Cross Country Releases 2022 Schedule
7/25/2022 1:00:00 PM | Cross Country
Columbia will host both the Ivy League Heps and NCAA Regionals at Van Cortlandt Park.
NEW YORK — Columbia cross country and Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Daniel Ireland have announced the 2022 cross country schedule, with the season opening race set for Sept. 3 at Stony Brook and it's highlighted by Columbia hosting both the Ivy League Heps and NCAA Northeast Regionals at Van Cortlandt Park.
The Lions will look to build on the 2022 season, and they return All-Ivy League performers Phoebe Anderson, Nikki Vanasse and Tyler Berg. Berg and Anderson also ran at the 2021 NCAA Cross Country National Championships, after Anderson posted a sixth-place finish at the 2021 NCAA Regionals and Berg earned an at-large bid after a top-15 finish at the 2021 Regionals.
Columbia opens the season at the Stony Brook Invite, hosted by Stony Brook, which is set to get going on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 10:30 a.m. The Lions, on Friday, Sept. 16, then split the squad for the first time in the 2022 season, heading to Van Cortlandt Park for the first time to take part in the Iona Meet of Champions, while another part of the squad heads to Bloomington, Indiana to run in the Indiana Cross Country Invite. Both races set to get going at 10:30 a.m.
September wraps up with a visit to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where the Lions will run at the Paul Short Run, hosted by Lehigh. The race set to get going on Friday, Sept. 30 at 9:30 a.m.
Over the next two weekends, the Lions will run on the familiar course at Van Cortlandt Park, beginning on Friday, Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m., where Columbia opens October with the Mets Cross Country Championships. The next weekend, on Friday, Oct. 14, Columbia will again head to Van Cortlandt Park to run in the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships with that slatted to get going at 9:30 a.m.
On the same day as the IC4A/ECAC Championships, Columbia will also send a select collection to the Nuttycombe Invite hosted by Wisconsin, with that race set to get going in Madison, Wisconsin at 12:20 p.m. EST on Oct. 14. The race in Wisconsin will act as the final tune-up ahead of the Ivy League Heps for the Lions.
The eyes of the Ivy League will be focused on the Bronx for the Ivy League Cross Country Heps, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. It's the first time since 2019 that Van Cortlandt Park has played host to the Ivy League Heps. The last time Heps ran in the Bronx, Columbia's women finished off its three-peat by taking the title.
For the first time since 2016, the NCAA Northeast Regionals will be run at Van Cortlandt Park, with that race set for Friday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. The following weekend, Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State will play host to the NCAA Cross Country Championships, and that race is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19.
FOLLOWING THE LIONS: Stay up to date on all things Columbia track & Field by following the Lions on Twitter (@CULionsXCTF), Instagram (@culionsxctf) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
The Lions will look to build on the 2022 season, and they return All-Ivy League performers Phoebe Anderson, Nikki Vanasse and Tyler Berg. Berg and Anderson also ran at the 2021 NCAA Cross Country National Championships, after Anderson posted a sixth-place finish at the 2021 NCAA Regionals and Berg earned an at-large bid after a top-15 finish at the 2021 Regionals.
Columbia opens the season at the Stony Brook Invite, hosted by Stony Brook, which is set to get going on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 10:30 a.m. The Lions, on Friday, Sept. 16, then split the squad for the first time in the 2022 season, heading to Van Cortlandt Park for the first time to take part in the Iona Meet of Champions, while another part of the squad heads to Bloomington, Indiana to run in the Indiana Cross Country Invite. Both races set to get going at 10:30 a.m.
September wraps up with a visit to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where the Lions will run at the Paul Short Run, hosted by Lehigh. The race set to get going on Friday, Sept. 30 at 9:30 a.m.
Over the next two weekends, the Lions will run on the familiar course at Van Cortlandt Park, beginning on Friday, Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m., where Columbia opens October with the Mets Cross Country Championships. The next weekend, on Friday, Oct. 14, Columbia will again head to Van Cortlandt Park to run in the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships with that slatted to get going at 9:30 a.m.
On the same day as the IC4A/ECAC Championships, Columbia will also send a select collection to the Nuttycombe Invite hosted by Wisconsin, with that race set to get going in Madison, Wisconsin at 12:20 p.m. EST on Oct. 14. The race in Wisconsin will act as the final tune-up ahead of the Ivy League Heps for the Lions.
The eyes of the Ivy League will be focused on the Bronx for the Ivy League Cross Country Heps, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. It's the first time since 2019 that Van Cortlandt Park has played host to the Ivy League Heps. The last time Heps ran in the Bronx, Columbia's women finished off its three-peat by taking the title.
For the first time since 2016, the NCAA Northeast Regionals will be run at Van Cortlandt Park, with that race set for Friday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. The following weekend, Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State will play host to the NCAA Cross Country Championships, and that race is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19.
FOLLOWING THE LIONS: Stay up to date on all things Columbia track & Field by following the Lions on Twitter (@CULionsXCTF), Instagram (@culionsxctf) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
Players Mentioned
Interview: XC | Coach Ireland after Heps
Friday, October 31
Preview: XC NCAA Championships
Friday, November 18
Preview: 2022 XC Ivy League Heps
Thursday, October 27
Interview: XC | Tyler Berg Heps
Saturday, October 30
