NEW YORK — The Columbia indoor track and field team had a busy weekend, taking part in the Mets Indoor Invitational at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Friday, before competing in the Scarlet Knights Open at the Armory on Saturday. The Lions had nine victories over the two days.
Columbia's men and women both had an incredible showing at the Mets Indoor Championships on Friday.
The Lions' first win came in the 60m dash, as
Chris Balthazar continued his sprinting dominance to take first place with a time of 6:94. The rest of the ,em's sprinters also performed well, as
Haydn Brotschi took first in the 400m dash thanks to a time of 49.30.
The women's sprinters also had a great showing, led by
Amara Onyeukwu who won the 400m dash after finishing in 56.09 seconds.
Sydney Goldson then followed that up with a win in the 500m dash (1:13.82).
Seneca Willen came up big in the 1000m run, taking first place with a time of 2:54.08.
In the field events,
Michelle Lee kicked things off with a win in the women's pole vault thanks to a 3.46m leap.
Will O'Brien won the same event on the men's side with a jump of 4.75m.
The Lions finals wins came in a sweep of the long jump events,thanks to
Tiffany Bautista (5.67m) on the women's side and
Joshua Adams (7.07m) on the men's side.
On Saturday, Columbia sent
Juan Zarate-Sanchez,
Nixon McKenzie, and Auston Rios-Colon to the Armory to compete in the 600m run at the Scarlet Knights Open. Zarate-Sanchez paced the group, finishing in fourth place.
ON DECK: The Lions will compete in the BU Valentine Invitational next weekend, with the meet set to begin on Friday, February 10 at 11 a.m.
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