12:00 p.m. – Women's 60m Hurdles (Pentathlon)
12:20 p.m. – Men's 400-Meter Dash (Trials)
12:35 p.m. – Men's 500-Meter Dash (Trials)
12:50 p.m. – Men's 800-Meter Run (Trials)
1:05 p.m. – Men's 1,000-Meter Run (Trials)
1:20 p.m. – Men's 3,000-Meter Run (Section Two)
1:35 p.m. – Men's 3,000m (Section One)
1:50 p.m. – Men's 200-Meter Dash (Semifinals)
2:15 p.m. – Women's 60m Hurdles (Semifinals)
2:30 p.m. – Women's One-Mile (Trials)
2:45 p.m. – Women's 60m (Semifinals)
3:00 p.m. – Women's 400m (Trials)
3:15 p.m. – Women's 500m (Trials)
3:30 p.m. – Women's 800m (Trials)
3:45 p.m. – Women's 1,000m (Trials)
4:00 p.m. – Women's 3,000m (Section One)
4:15 p.m. – Women's 3,000m (Section Two)
4:30 p.m. – Women's 200m (Semifinals)
4:45 p.m. – Women's 800m (Pentathlon)

FIELD EVENTS
11:00 a.m. – Men's Weight Throw (Finals)
12:00 p.m. – Men's Long Jump (Finals)
12:00 p.m. – Men's Pole Vault (Finals)
3:00 p.m. – Women's Long Jump (Finals)
3:00 p.m. – Women's Pole Vault (Finals)
4:00 p.m. – Women's Weight Throw (Finals)

PENTATHLON
12:00 p.m. – 60m Hurdles
12:45 p.m. – High Jump
3:00 p.m. – Shot Put
4:00 p.m. – Long Jump
4:45 p.m. – 800m

HEPTATHLON
11:00 a.m. – 60m
11:45 a.m. – Long Jump
1:00 p.m. – Shot Put
2:00 p.m. – High Jump

SUNDAY, MAR. 1

TRACK EVENTS
11:30 a.m. – Men's 60m Hurdles (Heptathlon)
12:00 p.m. – Men's One-Mile (Finals)
12:10 p.m. – Women's One-Mile (Finals)
12:20 p.m. - Men's 60m Hurdles (Finals)
12:30 p.m. – Women's 60m Hurdles (Finals)
12:40 p.m. – Men's 400m (Finals)
12:50 p.m. – Women's 400m (Finals)
1:00 p.m. – Men's 500m (Finals)
1:10 p.m. – Women's 500m (Finals)
1:20 p.m. – Men's 60m (Finals)
1:30 p.m. – Women's 60m (Finals)
1:40 p.m. – Men's 800m (Finals)
1:50 p.m. – Women's 800m (Finals)
2:00 p.m. – Men's 1,000m (Finals)
2:10 p.m. – Women's 1,000m (Finals)
2:20 p.m. – Men's 200m (Finals)
2:30 p.m. – Women's 200m (Finals)
2:40 p.m. – Men's 5,000-Meter Run (Finals)
3:00 p.m. – Women's 5,000m (Finals)
3:20 p.m. – Men's Distance Medley Relay
3:35 p.m. – Women's DMR
3:50 p.m. – Men's 4x800-Meter Relay
4:05 p.m. – Women's 4x800m Relay
4:20 p.m. – Men's 4x400-Meter Relay
4:35 p.m. – Women's 4x400m Relay

FIELD EVENTS
11:00 a.m. – Women's High Jump (Finals)
11:00 a.m. – Men's Triple Jump (Finals)
11:00 a.m. – Men's Shot Put (Finals)
2:00 p.m. – Women's Triple Jump (Finals)
2:00 p.m. – Women's Shot Put (Finals)
2:00 p.m. – Men's High Jump (Finals)

HEPTATHLON
11:30 a.m. – 60m Hurdles
12:15 p.m. – Pole Vault
3:00 p.m. – 1,000m

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