Indoor Track & Field Kicks Off 2022-23 Season at Rutgers Holiday Classic

Friday, December 2

New York, N.Y.

3:00 P.M.

Columbia University

Rutgers Holiday Classic

Photo by: Columbia Athletics/Daniel Addison

Indoor Track & Field Kicks Off 2022-23 Season at Rutgers Holiday Classic

12/4/2022 9:00:00 PM | Track and Field

Numerous Lions finish atop their respective events in debut

NEW YORK — The indoor track and field team began its 2022-23 campaign this weekend, starting with the Rutgers Holiday Classic on Friday afternoon at the Armory. Then on Saturday, the Lions sent student-athletes to various competitions including the Crowell Open hosted by Army West Point and the Sharonn Colvear-Danville Season Opener hosted by Boston University.

Columbia had many great performances in West Point on Friday to kick off the season.

Juan Zarate-Sanchez won the men's one-mile race with a time of 4:25.20. Meanwhile, Rory Clare took home first place inn the women's one-mile, clocking in at 5:07.25.

Sydney Goldson also had a solid weekend, taking first place in the 400m run with a time of 56.62.

In the field events, Julia Jordahl-Henry was victorious in the women's high jump with a 1.75m jump.

Meanwhile, the women's team emerged victorious in the 4x400mR.

On Saturday, Tyler Berg traveled to Boston for the Sharonn Colvear-Danville Season Opener, and set a new school record in the 5k run with a time of 13:41.

At the Crowell Open, Tiffany Bautista won the women's pentathlon with a score of 3191. She came out victorious in the 60m hurdles, shot put, long jump, and high jump with marks of 9.66, 9.37, 5.31, and 1.71, respectively.

ON DECK: The Lions will be back at it in a week, traveling to Connecticut for the Yale Season opener on Saturday, December 10 at 9:30 a.m.

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