Two Columbia School Records Fall In A Busy Weekend

Friday, February 11

New York, N.Y.

11:00 a.m.

Columbia University

Rutgers Indoor Invitational

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Two Columbia School Records Fall In A Busy Weekend

2/12/2022 7:46:00 PM | Track and Field

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Columbia Track & Field's David Vorbach (3,000m) and Jahi Hernandez (200m) each set school records as Columbia had 14 top-five finishes over the weekend.

NEW YORK/BOSTON — A pair of Columbia Track & Field men set program records as David Vorbach (3,000m) and Jahi Hernandez (200m) each rewrote the record book in their respective races, as the Lions had solid finishes across the board at the Rutgers Indoor Invitational and the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite over the busy weekend of Feb. 11-12.

Vorbach, who has now set two school records in the past two weekends, clocked a program record time of 8:00.77 in the 3,000-meter run at the Rutgers Indoor Invitational. While at the BU Invite, Hernandez broke his own school record in the 200-meter dash, finishing with a time of 21.48,

The Lions also swept the one-mile run at the Rutgers Invite, with Nikki Vanasse and Michael Danzi each taking first in the race. Not to be outdone, Phoebe Anderson took first in the 3,000m at the Rutgers Indoor Invitational, giving the Lions another sweep in a distance track event.

Overall, the Lions had four first place finishes and 14 top-five finishes at the RU Indoor Invite. While in Boston, Massachusetts, Columbia had a combined six top-10 finishes across seven events.

HOW IT HAPPENED (WOMEN): Vanasse clocked a time of 4:42.16 in the one-mile at the Rutgers Invite, finishing two seconds ahead of the second place finisher. In the 3,000m, Anderson led the way with a time of 9:23.54, but she was not alone in the top-five as Sofia Camacho finished third (9:34.11) and Linnaea Kavulich crossed right behind Camacho in fourth, clocking a time of 9:39.46.

At the BU Invite, Sydney Goldson posted a top-five finish in the 400-meter dash, clocking a time of 55.61, the third best mark in the Ivy League this season. And back in New York, New York at The Armory, McKinlee Morris posted a mark of 44-00.50/13.42m in the shot put to finish third in the event. While in the 1,000m, Columbia had a pair of runners finish inside the top-five as Delaney Sanacore (2:52.85) and Seneca Willen (2:53.36) finished third and fourth respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED (MEN): Vorbach, who set the school record in the 5,000m last week at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge, crossed the line with another program record time of 8:00.77 in the 3,000m to take that event. Vorbach's time is the sixth best in the Ivy League so far this season.

Columbia's first place finish by Vorbach in the 3,000m was not the only top finishing Lion in the race as the top-five is made up of four Lions. Joining Vorbach was Jack Bennett (8:19.63), Ben Kuhn (8:19.82) and Anish Nanjappa (8:21.16) who finished third through fifth respectively in the race.

In Boston, Hernandez cruised to a school record of 21.48, breaking his previous record of 21.58 in the 200m. The time, which is the sixth best in the league this season, placed Hernandez sixth in a tough field.

Danzi clocked a winning time of 4:01.40 in the one mile run, finishing almost four second ahead of the second place finisher. In the 1,000m Juston O'Toole gave the Lions a second place performance, finishing with a time of 2:26.68 and he was joined inside the top-five by Solomon Fountain's fourth place time of 2:27.13.

At The Armory, in the shot put, Patrick Passalacqua tossed a mark of 53-11.00/16.43m to finish seventh in the top "Championship" field. And in the shot put's "College" field Yoosang Kim cracked the top-five with a third place toss of 50-05.50/15.38m

COLUMBIA RESULTS
Rutgers Indoor Invitational (Day One)
New York, N.Y. (The Armory)

WOMEN

Track Results
60m (P) – (1. Leah Anderson, St. John's, 7.42Q); 18. Tessa Green, 7.86q
60m H (P) – (1. Brooke Overholt, Cornell, 8.54Q); 19. Serena Landsman, 9.24
400m – (1. Anderson, St. John's, 53.71); 14. Kimmi Woods, 58.34; 21. Brianna Hodges, 59.06
1,000m – (1. Alexandra Carlson, Rutgers, 2:48.13); 3. Delaney Sanacore, 2:52.85; 4. Seneca Willen, 2:53.36; 15. Alex Rodman, 3:01.93
One Mile Run – 1. Nikki Vanasse, 4:42.16; 11. Mary Caroline Heinen, 4:58.13; 14. Emily Virtue, 4:59.27; 17. Angela Saidman, 5:03.11

Field Results
LJ (College) – (1. Kathryn Kelly, Fordham, 19-05.25/5.92m); 21. Patrice Smith, 16-08.50/5.09m
LJ (Championship) – (1. Leone Farquharson, 20-05.75/6.24m); 8. Tiffany Bautista, 18-00.25/5.49m
WT – (1. Mikyla Rodgers, UConn, 65-00.00/19.81m); 10. Lailah Malone, 49-00.25/14.94m; 12. Hailey Montgomery, 43-08.75/13.33m

