Columbia University Athletics

2023-24 (Senior): (ITF) Placed in the top 8 pentathlon competitors at Crowell Open, season’s best of 2712 total pentathlon points at Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge. (OTF) High jump PR pf 1.44m at UCONN NE Challenge, placed 3rd and threw Javelin PR of 29.56m at Yale Springtime Meet.

2022-23 (Junior): (ITF) Ran a personal best 60m time of 8.24, placing 26th at Rutgers Holiday Classic… PR in the 300m with time 44.36, placing 21st at Rutgers (Dec. 2) … (OTF): Took 11th in long jump with a mark of 16-4.25/4.98m at 2023 Mark Young (Apr. 22)

High School: Nine-time letterwinner in Cross Country, Track & Field and Basketball at Mount Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... Named two-time All-WPIAL Section in Basketball ... Member of the National Honors Society ... Member of the Cum Laude Society.

Personal: Born, Patrice Margaret Smith, on Oct. 19, 2001 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... Daughter of Georgia and Patrick Smith ... Has five siblings, Jack (16); Gina (15); Jennifer (14); Patrick (12) and Emily (10) ... Cousin, Aileen Smith, was a member of the Columbia Swim Team (Class of 2014) ... Comes from an athletic family: father, Patrick, played Football at Villanova; Cousin, Leah Smith, swam at Virginia (2013-17); Aunt, Patrice Hart, swam at Penn (Class of 1984); Uncle, James Smith, played Football at Penn (Class of 1983); Uncle James Smith played Baseball at Penn (Class of 1950) ... Can play the violin and the piano ... Went to the same high school as Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Winner (Wrestling) Kurt Angle ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League programs Princeton and Dartmouth, along with Lehigh and Holy Cross ... Went with Columbia because "I love New York City, and when I stepped on campus I felt that this was a place I could call home for the next four years" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Plans on majoring in Biology.

High School Personal Bests:
Long Jump - 18-10.00
800m - 2:18.9