Track & Field Competes Against Dartmouth and Yale

Saturday, January 20

New Haven, Conn.

10:00 a.m.

Columbia University

Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.

Track & Field Competes Against Dartmouth and Yale

1/20/2024 11:30:00 PM | Track and Field

Results

The men took second place while the women finished in third

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Columbia indoor track and field team traveled to Connecticut to take on Yale and Dartmouth in a meet on Sunday morning. Columbia's men's team finished in second place, while the women finished in third place.

Despite neither team finishing in first, both Lions' squads were well represented in terms of first place finishers with four victories per team.

For the men, Obiora Okeke earned another victory in the shot put with a mark of 17.88. Talha Syed finished in first place in the 3000m with a time of 8:03.25. Devon Davey took first in the 500m with a time of 1:03.54. In addition, Mason McVey won the pole vault with a mark of 4.65.

For the women, Jada Mia Puryear led things off with a win in the shot put, with a mark of 13.67. Elia Ton-That kept up her distance dominance, winning the mile with a time of 4:43.48. Olivia Schmitt took first in the 800m with a time of 2:09.92. Meanwhile, Nikki Vanasse won the 1000m with a time of 2:45.91.

Full results from the event, including all of the Lions top performers and times, can be found HERE.

ON DECK:
Next weekend, the Lions will return home to the Armory to host the Dr. Sanders Invitational. The meet will run from Friday, January 26 through Saturday, January 27. The first event will begin at 10:00 a.m. Friday morning.

Columbia's schedule for the rest of the 2023-24 indoor schedule can be found HERE.

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