Columbia To Compete At The Great Dane Classic

Friday, January 28

Staten Island, N.Y.

12:00 p.m.

Columbia

UAlbany Great Dane Classic

Photo by: Columbia Athletics/Daniel Addison

1/27/2022 2:55:00 PM | Track and Field

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Columbia Track & Field will also send a collection of runners to the 114th Millrose Games at The Armory on Saturday, Jan. 29.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y./NEW YORK — Columbia Track & Field makes one final trip away from The Armory when they head down to the Ocean Breeze Sports Complex on Friday, Jan. 28 to take part in the UAlbany Great Dane Classic, while a handful of Lions will make a trip to The Armory on Saturday, Jan. 29 to take part in the 114th Millrose Games in a busy weekend for Columbia.

The Great Dane Classic gets started with the women's 60-meter hurdles and the women's weight throw at 12 p.m. on Friday. While on Saturday, Columbia's first time on the track will be at approximately 1:12 p.m. in the women's 4x400-meter relay.

HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW
UAlbany Great Dane Classic – Live Stats | Social Media (@culionsxctf)
114th Millrose Games – Live Stats | Social Media (@culionsxctf)

LAST TIME OUT: Columbia last competed on Jan. 22 at the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia tri-meet where they had 13 combined first-place finishes by both the men and women. The women locked up five first-place finishes, while the men collected eight top finishes for the Lions in the Ivy League only meet.

For the men, Matt Wabunoha clocked a first-place time of 8.59 in the 60-meter hurdles, Jahi Hernandez tied for first with a time of 49.73 in the 400-meter dash and the "A" squad of Ryan Borden, Nixon McKenzie, Solomon Fountain and Michael Danzi finished first in the 4x800-meter relay. While in the field, Kam Lambert jumped 42-07.00/12.98m in the triple jump and Luke Ciarelli cleared 6-00.75/1.85m in the high jump to give Columbia a pair of men taking first in the field.

In the one-mile run, Nikki Vanasse clocked a first-place time of 4:53.22 and Sydney Goldson crossed the line in 55.97 in the 400m giving the Lions a pair of women top finishers on the track. Anna Jordahl-Henry cleared 5-06.00/1.68m in the high jump and Kali Hatcher launched a mark of 40-10.25/12.45m in the triple jump to give Columbia two winners in the field events.

BACK TO OCEAN BREEZE: The last time the Lions visited the Ocean Breeze Complex (Bill Ward Invite, Dec. 5, 2021) was also the first time the Lions had competed in 636 days and it was a record-breaking meet. Sophomore McKinlee Morris broke a 27-year-old record with her first throw in the shot put, posting a mark of 49-02.75/14.09m to finish second in that event.

16 other Lions finished first for Columbia, with Olivia Schmitt (1,000m), Jordahl-Henry (HJ), Hatcher (TJ) and both the 4x400m and 4x800m relay teams taking first for the women. While on the men's side Danzi (3,000m) Will O'Brien (PV) and 4x800m relay squad all took first place in a successful return to competition for the Lions.

REWRITING THE BOOK: At the Bill Ward Invitational on Dec. 5, 2021, Morris broke a 27-year old program record in the shot put with a toss of 46-2.75/14.09m on her first career collegiate throw. She broke the previous mark that was held by Rachelle Noble, who in 1994, posted a mark of 13.46m

COLUMBIA'S PARTICIPANTS
UAlbany Great Dane Classic
Staten Island, N.Y. (Ocean Breeze Complex)

WOMEN

60-Meter Dash: Serena Landsman

200-Meter Dash: Sydney Goldson; Brianna Hodges; Alexis Knight; Landsman; Rachel Marsh; Amara Onyeukwu; Elena Wilson; Kimmi Woods

400-Meter Dash: Tess Darnell; Sevilla Duran; Fredericka Walker

500-Meter Dash: Kali Long; Zoe Harris

800-Meter Run: Harris; Alex Rodman; Delaney Sanacore

1,000-Meter Run: Angela Saidman; Emily Virtue

One-Mile Run: Seneca Willen

High Jump: Anna Jordahl-Henry; Julia Jordahl-Henry

Long Jump: Tiffany Bautista; Helen Chu; Patrice Smith

Triple Jump: Bautista; Kali Hatcher

Shot Put: Lailah Malone; Hailey Montgomery; McKinlee Morris

Weight Throw: Malone; Montgomery; Morris

MEN

60-Meter Dash: Chris Balthazar; Jahi Hernandez; Cristian Hubbard; Dante Miller; Matt Wabunoha

200-Meter Dash: Devon Davey; Hubbard; Wabunoha

400-Meter Dash: Matt Garrett; Mike Ostuno

800-Meter Run: Nixon McKenzie; Ian Smith

One-Mile Run: Evan Manley

High Jump: Luke Ciarelli

Long Jump: Jaden Ebanks

Triple Jump: Kam Lambert

Shot Put: Yoosang Kim; Matt Lange; Patrick Passalacqua; Toby Tan

Weight Throw: Kim; Keegan Li; Tan

114th Millrose Games
New York, N.Y. (The Armory)

WOMEN

400-Meter Dash: Amara Onyeukwu

4x400m Relay: Onyeukwu, Sydney Goldson, Alexis Knight, Elena Wilson

MEN

60-Meter Hurdles: Matt Wabunoha

400-Meter Dash: Daniel Addison

4x400m Relay: Chris Balthazar, Devon Davey, James Chung, Jahi Hernandez

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