MEN

Track Results
60m H (P) – (1. Terrell Williams, UConn, 7.96Q); 13. Matt Wabunoha, 8.48
400m – (1. Tomas Kersulis, Cornell, 47.43); 20. Daniel Addison, 52.08; 28. Matt Garrett, 54.84
1,000m – (1. Greg Fusco, Cornell, 2:26.34); 2. Justin O'Toole, 2:26.68; 4. Solomon Fountain, 2:27.13
One Mile Run – 1. Michael Danzi, 4:01.40; 10. Evan Manley, 4:11.58; Ryan Borden, DNF
5,000m – (1. Peter Borger, Richmond, 14:27.38); 3. Gavin White, 14:52.44; 7. Owen Lockyer, 15:04.09

Field Results
PV – (1. Travis Snyder, 17-01.00/5.21m); 8. Will O'Brien, 15-07.25/4.76m
WT – (1. Abraham Ohiokhai-Benson, Rider, 55-06.50/16.93m); 10. Keegan Li, 42-11.00/13.08m

Rutgers Indoor Invitational (Day Two)
New York, N.Y. (The Armory)

WOMEN

Track Results
60m (SF) – (1. Crystal Johnson, Townson, 7.51Q); 12. Green, 7.79
200m – (1. Anderson, St. John's, 23.44); 24. Rachel Marsh, 25.84; 26. Woods, 25.95; 35. Tess Darnell, 26.40
600m – (1. Rachel Helbling, Richmond, 1:30.97); 15. Sevilla Duran, 1:39.01
800m – (1. Maria Acosta, Unatt., 2:08.30); 10. Sanacore, 2:14.42; 20. Rodman, 2:19.61
3,000m – 1. Phoebe Anderson, 9:23.54; 3. Sofia Camacho, 9:34.11; 4. Linnaea Kavulich, 9:39.46; 13. Grace Connolly, 10:01.93; 14. Isabel Schmidt, 10:02.79; 18. Virtue, 10:09.40; 22. Jordan Mathis, 10:13.39; 25. Lilly Bradley, 10:26.76

Field Results
HJ (College) – (1. Courteney Campbell, Rutgers, 5-11.50/1.82m); 4. Anna Jordahl-Henry, 5-07.75/1.72m
PV – (1. Ka'Leila Abrille, Rutgers, 13-09.75/4.21m); 20. Emily Rooney, 10-00.00/3.05m
SP – (1. Alicia Campbell, Rutgers, 47-00.25/14.33m); 3. McKinlee Morris, 44-00.50/13.42m; 12. Montgomery, 38-08.25/11.79m
TJ – (1. Chelsey Cole, Maryland, 40-01.50/12.23m); Bautista, FOUL

MEN

Track Results
200m – (1. Shamali Whittle, Hamilton North, 21.05); 26. Wabunoha, 23.22
600m – (1. Helbling, Richmond, 1:30.97); 15. Duran, 1:39.01
800m – (1. Kyle Burke, Lehigh, 1:51.44); 8. Juan Zarate-Sanchez, 1:53.95; 11. Brandon Hicks, 1:55.56; 16. Ian Smith, 1:56.11; 23. Nixon McKenzie, 1:57.95; Borden, DNF
3,000m – 1. David Vorbach, 8:00.77; 3. Jack Bennett, 8:19.63; 4. Ben Kuhn, 8:19.82; 5. Anish Nanjappa, 8:21.16; 12. Jacob Ireland, 8:42.20; 14. Talha Syed, 8:44.50

Field Results
HJ (College) – (1. Daniel Claxton, UConn, 6-10.75/2.10m); Nate Gramentine, NH
SP (Championship) – (1. Benjamin Clay, Fairleigh Dickinson, 58-00.50/17.69m); 7. Patrick Passalacqua, 53-11.00/16.43m
SP (College) – (1. Kyle Lipscomb, Rutgers, 53-07.75/16.35m); 3. Yoosang Kim, 50-05.50/15.38m; 7. Toby Tan, 46-11.50/14.31m; 14. Matt Lange, 40-00.00/12.19m

BU David Hemery Valentine Invite (Feb. 11-12)
Boston, Mass. (Track & Tennis Center)

WOMEN

Track Results
200m – (1. Libby McMahon, Yale, 24.14); 24. Amara Onyeukwu, 25.14
400m – (1. Marissa White, Temple, 54.39); 5. Sydney Goldson, 55.61; 32. Alexis Knight, 57.19; 52. Elena Wilson, 58.51
4x400m Relay – (1. Boshnak, Isom, Coy, McMahon, Yale, 3:42.34); 8. Knight, Onyeukwu, Wilson, Goldson, 3:49.48

MEN

60m (P) – (1. Glenmour Osbourne-Leonard, Marist, 6.77Q); 6. Chris Balthazar, 6.95q
60m (F) – (1. Jonas Clarke, Unatt., 6.78); 6. Balthazar, 6.95
200m – (1. Kimorie Shearman, LIU, 21.17); 6. Jahi Hernandez, 21.48; 23. Balthazar, 21.80
400m – (1. Wellington Ventura, UConn, 46.63); 6. Devon Davey, 47.51

UP NEXT FOR THE LIONS: The Lions will take a weekend off before turning their attention towards Ivy League Indoor Heps, and the two-day event is scheduled to get going at The Armory on Saturday, Feb. 26.

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