Track & Field Heads Out On Busy Weekend

Friday, April 15

Princeton, N.J.

10:00 a.m.

Columbia University

Larry Ellis Invite

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

4/14/2022 11:53:00 AM | Track and Field

War Eagle Invite (Live Results)UConn Challenge (Live Results)

Columbia Track & Field will take part in three different events, in the busiest weekend of the outdoor season.

PRINCETON, N.J./AUBURN, Ala./STORRS, Conn. — With the outdoor season in full swing, Columbia Track & Field heads out on its busiest weekend of the season, sending Lions to three different competitions, going as far as Auburn for the War Eagle Invite, while staying in the Northeast for the Larry Ellis Invite at Princeton and the UConn Northeast Challenge with all three competitions running from Friday, Apr. 15-Saturday, Apr. 16.

The Larry Ellis Invite (Princeton) and the War Eagle Invite (Auburn) gets rolling at 2 p.m. on Friday, and the UConn Northeast Challenge is set to get going at 11 a.m.

LAST TIME OUT: The Lions put together a solid weekend (Apr. 8-9) at the Mets Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted on Randall's Island at Icahn Stadium, collecting five wins between the men and women, to go along with 19 top-five finishes in a successful weekend in both track and field events for the Lions.

The Columbia women collected three wins, while the men added a pair with three wins on the track and two wins in the field.

For the Lion women, the event victories came from Sydney Goldson, who finished first in the 400m dash with a time of 56.47, Alex Rodman, who clocked her 800m run in 2:17.64 and Anna Jordahl-Henry, who cleared 1.67m in the high jump to give the Columbia their three wins.

On the men's side, the wins came from Matt Wabunoha, who finished the 110m Hurdles in 14.89 and from Nate Gramentine, who leaped 1.95m in the high jump to win the event.

COLUMBIA'S PARTICIPANTS
Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 15-16)
Princeton, N.J. (Weaver Stadium)

WOMEN

800m: Alex Rodman, Delaney Sanacore

1,500m: Phoebe Anderson, Nikki Vanasse, Emily Virtue, Seneca Willen

5,000m: Charlotte Hartman, Lauren Grela, Mary Caroline Heinen, Isabel Schmidt

3,000m Steeplechase: Lilly Bradley

MEN

800m: Brandon Hicks, Nixon McKenzie, Justin O'Toole, Juan Zarate-Sanchez

1,500m: Michael Danzi, Solomon Fountain, David Vorbach

One-Mile: Ryan Borden

5,000m: Anish Nanjappa

10,000m: Talha Syed, Julian Baeza

3,000m Steeplechase: Jacob Ireland, Owen Lockyer

COLUMBIA'S PARTICIPANTS
UConn Northeast Challenge (Apr. 15-16)
Storrs, Conn. (George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex)

WOMEN

800m: Story Downing, Emily Virtue

1,500m: Angela Saidman, Kate Kuwahara, Andrea Dubbels

Discus Throw: Lailah Malone, Hailey Montgomery

Hammer Throw: Nanette Collins, Montgomery, Malone

MEN

800m: Ryan Borden

5,000m: Owen Nelson

Shot Put: Yoosang Kim, Toby Tan

Discus Throw: Tan, Matthew Lange

Hammer Throw: Kim, Keegan Li, Tan

COLUMBIA'S PARTICIPANTS
War Eagle Invite (Apr. 15-16)
Auburn, Ala. (Hutsell-Rosen Track)

WOMEN

100m: Tessa Green, Rachel Marsh

100m H: Serena Landsman

200m: Green, Marsh

400m: Sydney Goldson, Alexis Knight, Amara Onyeukwu, Kimmi Woods

400m H: Fredericka Walker, Tess Darnell, Sevilla Duran

4x400m R: "A" Onyeukwu, Knight, Woods, Goldson, "B" Darnell, Duran, Hatcher, Walker

High Jump: Anna Jordahl-Henry, Julia Jordahl-Henry, Tiffany Bautista

Long Jump: Patrice Smith, Bautista

Triple Jump: Bautista, Kali Hatcher

MEN

100m: Chris Balthazar, Jahi Hernandez

110m H: Matt Wabunoha

200m: Balthazar, Matt Garrett, Hernandez

400m: Devon Davey

High Jump: Nate Gramentine

Long Jump: Jaden Ebanks

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