NEW YORK — Four Lions finished on the podium and 12 Lions posted qualifying times as Columbia Track & Field put a solid performance together in day one of the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships held Saturday at The Armory.
Three Columbia women,
Tiffany Bautista (long jump),
Phoebe Anderson (3,000m) and
Nikki Vanasse (3,000m) along with one Columbian man,
David Vorbach (3,000m), all finished inside the top-five for podium finishes on day one.
While four women,
Amara Onyeukwu (400m),
Alexis Knight (400m),
Sydney Goldson (500m) and
Delaney Sanacore (1,000m) and eight men,
Chris Balthazar (60m/200m),
Jahi Hernandez (200m),
Nixon McKenzie (800m),
Juan Zarate-Sanchez (800m),
Brandon Hicks (800m),
Justin O'Toole (1,000m) and
Michael Danzi (one mile) all qualified for Sunday's finals in their respective events.
HOW IT HAPPENED (WOMEN): Bautista, posting a personal best mark of 19-02.75/5.86m, gave Columbia the first podium finish of the day with her mark in the long jump. She hit her mark on her first jump of the finals, and over the final three jumps only the top two finishers posted marks better the Bautista, as the third-place finishing mark (5.92m) was set on the first jump.
Columbia's other podium finishes, in the 3,000m, came from strong runs by Anderson and Vanasse as the pair of Lion women finished back-to-back at third and fourth with times of 9:17.12 and 9:22,92 respectively. For Anderson, her time was a personal best in only the second time she has run the 3,000m.
HOW IT HAPPENED (MEN): Vorbach, fresh off a pair of school records, produced another podium finish for the Lions, clocking a time of 8:02.89 in the 3,000m to finish fourth.
In the heptathlon,
Luke Ciarelli, who sits seventh after four events, earned himself 749 points and moved up two spots thanks to him clearing 6-04.25/1.94m in the high jump to wrap up the day with a second-place finish in that heptathlon event. While in the 200m prelims, Hernandez finished fifth, tying his own school record in the event with a qualifying time of 21.48.
COLUMBIA RESULTS
Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships (Day One)
New York, N.Y. (The Armory)
WOMEN
Track Results
60m (P) – (1. Tina Martin, Harvard, 7.38Q); 10.
Tessa Green 7.74; 16.
Rachel Marsh, 8.02
60mH (P) – (1. Skyla Wilson, Penn, 8.31Q); 12.
Serena Landsman, 9.33
200m (P) – (Martin, Harvard, 23.67Q); 13.
Elena Wilson, 25.25; 14. Green, 25.27; 19. Marsh, 25.85
400m (P) – (Brooke Overholt, Cornell, 55.36Q); 6.
Amara Onyeukwu, 55.97q; 7.
Alexis Knight, 56.14q; 12.
Brianna Hodges, 57.53; 15.
Kimmi Woods, 58.92
500m (P) – (1. Addison Coy, Yale, 1:14.07Q); 4.
Sydney Goldson, 1:14.56Q
1,000m (P) – (1. Caroline Timm, Princeton, 2:50.42Q); 6.
Delaney Sanacore, 2:53.36Q; 9.
Seneca Willen, 2:54.57
One-Mile (P) – (1. Judy Pendergast, 4:52.73Q); 11.
Emily Virtue, 4:59.47; 13.
Mary Caroline Heinen, 5:03.83
3,000m – (1. Kayley DeLay, Yale, 9:09.19); 3.
Phoebe Anderson, 9:17.12; 4.
Nikki Vanasse, 9:22.92
Field Results
LJ – (1. Leone Farquharson, Cornell, 20-10.00/6.35m); 4.
Tiffany Bautista, 19-02.75/5.86m
HJ – (1. Victoria Atkinson, Cornell, 13-07.75/4.16m);
Emily Rooney, NH
WT – (1. Mayyi Mahama, Penn, 70-03.00/21.41m); 13.
Lailah Malone, 51-05.00/15.67m; 19.
Hailey Montgomery, 46-08.75/14.24m
Pentathlon Results
60mH – (1. Beatrice Juskeviciute, Cornell, 8.55; 7.
Patrice Smith, 9.90
HJ – (1. Lily Dumas, Brown, 5-05.75/1.67m); 8. Smith, 4-04.75/1.34m
SP – (1. Juskeviciute, Cornell, 45-01.50/13.75m); 8. Smith, 29-01.75/8.88m
LJ – (1. Juskeviciute, Cornell, 18-03.75/5.58m); 5. Smith, 16-07.25/5.06m
800m – (1. Haley Rizek, Penn, 2:19.47); 7. Smith, 2:36.94
Final – (1. Juskeviciute, 4,116); 7. Smith, 2,820
MEN
60m (P) – (1. Simang'Aliso Ndhlovu, Princeton, 6.67Q); 8.
Chris Balthazar, 6.84q; 13.
Jahi Hernandez, 6.91
60mH (P) – (1. Christian Martin, Cornell, 7.95Q); 11.
Matt Wabunoha, 8.44
200m (P) – (1. Ibrahim Ayorinde, Princeton, 21.14Q); 5. Hernandez, 21.48Q; 6. Balthazar, 21.45q
500m (P) – (1. Peter Diebold, Harvard, 1:03.39Q); 3.
Devon Davey, 1:03.50Q
800m (P) – (1. Ethan Reese, Princeton, 1:52.05Q); 5.
Nixon McKenzie, 1:53.42Q; 7.
Juan Zarate-Sanchez, 1:53.76q; 8.
Brandon Hicks, 1:54.34q
1,000m (P) – (1. Harrison Witt, Princeton, 2:22.05Q); 8.
Justin O'Toole, 2:24.84q; 12.
Solomon Fountain, 2:26.92
One Mile (P) – (1. Daniel O'Brien, Princeton, 4:03.87Q); 6.
Michael Danzi, 4:08.52Q; 17.
Evan Manley, 4:12.92; 18.
Ryan Borden, 4:16.95
3,000m – (1. Acer Iverson, Harvard, 8:00.09); 4.
David Vorbach, 8:02.89; 12.
Jack Bennett, 8:16.17; 13.
Anish Nanjappa, 8:16.21; 14.
Ben Kuhn, 8:17.04
Field Results
PV – (1. Sondre Guttormsen, Princeton, 17-11.00/5.46m);
Mason McVey, NH
Heptathlon Results (Day One)
60m – (1. Andrei Iosivas, Princeton, 6.80); 9.
Luke Ciarelli, 7.69
LJ – (1. Iosivas, Princeton, 24-09.25/7.55m); 9. Ciarelli, 20-07.25/6.28m
SP – (1. Iosivas, Princeton, 51-00.25/15.55m); 6. Ciarelli, 34-00.75/10.38m
HJ – (1. Iosivas, Princeton, 6-05.50/1.97m); 2. Ciarelli, 6-04.25/1.94m
Final (After four events) – (1. Iosivas, Princeton, 3,502); 7. Ciarelli, 2,558
UP NEXT FOR THE LIONS: The qualifying Lions will compete in the finals, while a handful of field events, including the women's triple jump and high jump, will be competed on the second day of the Ivy League Indoor Heps set to get going tomorrow at the Armory, Feb. 27, at 10:50 a.m. with the men's heptathlon 60mH.
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