NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Columbia track and field team completed the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships in style on Sunday.
Obiora Okeke made headlines, capturing the Shot Put Ivy League Championship with a historic toss.
In the finals on Sunday afternoon, Okeke launched a shot 20.17m, which set a new meet record as well as a program record to secure the Ivy League title. After also placing fourth in the discus with a mark of 52.21m and seventh in the hammer, Okeke was named the Most Outstanding Performer - Field of the Outdoor Championships.
Elsewhere, the Lions earned 14 medals including four silver and three bronze.
After
Joshua Adams won the Lions' first silver medal on Saturday in the long jump,
Rory Clare claimed the team's first silver on Sunday in the 1500m, clocking in at 4:25.64, just over a second off of first place.
Haydn Brotschi also took home a silver medal, taking second in the 400m with a time of 46.80, just under two tenths of a second away from gold.
The final silver medal came from the men's 4x800 relay, consisting of
Ben Bergey,
Justin Gottlieb,
Matt Gatune, and
Jacob Van Orden. The team finished with a time of 7:23.90 to claim the medal.
The women's 4x800 relay took home a bronze medal, as the squad of
Isabella Shertzer, Clare,
Grace Carr, and
Lucy Henkel finished with a new program record time of 8:32.46.
The men's and women's 4x100 relays also each earned a bronze medal.
Also earning points for the Lions was
Parker Kim in the hammer throw (fourth),
Collin Moore in the high jump (fifth),
Jaden Ebanks in the long jump (fifth), and
Madison Williams in the long jump (sixth). The men's and women's 4x400 relays finished the weekend's events with a fourth and sixth place finish, respectively.
Moore's jump of 2.06m / 6-10 was a new first-year record at Columbia, and is second best all-time.
In the final standings, the men finished fifth with 56 points; the women in eighth with 22 points. Princeton won the men's and women's team championships with 212.5 points and 202.5 points, respectively.
A full recap of day one of the competition can be found
HERE.
Full results from the Ivy League Indoor Heps can be found
HERE.
UP NEXT
With the conclusion of Outdoor Heps, the Lions will now look ahead to the Princeton Elite Meet on Saturday, May 17 at 10 a.m.
Columbia's schedule for the rest of the 2025 season can be found
HERE.
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