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2023-24 Track and Field Roster

Columbia University Athletics/David Collins

Kimmi Woods

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • High School Tatnall
  • Hometown Wilmington, Del.
  • School Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Major Industrial Engineering

Biography

2023-24 (Senior): (ITF) Ran 300m PR of 40.57 at Rutgers Holiday Classic, ran 500m PR of 1:15.93 and competed on 2nd place finish 4x4 team with time of 3:49.89 at YDC Challenge, competed on 6th place finish 4x4 team at Ivy League Heps Indoor T&F Championships. (OTF) Ran 200m PR of 25.09 and competed on 3rd place finish 4x4 team at Virginia Challenge, competed on 4x1 team at Penn Relays with time of 47.65, competed on both 4x1 and 3rd place finish 4x4 teams at Ivy League Heps Outdoor T&F Championships.


2022-23 (Junior): (ITF) Clocked a PR time in the 60m and 300m at Rutgers Holiday Classic… placed 10th in 60m with time 7.90… placed 8th in 300m with time 41.11 (Dec. 2) … Ran a personal best 200m with time 25.63, placing 6th at Mets (Feb. 3) … (OTF): PR 400m time of 56.81 at UCONN, placing 17th (Apr. 14-15) … Ran the 4x100m at the Ivy League Outdoor TF Championship, placing 6th with time 46.07 (May 6-7)

High School: Multi-sport letterwinner in Track, Basketball and Field Hockey at Tatnall School in Wilmington, Delaware ... Member of five straight Team Outdoor Track & Field Delaware State Championships (Eighth Grade, Fr., So., Jr., Sr.) ... Four-time 2019 Delaware State winner in the 100m, 200m, 400m and Triple Jump ... Two-time Delaware State champion in the 4x400m Relay (Fr., So.) ... Two-time All-Delaware State in the 4x400m Relay (So., Jr.) ...  Set a school record in the triple jump with a mark of 36-7.75 ... Member of the Cum Laude Society.

Personal: Born, Kimmi Hope Woods, on Jan. 5, 2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... Daughter of Denise and David Woods ... Has two siblings, Kayla (20) and Krissa (10) ... Sister, Kayla, is currently a member of the Richmond Track & Field squad ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League program, Cornell, along with Lehigh, UMass and Virginia ... Went with Columbia because "of it being a prestigious university with a great engineering program" ... Will enroll in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science ... Plans on majoring in Industrial Engineering.

High School Personal Bests:
100m -
12.66
200m - 25.60
400m - 57.87

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints