Columbia University Athletics

2022-23 (Senior): (XC) Ran a 5k, finishing in 12th place with a time of 20:35.2 at Mets XC Championships (Oct. 7) … (ITF): Earned a personal best 1000m run time of 3:04.38, placing 5th at Mets Indoor TF Championships (Feb. 3)

- 2019 Ivy League Cross Country Heps Champion (Team)

2021-22 (Junior): (XC) Finished the 6K in 23:19.6 (77th) at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 30) ... Posted best finish of the season with a 21st-place time of 15:05.7 in the 2.49M at the Stony Brook XC Invite (Sept. 4) ... Crossed the line in the 5K in 19:27.4 to finish 39th at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships (Nov. 20) ... (ITF) Ran the anchor leg in the 4x800m squad that finished in 9:07.38 at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 26-27) ... Clocked 5:15.63 in the one mile at the Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia (Jan. 22) to finish 15th ... (OTF) Posted a PR in the 1,500m at the UCONN Northeast Challenge (Apr. 15-16), clocking 4:49.12 ... Posted best finish of the season with a seventh-place finish in the 1,500m at the Mets Outdoor Track & Field Championships (Apr. 8-9), clocking a time of 2:28.13.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Season canceled (COVID-19)

2019-20 (First-Year): (XC) Ran the 6K, as a member of Columbia's Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Nov. 1) championship team, with a time of 23:07.8 (63rd) ... Posted best finish on the season with a 35th place time of 18:56.4 in the 5K at the Iona Meet of Champions (Sept. 20) ... Clocked a personal record time of 22:00.5 in the 6K with a 37th place finish at the Paul Short Run (Oct. 5). (Indoor) Opened collegiate account running a 10:20.76 in the 3,000-Meter Run at the Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale (Jan. 18) meet ... Clocked a personal record in the One Mile Run at the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 14) with a time of 4:59.79 ... Finished third in the One Mile Run at the Armory Last Chance (Feb. 21) crossing the line in 5:02.44. (Outdoor) Season canceled.

High School: Four-time letterwinner in cross country and outdoor track and a two-time letterwinner in indoor track and basketball at Immaculate High School in Danbury, Connecticut ... In cross country has earned All-State honors four times, All-New England honors three times and was the Southwest Conference Champion in 2015 and 2016 and is a three-time State Class Champion (2016-18) ... In indoor track was a 2018 national qualifier in the Distance Medley Relay, the Southwest Conference Champion in the 3,200-Meter Run (2018), won a pair of state titles in the 1,600-Meter Run and 3,200m (2018) and earned All-New England honors in the One-Mile Run (2018) ... In outdoor track was a three-time national qualifier in the DMR (2016, 2019) and the 4xMile Relay (2019), earned 2019 All-American honors in the 4xMile Relay, won the 2019 Southwest Conference Championships in the 1,600m, 2019 State Open Champion in the 1,600m, three-time Class State Champion in the 1,600m (2018-19) and the 3,200m (2019) and earned All-State honors twice in 2018 and 2019 ... Holds three outdoor school records (DMR, 4xMile and 1,600m) and one indoor school record (DMR) ... National Honor Society President ... Member of the Math National Honor Society and the Science National Honor Society.

Personal: Born, Angela Saidman, on May 22, 2001, in Norwalk, Connecticut ... Daughter of Jeffrey and Dana Saidman ... Has one younger sibling, Jenna (13) ... Views her parents as role models because "they are supportive, set a good example and have taught me countless life lessons" ... Enjoys cooking and baking in free time ... Follows the sport of track and field at the professional and collegiate level ... Has racked up 100+ hours of community service for four consecutive years ... Decided on Columbia because "of the academic rigor, location in New York City and the fact that the world is at your fingertips" ... Will attend Columbia College ... Plans on majoring in Economics.

Career Bests
6.17K (XC) - 22:27.2
Princeton Cross Country Invitational - Oct. 19, 2019
6K (XC) - 22:00.5
Paul Short Run - Oct. 5, 2019
5K (XC) - 18:56.4
Iona Meet of Champions - Sept. 20, 2019
2.49M (XC) - 15:05.7
Stony Brook XC Invite - Sept. 4, 2021
1,500m (Outdoor) - 4:49.12
UCONN Northeast Challenge - Apr. 15-16, 2022
800m (Outdoor) - 2:28.13
Monmouth Track & Field Season Opener - Mar. 25-26, 2022
3,000m (Indoor) - 10:20.76
Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale - Jan. 18, 2020
One Mile (Indoor) - 4:59.79
Fastrack National Invite - Feb. 14, 2020