Columbia University Athletics

2023-24 (Senior): (XC) Ran 6k PR of 21:50.9 at NCAA DI NE Region XC Championships.

2022-23 (Junior): (XC) Ran a 6k, finishing 47th with time 22:29.2 at the IC4A/ECAC XC Championships (Oct. 14) … Competed for Columbia in the 6k at the NCAA D1 Northeast XC Championships, placing 126th with run time of 22:49.0 (Nov. 11) … (ITF): Posted 20th place in the 3000m with PR time of 9:59.62 at the Columbia Challenge (Jan. 27-28) … Earned a personal best 5000m time of 17:07.59, placing 84th at the David Valentine Invite (Feb. 10-11) … (OTF): Competed in 5000m events… Placed 11th at the Yale Last Chance Meet with a time of 17:25.73 in the 5000m (May 13th)

2021-22 (Sophomore): (XC) Clocked 23:06.9 in the 6K at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 30) ... Posted a PR in the 5K with a time of 18:42.8 at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (Sept. 24) ... Finished 14th in the 2.49M with a time of 14:55.0 at the Stony Brook XC Invite (Sept. 4) ... Finished 22nd at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships (Nov. 20), running the 5K in 19:03.4 ... (ITF) Ran a PR in the 3,000m with a time of 10:02.79 at the Rutgers Open (Feb. 11-12) ... Posted best finish of the indoor season with a fourth-place time of 10:24.08 in the 3,000m at the Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia (Jan. 22) meet ... (OTF) Clocked a PR time of 17:49.78 in the 5,000m at the Sam Howell Invite (Apr. 2) ... Finished fourth at the Yale Springtime Invite (May 1) with a 3,000m time of 10:17.31 ... Ran 4:50.30 in the 1,500m to finish eighth at the Mark Young Invite (Apr. 23).

2019-20 (First-Year): (XC) Ran in three races during first season at Columbia ... Posted best finish of the season, 62nd, with a 22:16.9 in the 6K at the Paul Short Run (Oct. 5) ... Crossed the line in 77th at the Iona Meet of Champions with a 5K time of 19:54.1 ... Ran the 6.17K in 23:40.3 (120th) at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational (Oct. 19). (Indoor) Did not compete in ant events. (Outdoor) Season canceled.

High School: Ran four years of cross country and track at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington ... Served as cross country team captain Junior (2017) and Senior (2018) years ... Won the 2018 Seattle Metropolitan Championships ... Finished second at the 2017 Sea-King District Championships ... Finished fourth at the 2018 Washington State Cross Country Championships ... Snagged a fifth place finish in the 3,200-Meter Run at the 2019 Washington State Track & Field Championships ... Helped her team score a first place finish in 2017 Washington State Track & Field Championships and collect a pair of fourth place Washington State Championship finishes in 2015 and 2017 ... Named class Valedictorian (2019) ... Seattle Regional Finalist for the Princeton Prize in Race Relations (2019) … Atsuhiko Tateuchi Memorial Scholar (2019).

Personal: Born in Seattle, Washington ... Daughter of Benjamin Schmidt and LT Townsend ... Has a long family history at Columbia, including both parents ('86BC and '86CC) and aunt ('81BC) ... Great Uncle, Nathaniel Leff, was Professor at Columbia Business School, where he taught economics ... Speaks Japanese and plays the cello ... Has a deep love for art, with aspirations of becoming a museum director ... Lived abroad in Europe, calling both England and the Netherlands home … Also lived in Berlin and Tokyo ... Settled on Columbia because of the "top notch education, diverse student body, and the core curriculum; and living in New York City is exciting!" ... Will attend Columbia College, with plans to major in Art History.

Career Bests
6.17K (XC) - 23:40.3
Princeton Cross Country Invitational - Oct. 19, 2019
6K (XC) - 22:16.9
Paul Short Run - Oct. 5, 2019
5K (XC) - 18:42.8
Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown - Sept. 24, 2021
2.49M (XC) - 14:55.0
Stony Brook XC Invite - Sept. 4, 2021
1500m (Outdoor) - 4:50.30
Mark Young Invite - Apr. 23, 2022
3000m (Indoor) - 10:02.79
Rutgers Open - Feb. 11-12, 2022
5000m (Outdoor) - 17:49.78
Sam Howell Invite - Apr. 2, 2022