Anderson And Vorbach Power Columbia At Coast-To-Coast Battle In Beantown

Friday, September 24

Boston, Mass.

12:00 p.m.

Columbia

Coast-to-Coast Battle In Beantown

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Anderson And Vorbach Power Columbia At Coast-To-Coast Battle In Beantown

9/24/2021 4:42:00 PM | Cross Country

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Columbia Cross Country's women finished sixth and the men finished ninth overall in the tough race up in Boston.

BOSTON — Among some tough competition, Columbia Cross Country put together a top performance, with the women finishing sixth and the men finishing ninth, to go along with a pair of Lions finishing inside the top 10, as Phoebe Anderson finished fourth and David Vorbach finished eighth overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown at Franklin Park on Friday, Sept. 24.

Overall, the women had three top 30 finishes and the men had a pair of top 50 finishes in their first real test of the 2021 season.

HOW IT HAPPENED (WOMEN): Finishing sixth in the competition, Columbia's near top five finish was powered by Anderson's outstanding performance in the 5K. Her first collegiate action, the Lion first-year finished 22 seconds of the top finisher and kept a 5:33 pace throughout the race.

Columbia's next three women finished inside the top 40, as Nicole Vanasse crossed the line in 24th (17:39), Sofia Matson finished 26th (17:43) and Linnaea Kavulich finished 37th (18:02) rounding out the top Lion performances.

HOW IT HAPPENED (MEN): In what was his second straight top 10 finish of the season, Vorbach led the Columbia men with his eighth-place finish, clocking an 8K time of 24:16 against some of the best runners in the country. His top 10 comes off his sixth-place finish at the Stony Brook Invite (Sept. 24) where he clocked a 6K time of 19:26.

Rounding out the Columbia men, was Jack Bennett, who finished in 47th with a time of 25:15 and Anish Nanjappa, who crossed the line in 54th with a time of 25:24

COLUMBIA RESULTS
Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (Sept. 24, 2021)
Boston, Mass. (Franklin Park)

Women (5K)
(1. Brynn Brown, North Carolina, 16:53) 4. Phoebe Anderson, 17:14; 24. Nicole Vanasse, 17:39; 26. Sofia Matson, 17:43; 37. Linnaea Kavulich, 18:02; 78. Emily Virtue, 18:29; 90. Sofia Camacho, 18:40; 97. Isabel Schmidt, 18:43; 119. Lauren Grela, 19:03; 121. Kaitlynn Wolfe, 19:04; 159. Rachel Kenny, 19:42

Men (8K)
(1. Gilbert Boit, Arkansas, 24:08) 8. David Vorbach, 24:16; 47. Jack Bennett, 25:15; 54. Anish Nanjappa, 25:24; 79. Michael Danzi, 25:58; 81. Ben Kuhn, 25:58; 93. Talha Syed, 26:08; 105: Owen Lockyer, 26:25; 120. Ryan Borden, 26:48; 128. Gavin White, 26:57; 130: Julian Baeza, 26:59

Open Race (Men/Women)
Jacob Ireland, 16:20; Stephen Connelly, 16:39; Caleb Gartner, 16:40; Dominic Sobhani, 17:07; Brigid McCabe, 19:05; Lilly Bradley, 19:26; Angela Saidman, 19:42; Mary Caroline Heinen, DNF

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